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I just took the good old NeXus animation, and made it bigger and nicer. I don't know how to make it as an update.zip though, so if anyone could help with that, it'd be great.
Anyway, the manual way to do it is with Root Explorer or something to copy the files to /system/media/bootscreen, or to copy them with adb.
update.zip
here you go, you all know the deal...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=605188
it has loads of versions and also the virtical versions.
sry, if I made a dupe. I just saw it on a custom 2.1 rom, and made all the pngs into some gifs. Didn't know there already existed a vertical one already. Just thought it looked cooler 'cause it's bigger.
tristan202 said:
sry, if I made a dupe. I just saw it on a custom 2.1 rom, and made all the pngs into some gifs. Didn't know there already existed a vertical one already. Just thought it looked cooler 'cause it's bigger.
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not sure who made the dupe. chronologically your bootscreen was here first... and actually it does look better, my version (which was AFAIK the base for shenshang) is a little bit crumpled caused by the scaling. this one looks nice and clear
Hey all,
I have the Droid1 boot animation running on my hero. it was one that was created for a phone with a lot lower res than the hero (as the original is way too high for it to handle properly). Was hoping someone can advise how to resize/refit the official droid2 bootscreen to the hero.
Thanks guys.
is it in bootanimation.zip?
EDIT: Here you go, i think its the right one!
http://www.multiupload.com/MTJSOQLQQQ
I edited desc.txt in wordpad to change the resolution (originally 480x480) to 320x320 then saved the bootanimation.zip compression as STORE,normal and such like will not work you will get a blank screen
yeah, thats the original droid bootscreen loop - i quite like it, but want to see about putting the new droid2 one on.
if you post it i will do it for you?i dont have a clue what the new one is
here is the newest one.taken from skyraiders rom
awesome! Thanks so very much! Works like a treat!
I'd like to start making some boot animations. Since I have a bit of animation experience and I don't really like any of the ones that I've found.
Once I get started I'll start posting them here for you all to use.
I have a just a few questions before I get started.
First of all I'm assuming it has to be the proper resolution and I believe they need to be gif files.
Is there anything else that I need to know? I've read a few threads and saw that some people had trouble getting them to boot for some reason or another. So is there anything else that I need to look out for?
Thanksss.
mcdaaaniel said:
I'd like to start making some boot animations. Since I have a bit of animation experience and I don't really like any of the ones that I've found.
Once I get started I'll start posting them here for you all to use.
I have a just a few questions before I get started.
First of all I'm assuming it has to be the proper resolution and I believe they need to be gif files.
Is there anything else that I need to know? I've read a few threads and saw that some people had trouble getting them to boot for some reason or another. So is there anything else that I need to look out for?
Thanksss.
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From what I recall, different phones don't necessarily keep the boot animation file(s) in the same place. AFAIK, that's the only real issue other than that you would have to provide different resolution versions if you want your boot animation to be usable on different phones. IMHO, I would just make it for the Eris first and if there's a demand for specific other phones/resolutions, then cross that bridge since there's no use doing work that's not needed yet.
You might end up tweaking the animation too, so you might as well "beta test" it only on the Eris to begin with for that reason, too.
Sorry if I'm ranting, I'm really really tired so I'm extra silly. LOL.
I don't think they use GIFs. I think they use a sequence of JPGs (completely up to you how many frames. Normally I could double check on my phone but I can't at the moment but I'm sure you could find the info somewhere in here.
I hope I'm not misleading you about JPG versus GIF; take it with a grain of salt since as I mentioned I'm tired. Good luck!
mcdaaaniel said:
I'd like to start making some boot animations. Since I have a bit of animation experience and I don't really like any of the ones that I've found.
Once I get started I'll start posting them here for you all to use.
I have a just a few questions before I get started.
First of all I'm assuming it has to be the proper resolution and I believe they need to be gif files.
Is there anything else that I need to know? I've read a few threads and saw that some people had trouble getting them to boot for some reason or another. So is there anything else that I need to look out for?
Thanksss.
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I could be wrong but I thought they were png files in the boot animation. I'm pretty sure that it's usually located in /system/media but I thought I read at one time that they can sometimes be located in data also. Good luck with the work though. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
you can use either one, gif or .png... use png for better quality (if using photoshop, save as for web, then use png-24 option and save.
also, make sure you don't compress the zip at all when you package it. Use the option "store" to zip the files up using no compression. If you compress it, it won't be accessible during boot and you'll have a black screen.
The bootanimation should go in data/local
here is my red cyanogen bootanimation zip, feel free to pack your own bootanimation into it, then sign it and it'll be flashable in recovery.
remember: the bootanimation.zip cannot be compressed... the flashable zip CAN be compressed.
Good luck! Hope to see something cool soon.
WOW i wasn't really expecting that much feedback. thanks a lot guys. i'll start playing around with this stuff as soon as finals week is over! :X thanks again!
Sent from my Floyo Tazz using XDA App
edit: I'm already bouncing around a few ideas in my head. I don't think I'll be able to get around to it until tuesday at the earliest though.
Also if you guys have any requests, my animation experience is somewhat limited but I'm willing to try anything!
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WOW i wasn't really expecting that much feedback. thanks a lot guys. i'll start playing around with this stuff as soon as finals week is over! :X thanks again!
Sent from my Floyo Tazz using XDA App
edit: I'm already bouncing around a few ideas in my head. I don't think I'll be able to get around to it until tuesday at the earliest though.
Also if you guys have any requests, my animation experience is somewhat limited but I'm willing to try anything!
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How about an apple burning while a droid pokes it with a pitchfork.
CondemnedSoul said:
How about an apple burning while a droid pokes it with a pitchfork.
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hahahahahaha yeah I'm pretty sure I can do that.
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I could be wrong but I thought they were png files in the boot animation. I'm pretty sure that it's usually located in /system/media but I thought I read at one time that they can sometimes be located in data also. Good luck with the work though. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
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Just to be clear for anyone else that reads this... if you're cooking your own rom, you'd want it there in system/media ... if you're making a flashable zip you'd want it to go into data/local
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Just to be clear for anyone else that reads this... if you're cooking your own rom, you'd want it there in system/media ... if you're making a flashable zip you'd want it to go into data/local
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Thanks for clearing that up shed. I knew there were 2 different places it could go just couldn't remember the difference. Lol. Xda app needs the thank button. I'll hit you later on it. Lol
Sent from my Floyo Tazz
CondemnedSoul said:
How about an apple burning while a droid pokes it with a pitchfork.
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I like it!!!
I have a .gif file that I would like to make my boot animation ... can someone tell me what or where it needs to go, please ?
Does it need to be signed and zipped or can it just be placed in system/media or .... what ?
Sorry if this elementary .... never messed with boot ani's before, just stuck with the ROM boot ani.
>> just tried a RedCMbootanimation.zip .... placed it in system/media (removing the ROM's bootanimation.zip > Nonsensikal 15.2 blue CM boot ani) ... renamed it the same as the boot ani I replaced (bootanimation.zip) ... no worky ... just a black screen ... is it b/c the zip file is compressed ? D
>> Also tried to put my gif. img there ... got a standard 'android' boot img.
>> Do I need to open the ROM boot ani .zip file in AC/adb and replace something in there ?
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I have a .gif file that I would like to make my boot animation ... can someone tell me what or where it needs to go, please ?
Does it need to be signed and zipped or can it just be placed in system/media or .... what ?
Sorry if this elementary .... never messed with boot ani's before, just stuck with the ROM boot ani.
>> just tried a RedCMbootanimation.zip .... placed it in system/media (removing the ROM's bootanimation.zip > Nonsensikal 15.2 blue CM boot ani) ... renamed it the same as the boot ani I replaced (bootanimation.zip) ... no worky ... just a black screen ... is it b/c the zip file is compressed ? D
>> Also tried to put my gif. img there ... got a standard 'android' boot img.
>> Do I need to open the ROM boot ani .zip file in AC/adb and replace something in there ?
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It needs to be made into a zip named bootanimation.zip and not compressed and pushed to data/local. the redcmbootanimation is flashable from recovery.
Alright guys so i've made my first animation just to kind of test the waters. Definately not something I'd release on here quite yet.
The issue I'm having is that it is going at a very slow frame rate. What can be done about that?
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Alright guys so i've made my first animation just to kind of test the waters. Definately not something I'd release on here quite yet.
The issue I'm having is that it is going at a very slow frame rate. What can be done about that?
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try editing the desc.txt framerate. that's the number right after the resolution (ie. 320 480 15) the bold number is the framerate, try upping that, but I wouldn't go any higher than 25.
Good luck, hope to see it soon
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try editing the desc.txt framerate. that's the number right after the resolution (ie. 320 480 15) the bold number is the framerate, try upping that, but I wouldn't go any higher than 25.
Good luck, hope to see it soon
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Thanks dude. Yeah I actually figured that out. What I actually did was i changed the framerate of the boot animation it's self because naturally I just set it to 29.97 since that's standard ntsc. so i changed that to 24 so it matched the desc.txt and i saw a slight increase in speed. I'm gonna play around with it a little more, maybe make the frame rate of the animation it's self even lower and see if i can get higher speeds. Hopefully without losing too much quality though.
Also, I read somewhere that if you use a smaller resolution it will go faster. So i'll give that a shot as well.
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Also, I read somewhere that if you use a smaller resolution it will go faster. So i'll give that a shot as well.
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Yeah, you can make it 320 x 320 like the cyanogenmod bootanimation, just make it's background black. That's why theirs runs nice, it's 320 x 320 -vs- 320 x 480
downloaded the zip, thanks mate
gonna play around with it and see what works
anyone got a signing program? my SDK is being stupid tonight
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Yeah, you can make it 320 x 320 like the cyanogenmod bootanimation, just make it's background black. That's why theirs runs nice, it's 320 x 320 -vs- 320 x 480
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Yeah I noticed that and I figured that was why it looks so nice. Kind of a bummer you can't have a full screen one that runs that nice though. Oh well.
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downloaded the zip, thanks mate
gonna play around with it and see what works
anyone got a signing program? my SDK is being stupid tonight
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I just use this. it's for mac but i'm sure you could find something similar.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=573498
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downloaded the zip, thanks mate
gonna play around with it and see what works
anyone got a signing program? my SDK is being stupid tonight
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I use AndroidSigner. Very easy to use, just drag and drop and sign. you can find it here:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/android-development/126517-pc-ppcgeeks-android-apk-zip-signer.html
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I use AndroidSigner. Very easy to use, just drag and drop and sign. you can find it here:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/android-development/126517-pc-ppcgeeks-android-apk-zip-signer.html
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thanks for the signer that was simple to use
i got one, just to see if i could get it to work, i will be making my own soon.
all props go to: mj_b90 at http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/56647-boot-animation-gallery.html
Little Big Planet Sackboy Dancing flashable boot animation
it worked on froshedyo v7, nandroid before flashing plz
I came across some pretty sweet themes but they dont seem to work with 6.1 Cyanogen. Anyone think they cant port/set them up for the Slide? I think it would be pretty rocking...
http://droidpirate.com/2010/09/09/theme-nextheme-for-cyanogenmod-v6-rc2/
Seems this is a more updated version of the above theme?
http://m.droidforums.net/forum/koush/103771-theme-cm_6-1_-final-nextheme.html
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http://droidpirate.com/2010/09/09/theme-perfect-smoked-glass-for-cyanogen-v6-0-0/
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http://droidpirate.com/2010/09/09/theme-smoked-glass-esque-for-cyanogen/
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Good luck and anyone that pulls it off is the best!
As far as I could tell from at least the first link, they're HD themes. Gotta resize everything in the framework.apk as well as every individual res folder for each skinned app.
But the LauncherPro theme you could use. Be wary that it's an older version of launcherpro.
I thought these were gonna be the smoked glass themes someone posted from the nexus one forums. ;p
Gotta say these do look nice
I am looking into using this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=737526
Theme importer script.
Seems very promising. But if they need to be resized i dont think this script can handle that... as for the Nexus ones.. how do they compare? and i think the nexus has the same resolution? probably wrong about that lol Just recently got into the whole android moding scene so learning alot
Nexus One is like 800 x 480, we're 320x480 ;p But I heard the N1 is more of a quasi-WVGA. I wouldn't know. I just know it's got a higher resolution.
No fun! Oh well was hoping What other phones themes are compatible size wise with the slide? Maybe i can find a theme for them and convert it...didnt notice anything about screen resolution on the tread so i didnt think it mattered. Also seen something about a pixel densety changer and wonder if that will do any good?
Well looking on wikipedia. i checked out the resolutions and the regular droid seems to be of the same resolution and those themes seem to be for the droid?
also does HDPI and MDPI refer to the resolutions or just the icons? Like should any MDPI theme work on any MDPI phone?
I physically opened the themes on the page and checked the framework.apk's. They have to be resized for our phones.
hm i see. well i hope someone can get these up and running!
The theme porter script has an image resizer that MIGHT work, never actually used it. But it could just make everything look vertically stretched, circles look like ovals, etc, because HDPI is a different aspect ratio than MDPI. Worth a shot though.
Unofficial DROID Prime Boot Animation
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/09/0...t-animation-brings-us-back-to-our-childhoods/
Click here to view it:
http://carlz28.com/NexusPrime.html
Someone PLEASE put this on the D3!
I'm working on it now, give me about an hour...i'll test it too.
Longest part is downloading and reinstalling flash, i've already dissected the swf file into images and
sound though.
For some reason when I break it up the animation gets stupid when the Transformer builds, it's like it's
not even include in the movie...but I know it is.
I'll be happy if you get it ported successfully
Thats cause prime is in pieces and put together with a script over the black background I have a idea ill test on my d2 first and post results..
Its finished all working on the Droid 3 here is a sample working video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biwPR6hWbK0
And the files with instructions.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=COSIYKOB
Let me know what you think may be a tad too big ...
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Its finished all working on the Droid 3 here is a sample working video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biwPR6hWbK0
And the files with instructions.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=COSIYKOB
Let me know what you think may be a tad too big ...
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didn't seem to work for me...
just black screen till it finished booting... so i went back to my Stargate animation
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hrmmm seems like it's a different method than my other animation to get it to work...?
I just read the install.txt ha, meh bad... I'll give it a shot in a little bit and see if it'll work.
I have the origional android boot screen, I would like to have back. Any way you could make that work?
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I have the origional android boot screen, I would like to have back. Any way you could make that work?
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Should be able to replace the bootanimation.zip in the
/system/media dir.
I renamed the existing bootanimation in case i ever decided to go back and left it in the folder.
send it to me ill see what I can do .. 'I dont like to over write the file in the system media easier to fix is something trips out using the /data/local/...
here ya go.
BTW Seiryu's method worked aswell. No issues using that exact file.
Thanks to both, and cant wait for your method aswell, to help other less brave (or stupid, which is me lol) people from doing this before we have SBF lol
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didn't seem to work for me...
just black screen till it finished booting... so i went back to my Stargate animation
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hrmmm seems like it's a different method than my other animation to get it to work...?
I just read the install.txt ha, meh bad... I'll give it a shot in a little bit and see if it'll work.
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where did you get the stargate animation?
As requested Droid boot original for the D3 i added the droid sound.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QXM1ISJZ
awesome. simple, yet elegant.
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where did you get the stargate animation?
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Sorry for the slow response, forgot to come back and check this thread
I can't remember exactly where i found it, it was a few weeks ago now... I attached it to my post though, just rename it to bootanimation.zip and place it in /system/media. There's no audio on this one... but should be pretty easy to add. I'll see if i can't add it later today if I get some free time i've just been lazy
Looks nice! I will test it out later!
Thanks!
Droid prime animation
I am new to this stuff and recently jave rooted my phone and have learned how to put boot animations on. However i am trying to get this one on my phone and it works but its too big and i have tried adjusting the size in the desc.txt but then the animation no longer works. Can someone please help me convert it so it fits my mytouch 3g slide. 320x480
Just wanted to say thanks for this awesome Boot Animation. Absolutely love it.
this is simply beautiful. i like the fact of nothing getting officially overwritten so it accounts for a safe/fast add or delete with no problems. A+