Ok so I'm a noob but I was trying to create my own boot screen and in the /system/media folder there is an audio folder and a bootanimation.zip I zipped my own images over the sprint layout and I have nothing but a black screen. Then I wasw looking at fresh 2.3.3 and its setup with a bootscreen folder in the media folder. Don't know if creating a bootscreen folder would work I'm just trying different things. So if you could explain to me how to create a folder in the system. I tried adb push bootfolder /system/media however that just push the contents. Thanks!
Mr.J.K said:
Ok so I'm a noob but I was trying to create my own boot screen and in the /system/media folder there is an audio folder and a bootanimation.zip I zipped my own images over the sprint layout and I have nothing but a black screen. Then I wasw looking at fresh 2.3.3 and its setup with a bootscreen folder in the media folder. Don't know if creating a bootscreen folder would work I'm just trying different things. So if you could explain to me how to create a folder in the system. I tried adb push bootfolder /system/media however that just push the contents. Thanks!
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Use the way its done it fresh or in my rom. But to get it to work u have to delete the boot animation.zip file. Fresh uses specific names to the files others use generic ones.
I have Cognition 4.5.3 loaded on my phone. I tried placing bootanimation.zip in system/media via root explorer. Rebooted phone multiple times but still only get the Cognition boot animation.
Am I missing a step with Cog 4.5.3 ? or is it even possible?
I figured out the issue and it was my mistake. I renamed the flashable .zip file to bootanimation.zip and placed it in system/media. I looked through that zip file and found bootanimation.zip in one of the sub folders. I took that and placed it in system/media now I have the customer boot animation.
Hey guys,
Been doing lots of reading online and haven't been able to figure out how to change my boot image/animations.
I'm running a Canadian captivate I896 and I have flashed it with the Odin 1-click gingerbread flash tool found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1127249
I also rooted it with the stuff in that thread.
I would like to be able to just drop a bootanimation.zip into a system folder but it appears that I have the .qmg files in the System/Media folder. Everything in there also appears with a shield on the icon and I can't rename, delete or put any other files in that folder.
I am using Root Explorer and I have it in R/W mode.
What do I have to do? Is there another thread I should read? I have done lots of searches but can't find anything.
Thanks
Depending on the version of Android you're running, the filename of the animation is different. For Froyo(2.2), bootanimation.zip. For Gingerbread(and Ice Cream Sandwich, presumably, 2.3/2.4), sanim.zip. /system/media is usually where you would put the file, but some kernels read it from /data/local.
The qmg files are the original Samsung boot animation. You can usually leave them there.
If Root Explorer won't let you write, even after hitting the R/O-R/W button a few times, it sounds like the rooting didn't work.
ugoff said:
Depending on the version of Android you're running, the filename of the animation is different. For Froyo(2.2), bootanimation.zip. For Gingerbread(and Ice Cream Sandwich, presumably, 2.3/2.4), sanim.zip. /system/media is usually where you would put the file, but some kernels read it from /data/local.
The qmg files are the original Samsung boot animation. You can usually leave them there.
If Root Explorer won't let you write, even after hitting the R/O-R/W button a few times, it sounds like the rooting didn't work.
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Thank you very much for the reply.
I just flashed to the Illuminance 3.0 rom with the Samurai 1.4.2 Kernel.
Root Checker says I have root access.
Still can't write anything to the system/media folder.
Good to know that I need to rename the .zip file though.
Any further info you could offer on the read/write issue or where the .zip needs to go would be greatly appreciated.
Ha! Threw the .zip in the data/local file and the animation works great THanks. Now I just need to figure out how to get rid of the stupid AT&T image.
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Ha! Threw the .zip in the data/local file and the animation works great THanks. Now I just need to figure out how to get rid of the stupid AT&T image.
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The first image you see is from the bootloader. The AT&T bootloader can be hacked to replace the image. Alternatively, installing bootloaders from the i9000 will replace this with the stock Galaxy S image. Check out the Android Development section for bootloader info.
When I try to move the .zip file I get the error "Java.io.FileNotFoundException" why?
If your device is rooted, you can run the app called "root tools" and change your boot animation, it comes with a few good animations. the only thing is you have to pay for it. google root tools.apk and you'll be able to find it
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If your device is rooted, you can run the app called "root tools" and change your boot animation, it comes with a few good animations. the only thing is you have to pay for it. google root tools.apk and you'll be able to find it
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There is a much better, simpler, and safer way to change your boot animations.
1. Make a copy of the zip file that your rom installer came with.
2. Using a program like 7zip, open the zip file and clean out all directories except everything in META-INF, and /system/media.
3. Go into the /system/media folder and remove everything except bootanimation.zip and sanim.zip.
4. Copy over the bootanimation.zip and sanim.zip (if they're both there - if not, just copy over the one that's there) with your own versions of these files. MAKE SURE THAT THE FILE YOU PUT IN WAS ZIPPED WITH NO COMPRESSION. (You can specify compression in 7zip - it will be the "store" option).
5. Close the zipped file.
6. Save the zipped file (with whatever name you want) to your internal SD card.
7. Reboot into CWM recovery and flash.
This will replace your boot animations with your modded ones. If something goes haywire, worst case scenario will be you don't see a boot animation before the rom boots. If that happens, just use the same steps above, but don't replace the boot animations. Flash that "revert" version.
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If your device is rooted, you can run the app called "root tools" and change your boot animation, it comes with a few good animations. the only thing is you have to pay for it. google root tools.apk and you'll be able to find it
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Yea im rooted running illuminance 3.0.1 with the latest corn kernal...
Edit...fixed it, had to grant the program superuser permissions...
I have done this every single way taking up 32 hours of my life, time away from my family and time away from my friends.
The 7 files that you are supposed to insert on system/lib are hanging stock and custom roms and I have done everything by the book to make sure that root explorer is in R/W on System and System/Lib...
Root Explorer never asks to replace the files, it just does it automatically in my case.
Are there permissions that I am missing?
what am I doing wrong here?
abuttino said:
I have done this every single way taking up 32 hours of my life, time away from my family and time away from my friends.
The 7 files that you are supposed to insert on system/lib are hanging stock and custom roms and I have done everything by the book to make sure that root explorer is in R/W on System and System/Lib...
Root Explorer never asks to replace the files, it just does it automatically in my case.
Are there permissions that I am missing?
what am I doing wrong here?
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I just took and unpacked the rom zip and copied them straight into the /system/lib folder then repacked the zip using the store method. then copied that to my sd card and installed through either safestrap or CWM. i am having no problems doing it that way. Don't forget to unpack the zip containing those files then just copy them straight to the /system/lib of the unpacked rom zip.
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I just took and unpacked the rom zip and copied them straight into the /system/lib folder then repacked the zip using the store method. then copied that to my sd card and installed through either safestrap or CWM. i am having no problems doing it that way. Don't forget to unpack the zip containing those files then just copy them straight to the /system/lib of the unpacked rom zip.
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Store Method??
you mean zipping it up for a flashable zip?
What method do you use for this?
The problem right now is that Root Explorer will not let me unmount, and I suspect that is the reason that the phone hangs on the "M" logo after the copy of the 7 files for the radio.
Ok so im stuck.
I've tried everything to install a different boot animation on my T-Mobile Note 4.
I tried downloading a file that was titled "CWM_CustomBootanimation_44_Enable.zip"
then going into an XDA thread that had a bunch of "bootanimation.zip"'s and choosing the one I liked.
Downloaded and placed it in my system/media/ folder.
Gave it the right permisions.
But nothing happened... I rebooted the phone and now all i had was just the stock samsung note 4 boot-up, but oddly i was now missing the T-mobile one that would show up right after, although the T-Mo jingle remained.
I kept searching and then found the strategy of just replacing the "bootsamsung.qmg" and "bootsamsungloop.qmg" files.
I found another boot animation i liked with .qmg format.
It came in zip folder and i extracted the 2 files, copied them over and named them like the original files (also adding an "_old" to the titles of the originals incase i ever needed them again)
Gave them the right permissions
Rebooted
And same thing again... just the stock black note 4 screen
At this point i decided to try another .qmg file, but this time for the shutdown animation...
Did pretty much the same run around...
and it worked! so the shut down animation was changed without a hitch.
I went back to the media folder and realized there were other boot files such as "bootsamsungmini.qmg", "bootsamsungminiloop.qmg", "bootsamsungmini2.qmg" and "bootsamsungmini2loop.qmg"
so i tried switching all of them to the 2 .qmg files i originally downloaded, with the right permissions, but nothing... still same stock black boot up.
So now, like i said, I'm stuck...
Should i have just put the whole zip file in the media folder? there were two folders in that zip. One was system/media with the two new boot animations and the other was META-INF/com/google/android/ with two files "update-binary" and "updater-script". Not sure if i have to do anything with these files.
Ive also heard theres an app on the market called Boot Animation but it has lots of mixed reviews, dont feel like going through the hassle of possibly bricking my device now.
And ive never been a custom rom kinda guy so i dont want to switch roms just for a boot animaion.
Any help would be appreciated thanks.
Anyone?
Most system/media files contain a bootanimation.zip folder. Make sure you delete it or when you put in the new qmg the system will boot from the zip file before the extracted qmgs