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Startup & Shutdown Animations from the Android Commercials -SHUTDOWN SOUND NOW WORKS!

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?

Changing the Boot Animation

For those wanting to change the boot animation on your Thunderbolt, here is a quick tutorial. Remember that you do this at your own risk- I take no responsibility. It is fairly simple though.
1. Download your preferred bootanimation and place on the root of your sd card.
2. Rename to "bootanimation.zip" (without the quotes of course)
3. use root explorer and navigate to the /system/media folder OR /system/customize/resource folder for VirusROM (I think)
4. rename the "bootanimation.zip" to "bootanimation.zip.old" and "Finalthunder.mp3" to "Finalthunder.mp3.old"
5. Next navigate to your sdcard, and find the bootanimation.zip file that you downloaded and renamed.
6. long press and choose copy
7. now navigate to the /system/media folder on your phone and toggle to mount R/W
8. Then just paste the bootanimation and done!
9. Reboot to check out your new boot animation
I will be trying to reach out to several devs who have made boot animations and see if they will let me post a link to them here so we can have a centralized place to get anims from. Will update as soon as I start hearing back from those devs.

How do you change the boot sound?
I was able to change this right after root by using the same methods as I used on my DINC. But I want to replace the boot sound as well. I have tried renaiming to thunderfinal.mp3, android_audio.mp3, and (VZW_) something .mp3 to no avail. Any suggestions or success?

madroix said:
I was able to change this right after root by using the same methods as I used on my DINC. But I want to replace the boot sound as well. I have tried renaiming to thunderfinal.mp3, android_audio.mp3, and (VZW_) something .mp3 to no avail. Any suggestions or success?
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rename it to:
thunderfinal.mp3.old
and it "should" work. at least it worked for me. if you change the bootanimation, just add ".old" after .zip

FYI - I don't think that is the correct location - at least it's not on my Thunderbolt. Check here: /system/customize/resource and find the VZW_bootanimation.zip.
I replaced that with one of my choice and it's working fine. The sound is there as well: FinalThunder.mp3.

elemerica said:
FYI - I don't think that is the correct location - at least it's not on my Thunderbolt. Check here: /system/customize/resource and find the VZW_bootanimation.zip.
I replaced that with one of my choice and it's working fine. The sound is there as well: FinalThunder.mp3.
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It depends what rom you are using. The debloated rom has those files placed in media. I am running the debloated rom now.

Where can I download other boot animations?

In xda there are a ton of boot animations. Just use the search. I put "boot animation" in the search tab and got a ton of results.
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runhopskipjump said:
It depends what rom you are using. The debloated rom has those files placed in media. I am running the debloated rom now.
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If you are running Debloat then its in the /system/media folder.
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The stock rom is:
/system/customize/resource/bootanimation.zip
Same as EVO not DINC, DINC called it VZW_bootanimation.zip

I've been working on a few of my own boot animations. The problem I found is that when I dropped in my own boot animation and left the finalthunder.mp3 right where it was. It no longer played the thunder sound?? I assumed that changing the name of finalthunder would make it go away otherwise it would play no matter what.
So why did it stop playing when I didn't touch it?

**EDIT
Duplicate post. Sorry!

Maybe the sound is tied to the original boot animation through a script or other file...not really sure. I am going to play around with it this week and see if I can get the sound working as I have a couple ideas myself. If I find something that works I will be sure to post back and let you know.
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changing Stock animation
I'd like to know as well. I can't see anywhere in the VZW_bootanimation.zip where that file is even referenced...
Of course, I'm not exactly a scholar in this area. I just want to use a custom sound with my custom boot ani.
Thanks!
B
*UPDATE*
I extracted all the stock folders from the zip, I changed 1 PNG (the quietly brilliant splash in the 'android' folder), rezipped it and put it back on the bolt. When I rebooted the screen was blank BUT the finalthunder.mp3 STILL played... and there was no animation.
I kept the PNG file name that I changed the same as the original... not sure why it stopped working tho. {Note - I rename the zip (attached) after I have it on my SD card. then move it to the system/customize/resource.}

hey guys, having some problems making mine
i was able to make everything but i get no image. I made 120 jpg files for the VZW folder and placed them in their.
I then customized the HTC screenie for the android folder, and finally in the progress folder i placed a .gif (which i didn't think was a problem).
I also placed the desc.txt file as well, zipped it up and placed in in /system/media. No dice...
Anyone else having an issue or has had this issue and knows what i need to do??

edited because

Anybody got any cool boot animations running on their Tbolts yet?

Awesome this worked great. Thinks for the instructions.

okay, i need some assistance, I'm trying to make a fairly simple boot animation, but NONE of the animations ive used have worked I am obviously not doing something right, but not sure what

I can't get this to work either... I'm running DaBamf ROM and put these files in the system/media folder to replace what was there and all I get is a black screen and no sound at all... I haven't messed with the stock location of these files yet, so we'll see...

Ok this is a weird solution but it has worked for me.
1. down load the link below and flash it. When it boots up you will get the famous rick roll bootanimation that jcase put up on April 1st.
2. Go to /system/media/ and replace the bootanimation.zip with whatever bootanimation.zip you want.
3. If you want to add custom boot sound you have to name it android_audio.mp3 to replace what is there. If you don't want any sound delete the existing android_audio.mp3 or you will get Rick Astley every time you boot.
That has allowed me to change bootanimation and get custom sound each time I have replaced the ROM. If that works for you thank me and enjoy.

[Q] Custom boot animation with sound

Hi,
I have tried to make a custom boot animation with sound. The animation works, the sound does not -.-
I tried everything:
- name ist boot.mp3/android_audio.mp3 and put it in data/local.
- Named one of the folders "android", and listed it in the "desc.txt" file.
refer to a tutorial by DevHead at androidforums.com
What should I do so that my Nexus One plays a sound at startup ?
(Yes i have already googled that )
(I´m using the latest Cyanogenmod nightly with IR´s Kernel.)

Helwin said:
Hi,
I have tried to make a custom boot animation with sound. The animation works, the sound does not -.-
I tried everything:
- name ist boot.mp3/android_audio.mp3 and put it in data/local.
- Named one of the folders "android", and listed it in the "desc.txt" file.
refer to a tutorial by DevHead at androidforums.com
What should I do so that my Nexus One plays a sound at startup ?
(Yes i have already googled that )
(I´m using the latest Cyanogenmod nightly with IR´s Kernel.)
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ive been trying to do this too to no avail ill get back to you

/system/media/bootaudio.mp3

The default init.rc doesn't have the entry for boot audio, most probably.
Attached the file. Search its name on the net and see what it does.

Any progress on this?

Got sound working!!!
Found a solution to my own question. Its still not 'completely' working though! The sound works for exactly half the length of the .mp3 file
Got the steps from here:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-mytouch-4g/69792-mod-how-unlock-your-boot-animation-audio.html
My current setup is as follows:
Google Nexus One
OS: CM7 Nightly - cm_passion_full-252.zip
Kernel: 2.6.38.8_AVS-950mV_CFS_AXI_720p_1152MHz_091711_CM7.zip
Steps that worked for me:
1. Download bootsnd.sh.txt and remove the".txt" then copy to the root of your sdcard.
2. Use root explorer or equivalent to set /system to r/w.
3. Start terminal emulator up on your device.
4. type "su" + enter to gain root privileges.
5. Type "cd /sdcard" + enter.
6. Type "sh bootsnd.sh" + enter(You will NOT see any output DO NOT RUN THE SCRIPT MORE THAN ONCE OR YOU WILL HAVE TO REFLASH YOUR ROM.)
7. Place your "android_audio.mp3" of choice in system/media/
8. Reboot to hear your boot audio!!

This is exactly the same file as the one I've attached 1/2 year ago.
It modifies the init.rc to play boot sound.

Thanks, but in your reply there were no steps explained.
Can you help in fixing audio playing partially?

Most probably not. When does the audio cut off? What event causes it? Bootanimation stops when it happens (showing screen)?

The sound stops almost at 50% of mp3 length. For example if sound is for 22 seconds, it stops at 11seconds.
Boot Animation continues.
Can you help?

KoolPal said:
The sound stops almost at 50% of mp3 length. For example if sound is for 22 seconds, it stops at 11seconds.
Boot Animation continues.
Can you help?
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Silly question but if you make the MP3 twice as long by adding empty sound at the end does it play the whole thing through?

[INFO] Online sound converter

I've noticed we don't have a lot of boot sound options in our forum, so I'm just making my own. Anyway, this site will convert almost any format to ogg http://media.io/ so, you can do it yourself. I've just been taking ringtones and such and converting them. 9 to 12 seconds lonh seems to work. I've attached a sample, (it's a little longer than optimum). Just unzip, to a convenient location. These instructions are for files you've converted, sample file is already properly named.
1) Using your file manager browse to system >media> audio> ui> PowerOn.ogg
2. Rename the file PowerOn.ogg to PowerOn.bak*
3. Browse to the location of the ogg you want as your new boot sound.
4. Make sure it is named PowerOn.ogg
5. Copy it to system > media>audio> ui> PowerOn.ogg
6. Reboot and enjoy
* Linux is case sensitive so the power on sound must be PowerOn.ogg with uppercase P and O
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Boot Sounds?

I'm on 2 different AHD. 1 has CM 10.1 RC2/4.2.2 & the other has CM 10.2/4.3. I got the same custom boot animation on both. Its the red umbrella. Any way to add sound?
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cmdru1980 said:
I'm on 2 different AHD. 1 has CM 10.1 RC2/4.2.2 & the other has CM 10.2/4.3. I got the same custom boot animation on both. Its the red umbrella. Any way to add sound?
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(Credit Goes to Infantry667)
The apps:
First you will need a couple apps. You will need absolute system, root explorer and file converter. You can get them from the android market, just do a search for them. They're not free but if you know anything about root you probably already have root explorer and maybe even absolute system, but you will need file converter by ice cold apps.
The programs:
Again if you know anything or a decent amount about root you probably already have these programs but if not then download them. You will need 7Zip (preferably 7Zip) because as far as I know it is one of the only if not the only program that can zip files correctly WITHOUT compression which is mandatory because if there is any compression applied to the bootanimatiom.zip file OT WILL NOT WORK! You will also need either GVIM or Editor++ in order to properly edit the desc.txt file in the bootanimation.zip which we all know is what makes the boot animation work and if that is not configured correctly then, well, you're gonna be throwing things.
The method:
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Find the boot animation you want and download it using absolute system or from whatever source, whether it be from a forum thread or whatever. If you download it from a source other than absolute system you have to make sure before applying it you have to place it on the root of your sd card and make sure it is not named bootanimation.zip if there are other boot animations on your sd card because if they are named the same, obviously, they will overwrite eachother so name them however you want.
2.
Find the sound you want to use, it can be any sound file as long as it's short enough (or not) to play completely on boot. Download it, place it in your sd card and open the file converter app. Use file converter to find the file and once you've found and selected it select to convert it to .ogg. It MUST be converted to .ogg or it WILL NOT work. Once it is converted find the converted version ("sound".ogg or "whatever you named it".ogg) and use root explorer to move it to /sytem/media and leave it there for now.
3.
Plug your phone in to your computer, make sure USB debugging is enabled, and put your phone into USB mass storage mode once your phone is connected. Open up the files from your sd card on your computer and find the boot animation .zip you are going to change and move it to your computer. Next open up 7Zip and find the boot animation .zip file you just moved. Select the file and extract it to wherever you want to on your computer. Once you have extracted the .zip files with 7Zip go to the extracted files on your computer.
Note: (This next part will save the edited version as the orginal version so if you want to make a backup before you edit it just rename however you want or copy it into a separate folder named desc backup.)
4.
Right click on the extracted desc.txt file from the boot animation amd right click on it. Once you right click you will see an option that says either "edit with Editor++" or "edit with VIM" depending on which program you decided on (I prefer Editor++). Select the option and it will open up the desc.txt in your editor of choice. There may be a lost of guidelines in the desc.txt file for editing parts of the desc.txt but this is usually only in stock boot animations. Decide where you want the sound file to play and comment in the sound file you want to use by adding a line under the part you choose it to play at by typing "s 'sound'.ogg" DO NOT type what I wrote verbatim, the name 'sound' is just to give an example. Here is an example of a desc.txt file that has been edited to have sound:
(The red part is the sound line)
Quote:
# 540 wide, 960 tall 10 frames per second
540 960 10
# p means we're defining a part
# first number is repeat count, 0 means infinite
# second number is delay in frames before performing the next part
# so if you are playing 15 frames a second 15 would be... one second
# string defines the directory to load files from
# files will be loaded in order but names don't matter
# s defines a sound for a part
# sounds will be loaded from /system/media
# oggs with loop points will loop automatically
# only one sound will play at a time
# timing is driven by the part, not the sounds
# if you want no sound, leave blank
# droid
p 1 0 01_droid
s Fusion.ogg
# fusion
p 1 0 02_fusion
# mobility
p 1 0 03_mobility
# loop
p 0 0 04_loop
Notice the name of the sound in the desc.txt file is the same as the one I want to use. I hate to sound like I'm trying to make you feel stupid, which I am most definitely not, I just want to make sure this is detailed enough for anyone to follow.
4. Continued:
Once you have commented in the sound line, and you can add as many as you want just make sure you read the guidelines in the example desc.txt file above, save the file and exit your editor.
5. Open 7Zip and find the extracted boot animation files again with the edited desc.txt file. Make sure that the only files showing up in 7Zip are the boot animation files you extracted including the original desc.txt file that was edited and only that edited one, not the backup if you made one. In the menu bar on the 7Zip program click on "edit" and click on "select all" in the drop down menu that pops up. Next click "file" in the menu bar, move your cursor to the 7Zip option and when the drop down menu pops up click on "add to archive..." Then when the window pops up just change the name to whatever you want, select "zip" in the Archive format drop down menu, select "store" in the compression level drop down menu (you must select store or the boot animation .zip file you are creating will be compressed and as I mentioned above it won't work with compression) and then click "OK" to create the .zip file. Once it is created go ahead and move it onto the root of your sd card.
6. Unplug your phone from your computer and once the sd card is mounted open up absolute system. Go to boot animations and press menu and selct "boot animation editor." Press menu again and select "import from sd card." Find the boot animation you edited and slect it. Pres menu once it brings up the window with all the .png images and select "import" and when the window pops up prompting you to name the bootanimatiom just name it however you want and select "import." In order for the boot animation you edited to show up in your list of downloaded boot animations in absolute system you must first close absolute system and reopen it, go into boot animation editor again and it should be there. Select your edited boot animation and when it opens up the window with all the .png images press menu and select "desc.txt editor" which will open up the desc.txt file in absolute systems own editor. Scroll down untill you see the "s" line you commented in and press on it, this will open up a small window prompting you to choose the file from either /data/local or /system/media. Selct to choos from /system/media and there will be a list of .ogg files to choose from (if there are more than one you put in there). Select which one you want to play for that line. This is just to make sure the bootanimation.zip is using the right .ogg file and so your phone knows where to play it from on boot. You can change these if you want but you cannot comment lines in or out using absolute system. Once you have finished making changes or confirming the sound files press menu and select "save changes." Once it's done saving the changes press back.
NOTE: THIS NEXT PART IS VERY IMPORTANT AND MUST BE DONE EXACTLY AS I HAVE WRITTEN, IN THE EXACT SAME SEQUENCE I AM GIVING YOU.
7.Sorry for yelling hehe. Once absolute system is done saving the desc.txt file and you have pressed back to re-enter the .png images window in absolute system press home and open up root explorer. In root explorer go to /system/media where you placed your .ogg files and move them again into /system/media/audio/notifications and press home key again. Open absolute system and install the boot animation to /data/local by selecting change install location and selecting "/data/local" and reboot your phone. If the sound does not play, which it should, install the boot animation in BOTH /data/local AND /system/media using absolute system.
You should now have sound along with your boot animation. I hope you all have fun adding crazy sounds to your boot animations. The thanks button is always happy when you press it!

Rick1488 said:
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(Credit Goes to Infantry667)
The apps:
First you will need a couple apps. You will need absolute system, root explorer and file converter. You can get them from the android market, just do a search for them. They're not free but if you know anything about root you probably already have root explorer and maybe even absolute system, but you will need file converter by ice cold apps.
The programs:
Again if you know anything or a decent amount about root you probably already have these programs but if not then download them. You will need 7Zip (preferably 7Zip) because as far as I know it is one of the only if not the only program that can zip files correctly WITHOUT compression which is mandatory because if there is any compression applied to the bootanimatiom.zip file OT WILL NOT WORK! You will also need either GVIM or Editor++ in order to properly edit the desc.txt file in the bootanimation.zip which we all know is what makes the boot animation work and if that is not configured correctly then, well, you're gonna be throwing things.
The method:
1.
Find the boot animation you want and download it using absolute system or from whatever source, whether it be from a forum thread or whatever. If you download it from a source other than absolute system you have to make sure before applying it you have to place it on the root of your sd card and make sure it is not named bootanimation.zip if there are other boot animations on your sd card because if they are named the same, obviously, they will overwrite eachother so name them however you want.
2.
Find the sound you want to use, it can be any sound file as long as it's short enough (or not) to play completely on boot. Download it, place it in your sd card and open the file converter app. Use file converter to find the file and once you've found and selected it select to convert it to .ogg. It MUST be converted to .ogg or it WILL NOT work. Once it is converted find the converted version ("sound".ogg or "whatever you named it".ogg) and use root explorer to move it to /sytem/media and leave it there for now.
3.
Plug your phone in to your computer, make sure USB debugging is enabled, and put your phone into USB mass storage mode once your phone is connected. Open up the files from your sd card on your computer and find the boot animation .zip you are going to change and move it to your computer. Next open up 7Zip and find the boot animation .zip file you just moved. Select the file and extract it to wherever you want to on your computer. Once you have extracted the .zip files with 7Zip go to the extracted files on your computer.
Note: (This next part will save the edited version as the orginal version so if you want to make a backup before you edit it just rename however you want or copy it into a separate folder named desc backup.)
4.
Right click on the extracted desc.txt file from the boot animation amd right click on it. Once you right click you will see an option that says either "edit with Editor++" or "edit with VIM" depending on which program you decided on (I prefer Editor++). Select the option and it will open up the desc.txt in your editor of choice. There may be a lost of guidelines in the desc.txt file for editing parts of the desc.txt but this is usually only in stock boot animations. Decide where you want the sound file to play and comment in the sound file you want to use by adding a line under the part you choose it to play at by typing "s 'sound'.ogg" DO NOT type what I wrote verbatim, the name 'sound' is just to give an example. Here is an example of a desc.txt file that has been edited to have sound:
(The red part is the sound line)
Quote:
# 540 wide, 960 tall 10 frames per second
540 960 10
# p means we're defining a part
# first number is repeat count, 0 means infinite
# second number is delay in frames before performing the next part
# so if you are playing 15 frames a second 15 would be... one second
# string defines the directory to load files from
# files will be loaded in order but names don't matter
# s defines a sound for a part
# sounds will be loaded from /system/media
# oggs with loop points will loop automatically
# only one sound will play at a time
# timing is driven by the part, not the sounds
# if you want no sound, leave blank
# droid
p 1 0 01_droid
s Fusion.ogg
# fusion
p 1 0 02_fusion
# mobility
p 1 0 03_mobility
# loop
p 0 0 04_loop
Notice the name of the sound in the desc.txt file is the same as the one I want to use. I hate to sound like I'm trying to make you feel stupid, which I am most definitely not, I just want to make sure this is detailed enough for anyone to follow.
4. Continued:
Once you have commented in the sound line, and you can add as many as you want just make sure you read the guidelines in the example desc.txt file above, save the file and exit your editor.
5. Open 7Zip and find the extracted boot animation files again with the edited desc.txt file. Make sure that the only files showing up in 7Zip are the boot animation files you extracted including the original desc.txt file that was edited and only that edited one, not the backup if you made one. In the menu bar on the 7Zip program click on "edit" and click on "select all" in the drop down menu that pops up. Next click "file" in the menu bar, move your cursor to the 7Zip option and when the drop down menu pops up click on "add to archive..." Then when the window pops up just change the name to whatever you want, select "zip" in the Archive format drop down menu, select "store" in the compression level drop down menu (you must select store or the boot animation .zip file you are creating will be compressed and as I mentioned above it won't work with compression) and then click "OK" to create the .zip file. Once it is created go ahead and move it onto the root of your sd card.
6. Unplug your phone from your computer and once the sd card is mounted open up absolute system. Go to boot animations and press menu and selct "boot animation editor." Press menu again and select "import from sd card." Find the boot animation you edited and slect it. Pres menu once it brings up the window with all the .png images and select "import" and when the window pops up prompting you to name the bootanimatiom just name it however you want and select "import." In order for the boot animation you edited to show up in your list of downloaded boot animations in absolute system you must first close absolute system and reopen it, go into boot animation editor again and it should be there. Select your edited boot animation and when it opens up the window with all the .png images press menu and select "desc.txt editor" which will open up the desc.txt file in absolute systems own editor. Scroll down untill you see the "s" line you commented in and press on it, this will open up a small window prompting you to choose the file from either /data/local or /system/media. Selct to choos from /system/media and there will be a list of .ogg files to choose from (if there are more than one you put in there). Select which one you want to play for that line. This is just to make sure the bootanimation.zip is using the right .ogg file and so your phone knows where to play it from on boot. You can change these if you want but you cannot comment lines in or out using absolute system. Once you have finished making changes or confirming the sound files press menu and select "save changes." Once it's done saving the changes press back.
NOTE: THIS NEXT PART IS VERY IMPORTANT AND MUST BE DONE EXACTLY AS I HAVE WRITTEN, IN THE EXACT SAME SEQUENCE I AM GIVING YOU.
7.Sorry for yelling hehe. Once absolute system is done saving the desc.txt file and you have pressed back to re-enter the .png images window in absolute system press home and open up root explorer. In root explorer go to /system/media where you placed your .ogg files and move them again into /system/media/audio/notifications and press home key again. Open absolute system and install the boot animation to /data/local by selecting change install location and selecting "/data/local" and reboot your phone. If the sound does not play, which it should, install the boot animation in BOTH /data/local AND /system/media using absolute system.
You should now have sound along with your boot animation. I hope you all have fun adding crazy sounds to your boot animations. The thanks button is always happy when you press it!
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For some reason when i try and use bootanimation editor with absolute system, it force closes and unroots my phone so, I gotta go to recovery and erase & restore. I've just been business ES for a explorer cause it does everything I need it to, I think but as far as 7-zip & store on a PC and put it back on card, I got that down.

Did you get it working? I know you don't have to use the programs they are requesting as I used what works for me so you can do the same. I will however say the boot sound annoyed me so In the end I removed it.

Rick1488 said:
Did you get it working? I know you don't have to use the programs they are requesting as I used what works for me so you can do the same. I will however say the boot sound annoyed me so In the end I removed it.
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Naw. Never got it. I love music. I have 50,000 songs on a hard drive and I like to theme my phones to a certain artist, including splash and boot. I've got two AHD and was gonna do 2 different ones but, without the sound.....
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Rick1488 said:
Did you get it working? I know you don't have to use the programs they are requesting as I used what works for me so you can do the same. I will however say the boot sound annoyed me so In the end I removed it.
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How'd you do it?
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Rick1488 said:
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(Credit Goes to Infantry667)
The apps:
First you will need a couple apps. You will need absolute system, root explorer and file converter. You can get them from the android market, just do a search for them. They're not free but if you know anything about root you probably already have root explorer and maybe even absolute system, but you will need file converter by ice cold apps.
The programs:
Again if you know anything or a decent amount about root you probably already have these programs but if not then download them. You will need 7Zip (preferably 7Zip) because as far as I know it is one of the only if not the only program that can zip files correctly WITHOUT compression which is mandatory because if there is any compression applied to the bootanimatiom.zip file OT WILL NOT WORK! You will also need either GVIM or Editor++ in order to properly edit the desc.txt file in the bootanimation.zip which we all know is what makes the boot animation work and if that is not configured correctly then, well, you're gonna be throwing things.
The method:
1.
Find the boot animation you want and download it using absolute system or from whatever source, whether it be from a forum thread or whatever. If you download it from a source other than absolute system you have to make sure before applying it you have to place it on the root of your sd card and make sure it is not named bootanimation.zip if there are other boot animations on your sd card because if they are named the same, obviously, they will overwrite eachother so name them however you want.
2.
Find the sound you want to use, it can be any sound file as long as it's short enough (or not) to play completely on boot. Download it, place it in your sd card and open the file converter app. Use file converter to find the file and once you've found and selected it select to convert it to .ogg. It MUST be converted to .ogg or it WILL NOT work. Once it is converted find the converted version ("sound".ogg or "whatever you named it".ogg) and use root explorer to move it to /sytem/media and leave it there for now.
3.
Plug your phone in to your computer, make sure USB debugging is enabled, and put your phone into USB mass storage mode once your phone is connected. Open up the files from your sd card on your computer and find the boot animation .zip you are going to change and move it to your computer. Next open up 7Zip and find the boot animation .zip file you just moved. Select the file and extract it to wherever you want to on your computer. Once you have extracted the .zip files with 7Zip go to the extracted files on your computer.
Note: (This next part will save the edited version as the orginal version so if you want to make a backup before you edit it just rename however you want or copy it into a separate folder named desc backup.)
4.
Right click on the extracted desc.txt file from the boot animation amd right click on it. Once you right click you will see an option that says either "edit with Editor++" or "edit with VIM" depending on which program you decided on (I prefer Editor++). Select the option and it will open up the desc.txt in your editor of choice. There may be a lost of guidelines in the desc.txt file for editing parts of the desc.txt but this is usually only in stock boot animations. Decide where you want the sound file to play and comment in the sound file you want to use by adding a line under the part you choose it to play at by typing "s 'sound'.ogg" DO NOT type what I wrote verbatim, the name 'sound' is just to give an example. Here is an example of a desc.txt file that has been edited to have sound:
(The red part is the sound line)
Quote:
# 540 wide, 960 tall 10 frames per second
540 960 10
# p means we're defining a part
# first number is repeat count, 0 means infinite
# second number is delay in frames before performing the next part
# so if you are playing 15 frames a second 15 would be... one second
# string defines the directory to load files from
# files will be loaded in order but names don't matter
# s defines a sound for a part
# sounds will be loaded from /system/media
# oggs with loop points will loop automatically
# only one sound will play at a time
# timing is driven by the part, not the sounds
# if you want no sound, leave blank
# droid
p 1 0 01_droid
s Fusion.ogg
# fusion
p 1 0 02_fusion
# mobility
p 1 0 03_mobility
# loop
p 0 0 04_loop
Notice the name of the sound in the desc.txt file is the same as the one I want to use. I hate to sound like I'm trying to make you feel stupid, which I am most definitely not, I just want to make sure this is detailed enough for anyone to follow.
4. Continued:
Once you have commented in the sound line, and you can add as many as you want just make sure you read the guidelines in the example desc.txt file above, save the file and exit your editor.
5. Open 7Zip and find the extracted boot animation files again with the edited desc.txt file. Make sure that the only files showing up in 7Zip are the boot animation files you extracted including the original desc.txt file that was edited and only that edited one, not the backup if you made one. In the menu bar on the 7Zip program click on "edit" and click on "select all" in the drop down menu that pops up. Next click "file" in the menu bar, move your cursor to the 7Zip option and when the drop down menu pops up click on "add to archive..." Then when the window pops up just change the name to whatever you want, select "zip" in the Archive format drop down menu, select "store" in the compression level drop down menu (you must select store or the boot animation .zip file you are creating will be compressed and as I mentioned above it won't work with compression) and then click "OK" to create the .zip file. Once it is created go ahead and move it onto the root of your sd card.
6. Unplug your phone from your computer and once the sd card is mounted open up absolute system. Go to boot animations and press menu and selct "boot animation editor." Press menu again and select "import from sd card." Find the boot animation you edited and slect it. Pres menu once it brings up the window with all the .png images and select "import" and when the window pops up prompting you to name the bootanimatiom just name it however you want and select "import." In order for the boot animation you edited to show up in your list of downloaded boot animations in absolute system you must first close absolute system and reopen it, go into boot animation editor again and it should be there. Select your edited boot animation and when it opens up the window with all the .png images press menu and select "desc.txt editor" which will open up the desc.txt file in absolute systems own editor. Scroll down untill you see the "s" line you commented in and press on it, this will open up a small window prompting you to choose the file from either /data/local or /system/media. Selct to choos from /system/media and there will be a list of .ogg files to choose from (if there are more than one you put in there). Select which one you want to play for that line. This is just to make sure the bootanimation.zip is using the right .ogg file and so your phone knows where to play it from on boot. You can change these if you want but you cannot comment lines in or out using absolute system. Once you have finished making changes or confirming the sound files press menu and select "save changes." Once it's done saving the changes press back.
NOTE: THIS NEXT PART IS VERY IMPORTANT AND MUST BE DONE EXACTLY AS I HAVE WRITTEN, IN THE EXACT SAME SEQUENCE I AM GIVING YOU.
7.Sorry for yelling hehe. Once absolute system is done saving the desc.txt file and you have pressed back to re-enter the .png images window in absolute system press home and open up root explorer. In root explorer go to /system/media where you placed your .ogg files and move them again into /system/media/audio/notifications and press home key again. Open absolute system and install the boot animation to /data/local by selecting change install location and selecting "/data/local" and reboot your phone. If the sound does not play, which it should, install the boot animation in BOTH /data/local AND /system/media using absolute system.
You should now have sound along with your boot animation. I hope you all have fun adding crazy sounds to your boot animations. The thanks button is always happy when you press it!
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what if i use notepad++?
what i got using notepad++ in dsc.txt file was just these things
320 480 12
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
what is that?
please help..i really like to have sound with bootanimation.

the hellboy said:
what if i use notepad++?
what i got using notepad++ in dsc.txt file was just these things
320 480 12
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
what is that?
please help..i really like to have sound with bootanimation.
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Notepad ++ is perfect for this job.
The P means we're defining a part
S defines a sound for a part.
So, what you have there is a boot logo with no sound.
I wish I could help you further, but you need to read the tutorial and post your issue if any and I'll help...
Let me give you a tip 4.11 stock rom's boot logo comes with sound so all I did was edit it with a new boot logo and my own sound. I guess this might be lazy, but it was fast and simple and I ended up dumping the sound about a week later. Annoying!

Rick1488 said:
Notepad ++ is perfect for this job.
The P means we're defining a part
S defines a sound for a part.
So, what you have there is a boot logo with no sound.
I wish I could help you further, but you need to read the tutorial and post your issue if any and I'll help...
Let me give you a tip 4.11 stock rom's boot logo comes with sound so all I did was edit it with a new boot logo and my own sound. I guess this might be lazy, but it was fast and simple and I ended up dumping the sound about a week later. Annoying!
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thanks for the reply bro..
yes i did go through the tutorial and i ended up with that i quoted before..
i want to have sony make.believe bootanimation with sound..
but i failed..
so where in desc.txt file edit or put sound?
i mean how do i need to edit those parts..if i wanted to put the audio named bootanim?
please help?
and at last is this just for stock roms or even can work in aosp based roms..
i am running 4.3 legacy xperia latese nightly build right now..
any suggestions or help would be appreciated from bottom of the heart..

Hellboy, if you want you could upload your failed boot animation and I'll fix it for you. Sound good? Oh and for your other question this works for all rooted ROMs.
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I did all that and still no sound AND blank screen during part1. I was just using a 2 part bootanimation.
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OK, I'm using OSE ROM now and I did everything except for using absolute system. Mine goes
p 0 0 part0
s att_pu.ogg
att_pu.ogg is what I named my sound and both bootanimation.zip & att_pu.ogg are in /system/media/. Still no sound.
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