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ok so i read on XDA that you can get sound on your boot animations. i have put together a droid x boot animation and with your help i got it to "install". now, i was told to edit the "desc" text document to read:
"320 480 22"
p 1 0 android
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
so i did that. then they said to name the mp3 file "Anroid_Audio.mp3" so i did. then they said to put the file into the "bootanimation.zip" where the desc txt document and the part0 and part 1 files are. then they said to copy that and go into data, then local, then paste it. so i did. then they said to reboot the phone and it would work. so i rebooted the phone. and all that happened was a blank screen for a little while and then it went to the homescreen.
anyone have any idea on how to get this to work?
anyone? i really would like to have sound..
Lol. I would like but don't know how to make it work.
seems like no one knows
Use WinRAR to compress your bootanimation.zip, and set the compression to "Store."
saturnine_sweet said:
Use WinRAR to compress your bootanimation.zip, and set the compression to "Store."
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tried that but then when i opened up Root Explorer on my phone i pasted it into data/local and it said it pasted but it still showed the old bootanimation. tried same with system/media. no luck :/
Hmm idk about installing it that way. Using an update.zip or pushing from ADB might be more effective.
You spelled "Android" wrong in the file name of the mp3. Maybe that's the problem.
I've never added sound to my boots, but I do have a custom boot picture and custom animation. It seems to me that the title in your txt file should refer to the mp3 by the exact file name.
Let me know if you get this working. I'd love to change mine.
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why don't you browse through the original rom seeking for bootanimation.zip ?
btw by my own experience changing the original bootanimation.zip through a recovery script (aka update.zip) simply doesn't work so if its your case just do it manually with root explorer.
Hope it helps
joshw0000 said:
You spelled "Android" wrong in the file name of the mp3. Maybe that's the problem.
I've never added sound to my boots, but I do have a custom boot picture and custom animation. It seems to me that the title in your txt file should refer to the mp3 by the exact file name.
Let me know if you get this working. I'd love to change mine.
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lol sorry about that. i spelled it right on the file, just a mispelling on the post
Mister-Tea said:
why don't you browse through the original rom seeking for bootanimation.zip ?
btw by my own experience changing the original bootanimation.zip through a recovery script (aka update.zip) simply doesn't work so if its your case just do it manually with root explorer.
Hope it helps
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I've changed the boot anim a number of times using a zip through recovery. However in these instances I was not the one that compiled the zip so I'm unsure about the exact process.
I belive your boot anim has to be a anim GIF along with a XML file.
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Have you tried putting the android_audio.mp3 file into /system/customize/resource/ and not inside the .zip?
That works for me.
5noc said:
Have you tried putting the android_audio.mp3 file into /system/customize/resource/ and not inside the .zip?
That works for me.
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no i havent tried that but thanks for the tip, ill try it a little later
edit: i didnt see a folder named customize..?
roblikeschocolatecake said:
no i havent tried that but thanks for the tip, ill try it a little later
edit: i didnt see a folder named customize..?
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On my Android 2.2 (froyo) device, the path to the bootanimation and sound file is:
/system/media/bootanimation.zip
/system/media/android_audio.mp3
Both are at the same folder level. Also, each 'frame' of the animation is a separate .png file in two directories. One directory has the opening part of the animation, the second directory contains just the looping part.
dklockshine said:
On my Android 2.2 (froyo) device, the path to the bootanimation and sound file is:
/system/media/bootanimation.zip
/system/media/android_audio.mp3
Both are at the same folder level. Also, each 'frame' of the animation is a separate .png file in two directories. One directory has the opening part of the animation, the second directory contains just the looping part.
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i have a cliq with a 2.1 rom on it. inside the bootanimation.zip is a part0 and part1 folder. part0 contains the png's for the opening part of the bootanimation and part1 has the png's for the looping part. now, do i add a line into the txt file saying "android_audio.mp3" ? and then put the android_audio.mp3 into /system/media/ ?
roblikeschocolatecake said:
i have a cliq with a 2.1 rom on it. inside the bootanimation.zip is a part0 and part1 folder. part0 contains the png's for the opening part of the bootanimation and part1 has the png's for the looping part. now, do i add a line into the txt file saying "android_audio.mp3" ? and then put the android_audio.mp3 into /system/media/ ?
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In my bootanimation.zip, my 'part0' folder is named 'android' (the opening part of the animation). There is no entry in the 'desc.txt' file for the audio file, it just sits in the media folder along side the .zip file, not inside it.
I just had an idea that the name of the audio file needs to match the name of the folder that has the first part of the animation. For example, my folder is named android and the audio file is 'android_audio.mp3'. If you're still having problems getting the audio to play, try naming the audio file 'part0_audio.mp3' and see if that works for you.
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In my bootanimation.zip, my 'part0' folder is named 'android' (the opening part of the animation). There is no entry in the 'desc.txt' file for the audio file, it just sits in the media folder along side the .zip file, not inside it.
I just had an idea that the name of the audio file needs to match the name of the folder that has the first part of the animation. For example, my folder is named android and the audio file is 'android_audio.mp3'. If you're still having problems getting the audio to play, try naming the audio file 'part0_audio.mp3' and see if that works for you.
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im not even gonna bother messing with it now. i mean the hd2 is a windows mobile phone yet it can run an android 2.2 rom. im jealous of my dad... and im sitting here with a cliq that still has android 1.5 and yet again moto has delayed the update. im ready to give up on the cliq. its got nothing out there. i mean, ive got it rooted and have a 2.1 rom on it but i just cant handle not having any development for it. but the thing is i just got my cliq from tmobile around april so im not sure if i qualify for an upgrade yet. should i maybe complain to tmoblile about moto being horrible with there updates and im not satisfied with the phone to try and get them to give me a new phone for free?
Im fairly certain you leave the sound file OUT of the bootanimation.zip. Just place it in there, and make sure the desc has the part0 sound thingy...
Didn't the older Android versions have sound in the boot animations?....Just for a brief moment. You could probably download a 1.5 rom, extract the boot animation from it, change the mp3 (and maybe something in the text file) and put it in data/local or system/media (or both) of your current rom.
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Hi all. I made my own bootanimation but it doesn't work.
I have .png files in both part0 and part1 folders.
I did zip them with desc.txt file like bootanimation.zip
desc.txt lines:
512 256 24
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
I placed it in /data/local like other ones i tried but it doesn't work. I just got black screen at boot.
Also i tried to push it with adb to /system/media and it didn't work.
I have tried other ones and they work.
Anyone?
Thanks
strale88 said:
Hi all. I made my own bootanimation but it doesn't work.
I have .png files in both part0 and part1 folders.
I did zip them with desc.txt file like bootanimation.zip
desc.txt lines:
512 256 24
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
I placed it in /data/local like other ones i tried but it doesn't work. I just got black screen at boot.
Also i tried to push it with adb to /system/media and it didn't work.
I have tried other ones and they work.
Anyone?
Thanks
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These are some of the most missed things when making them
1. bootanimation.zip can not have any compression the compressionlevel should be set to store when you make make it. This will cause you to get a black screen.
2. the first line in your desc.txt defines your animations width and height and the frame per second... you should match your phones resolution other wise youll get bad sizing and or stetching
3. Make sure that the files in your part's folders are sequential ie. file_0001.png, file_0002.png
if I was to guess you probably have your bootanimation.zip compressed.
Thanks for quick reply.
I used total commander to pack the files.
Can't see any option for packing just to store the files or something like that.
Which program can i use that will just store them?
thanks
ok, i found the options in commander how to pack without compresion. Going to try it now. thanks
yeey, it worked! thank you
strale88 said:
yeey, it worked! thank you
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glad I could help, this same issue stumped me for a whole day before I went back to by compare everything tactic and noticed it.
I made another boot animation..and now I have different problem
The animations runs well, until the half of images of second part (part1) then it just stays there!
I waited for about 5 mins, then I reboot the device. Tried it again cupple of times, but it ends up same. What to do? Flash?
strale88 said:
I made another boot animation..and now I have different problem
The animations runs well, until the half of images of second part (part1) then it just stays there!
I waited for about 5 mins, then I reboot the device. Tried it again cupple of times, but it ends up same. What to do? Flash?
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post the bootanimation.zip but more than likely your phone is locking up. not sure why but the zip would help.
Hey.
I think the problem was some stupid app I installed to root my device (tablet btw).
I realize it now because I had problems with ADW after installing the app (it was crashing a lot). I use the UniversalAndroot app but i wanted to try the other one someone told me it was good..but its not So I flashed it again and tried the boot animation and it is working well
anyway, here is my first bootanimation if you want to check it out:
http://www.2shared.com/file/an9CAuNg/bootanimation.html?
Thanks for help anyways.
This is my first post to XDA, and I really could use some help with this boot animation I've made. Here's the rundown:
THE ISSUE:
My boot animation will run the part0 portion of the file, but won't loop the part1 portion.
THINGS I KNOW:
- The file 99% works (phone boots, kernel screen shows, animation runs once, phone finishes booting)
- I've zipped the file properly (7zip, store only mode, just the desc.txt/part0/part1 at the top level)
- I'm on Firefly 2.8, Speedmod K13d, no OC/UV, JK4 modem, default Firefly theme
- I've named the files according to the same format as X's original bootanimation (0001.png, 0002.png, etc)
- The files were created in Photoshop, saved as 480x480 .png files
HOW I'M GETTING IT TO THE PHONE:
- Plug into computer (I have the correct USB drivers) and adb reboot recovery
- In recovery, I mount the /mnt/sdcard (I have the file saved on the internal sd)
- In adb, I use the following commands:
adb root
adb shell
rm -i /system/media/bootanimation.zip (say y to prompt)
cp /mnt/sdcard/boots/bootanimation.zip /system/media
exit
adb reboot
- The phone reboots normally and shows the first half of the animation, but doesn't loop the second half
THINGS I'VE TRIED:
- Searching XDA forums, reading everything I can get my hands on.
- Copied the contents of X's bootanimation desc.txt exactly and used it with mine (works, but still not looping)
- Copied to /data/local (no difference)
- Changed FPS in desc.txt to 15, 30, and 60 fps (no difference)
- Changed the part0 loop number to 1 and 0 (0 keeps it from working at all, 1 makes the first part work)
- Changed the part1 loop number to 1 and 0 (no changes)
- Changed the time in milliseconds on the part0 line to 0, 50, 100, 500 (only affects how long the android guy remains on the screen)
- Changed the original image file sizes from 480x800 to 480x480 (no difference)
- Banging my head against a wall.
THINGS I'M ABOUT TO TRY:
- Banging my head against a different wall.
I'm including these files below: bootanimation.zip (the version I'm currently pushing it to the phone), and an animated gif of what each part should look like. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated - I'm hoping this is just a case of me missing something that I should have caught.
Thanks in advance.
This is from your desc.txt:
480 480 60
p 1 500 part0
p 0 0 part1
This is from one that I have running on my phone:
480 800 30
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
goodolsen said:
This is from your desc.txt:
480 480 60
p 1 500 part0
p 0 0 part1
This is from one that I have running on my phone:
480 800 30
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
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Thanks for checking this - unfortunately, your settings are one that I've tried before with no luck.
jmtheiss said:
Thanks for checking this - unfortunately, your settings are one that I've tried before with no luck.
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Checked a couple more things and I noticed a couple other differences.
In the part0 folder of the working one the files all start with boot_XXXXX.png with XXXXX being the number. The first number is 00000 where yours starts with 0001 and doesn't have boot_ before the number.
Just something to try.
Yours is on the right, the working one is on the left.
goodolsen said:
Checked a couple more things and I noticed a couple other differences.
In the part0 folder of the working one the files all start with boot_XXXXX.png with XXXXX being the number. The first number is 00000 where yours starts with 0001 and doesn't have boot_ before the number.
Just something to try.
Yours is on the right, the working one is on the left.
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I'll give it a try and see what happens. Thanks.
I renamed all the files to included the "boot_0XXXX.png", and updated my desc.txt file to:
480 480 60
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
UPDATE:
I zipped it, pushed it to the phone (in both /system/media and /data/local), and rebooted. No success.
If someone is feeling generous, could I get someone to please try the boot animation on their phone to see if it's just my phone that's acting up?
jmtheiss said:
If someone is feeling generous, could I get someone to please try the boot animation on their phone to see if it's just my phone that's acting up?
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Just tried it and it seemed to work fine. I see that all your .png files in part1 are exactly the same though. I get the android guy piecing together with Android underneath.
Is there something else that is supposed to happen?
goodolsen said:
Just tried it and it seemed to work fine. I see that all your .png files in part1 are exactly the same though. I get the android guy piecing together with Android underneath.
Is there something else that is supposed to happen?
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The part0 is what you saw, the part1 is supposed to be the Android guy, with logo, standing there with his eyes doing a chase in lighting up (left eye lights up, right eye lights up, left eye goes dim, right eye goes dim, repeat). Take a look at the second .gif in the original post for what it should do.
The idea was that it would have the guy being built, android logo shows up, and then they eyes flash in a loop until the phone finishes booting. Right now, he assembles himself and then just stands there looking pretty, but doing nothing.
Here you go....
Just tested on my phone. Works perfect.
fritzgerald said:
Here you go....
Just tested on my phone. Works perfect.
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Thank you so much - You fixed it. I pushed this first to /system/media, and nothing, but when I put it in /data/local, it worked correctly.
Just for my own edification, what did you change to make it work?
jmtheiss said:
Thank you so much - You fixed it. I pushed this first to /system/media, and nothing, but when I put it in /data/local, it worked correctly.
Just for my own edification, what did you change to make it work?
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I was having the same problems as you on my Fascinate. I made a new desc.txt in notepad++ (free program, google it) with the proper parameters and mine magically started working right.
Hi guyz... can someone help me ?
My Custom boot animation wont WORK...
I made:
part0 = 320x480 - 20 png images
part1 = 320x480 - 24 png images
Both low quality (just in case)
the desc file is like this:
320 480 24p 1 0 part0p 0 0 part1
When I put it into system/media , overwrite the current bootanimation and set the permissions like the ORIGINAL... I just reboot the PHONE and nothing happens... just a black screen and normal BOOT to the OS...
WHAT DID I DO wrong ? PLEASE help, Im killing my self for a while
the desc.txt of Swiftdroid version has:
320 320 24
p 1 0 android
p 0 0 part1
and the folders are named
android
part1
Rename the .png file exactly as in the one of the ROM you are trying to create the boot animation and the same amount of files, as somewhere should be a script for call to the animations and if its files are not names exactly then might not boot.
Hope it Helps!
torq1337 said:
Hi guyz... can someone help me ?
My Custom boot animation wont WORK...
I made:
part0 = 320x480 - 20 png images
part1 = 320x480 - 24 png images
Both low quality (just in case)
the desc file is like this:
320 480 24p 1 0 part0p 0 0 part1
When I put it into system/media , overwrite the current bootanimation and set the permissions like the ORIGINAL... I just reboot the PHONE and nothing happens... just a black screen and normal BOOT to the OS...
WHAT DID I DO wrong ? PLEASE help, Im killing my self for a while
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Maybe you compressed it wrong. Check out my video tutorial on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBDNIESLUQM . Also be sure to put the right permissions: rw-r-r.
lavero.burgos said:
the desc.txt of Swiftdroid version has:
320 320 24
p 1 0 android
p 0 0 part1
and the folders are named
android
part1
Rename the .png file exactly as in the one of the ROM you are trying to create the boot animation and the same amount of files, as somewhere should be a script for call to the animations and if its files are not names exactly then might not boot.
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THX for that :-* I found a solution :\
Just 1 more question... i got the MMxtreme Advanced Lite Edition, thats a ECLAIR 2.1 ROM... the bootanimation got the folders "android,part0 and part1".. does the bootanimation will work on other ROMs ?
HERE WE GO
MyGT540.com BootAnimation : http://mygt540.com/?p=642
torq1337 said:
THX for that :-* I found a solution :\
Just 1 more question... i got the MMxtreme Advanced Lite Edition, thats a ECLAIR 2.1 ROM... the bootanimation got the folders "android,part0 and part1".. does the bootanimation will work on other ROMs ?
HERE WE GO
MyGT540.com BootAnimation : http://mygt540.com/?p=642
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Im not sure but i know if you put it in /data/local it will be used, in the process you can follow into a bootloop and if you have backed up , there is not problem
torq1337 said:
Hi guyz... can someone help me ?
My Custom boot animation wont WORK...
I made:
part0 = 320x480 - 20 png images
part1 = 320x480 - 24 png images
Both low quality (just in case)
the desc file is like this:
320 480 24p 1 0 part0p 0 0 part1
When I put it into system/media , overwrite the current bootanimation and set the permissions like the ORIGINAL... I just reboot the PHONE and nothing happens... just a black screen and normal BOOT to the OS...
WHAT DID I DO wrong ? PLEASE help, Im killing my self for a while
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Make sure the folders are called part0 and part1 (with no capitals).Also the zip method of packing is set to store.
Can't remember where on xda I seen it but seen one called infected and it had blood cells floating around in,it was cool could I use with method abve or device specific? Cheers
MY ANDROIDSKY
Im running the criskelo rom ( v5.1 ) and im wanting to change the boot animation to something like this
http://youtu.be/gmFevrj0W2E
I'm searching for the actual bootanimation.zip file to download but once I have it would I just go inside the desc text file and set the size to 800 1280. Then just drag this into system/media set permissions and reboot?
Blackwatch said:
Im running the criskelo rom ( v5.1 ) and im wanting to change the boot animation to something like this
http://youtu.be/gmFevrj0W2E
I'm searching for the actual bootanimation.zip file to download but once I have it would I just go inside the desc text file and set the size to 800 1280. Then just drag this into system/media set permissions and reboot?
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Yes, I just replaced the bootanimation.zip file and it worked in my Note.
sweet ive found two to try
Do i just chage the desc file to alter the dimensions?
one i have is set at 320 400 and the other at 800 400. should I set them to read 1280 800 so they will be full screen size?