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Captivate running Andromeda3 with the Ursa Minor kernel. I just downloaded the new Nexus Prime boot animation from the link below. Flashed it through CWM but now when I boot it just plays the Andromeda boot animation. Am I missing out on something here?
Link to the BA: http://www.droid-life.com/2011/10/08/download-nexus-prime-boot-animation/
It installed it to the wrong directory.
That script flashed it to /data/local
For our phones bootanimation.zip is installed to /system/media.
Use a root file explorer and paste it in the aforementioned location.
studacris said:
It installed it to the wrong directory.
That script flashed it to /data/local
For our phones bootanimation.zip is installed to /system/media.
Use a root file explorer and paste it in the aforementioned location.
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Cool. Thanks for the help. But one more thing, how did you know that? Im asking so in the future I can troubleshoot little problems like this on my own.
The link you gave says where it installs to right in the paragraph...
I know where boot animations go, and that wasn't it.
I mean this in the nicest possible way but please read everything you're about to flash BEFORE you flash it or you could very possibly brick your phone.
studacris said:
The link you gave says where it installs to right in the paragraph...
I know where boot animations go, and that wasn't it.
I mean this in the nicest possible way but please read everything you're about to flash BEFORE you flash it or you could very possibly brick your phone.
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The boot animation from the Nexus Prime aka Galaxy Nexus that was teased to us earlier in the week is now available for everyone to play with. The instructions we have are for flashing in Clockwork Recovery, but if you aren’t rooted, you will have to do it the old fashioned way by extracting and moving the bootanimation.zip into /data/local or wherever your particular phone pulls media from.
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I read it, I just didnt know that our phones pull media from another folder. Also the way it is worded kind of confused me. I appreciate the warning though. Been on here a little over six months now and havent managed to brick yet because I typically do more reading than posting. Thanks for the help.
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Can someone please help me out? I am wanting to install a custom boot animation. I downloaded one from this forum and renamed it to bootanimation.zip. I place on my memory card then used Root Explorer to move it to /system/media. I rebooted the phone but no animation comes up.
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Can someone please help me out? I am wanting to install a custom boot animation. I downloaded one from this forum and renamed it to bootanimation.zip. I place on my memory card then used Root Explorer to move it to /system/media. I rebooted the phone but no animation comes up.
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Galaxy S phones don't use bootanmation.zip they use a proprietary format QMG or something.
Thanks for the quick reply.
any luck??? I have been all over different forums trying to figure this out with zero luck....
aceman0455 said:
any luck??? I have been all over different forums trying to figure this out with zero luck....
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negative.. Gunnyman stated it perfectly.. I researched for hours trying to figure out how to decode the QMG format into frames.. and met with no success.
I'm digging into QMG tonight. If there are mac tools for editing them I'll work on it.
please do, I would really like the boot animation from jh2 (not the S breaking into pieces and rebuilding, but the blue and purple shine that runs though it a couple of times.
super sexy imo.
gunnyman said:
I'm digging into QMG tonight. If there are mac tools for editing them I'll work on it.
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I'm sure you could purchase the tools for several thousands of dollars from the proprietor, Quram Soft.
The price isn't even available on their web site, http://quramsoft.com/solution_e/qmage.asp
The name of the QMG format is Qmage, I've been unable to ascertain if our phones use Qmage or Qmage - F.
See Topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=736412 for all the information that we have on boot animations, shut down animations, and sounds.
actually, you can do the bootanimation.zip, one of my co-workers was messing with it today... you probably need to set the permissions on the zip correctly.
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adding this to SRE right now
When will it stop. Every time I get a new version of are you release another one!
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designgears said:
adding this to SRE right now
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Please tell me your not messing with us. That would be amazing, being able to flash any boot image?
Dani897 said:
When will it stop. Every time I get a new version of are you release another one!
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i know how you feel my poor phone is only 4 days old. day one 1.2.2a, day two 1.2.3, day 4 1.2.3a lol
Hi, I have a good one that all of you could answer for me but first I would Like to say I Love the registration video. I would Love to shake your guys hands for that. Anyways I am going in details of this odd problem I am having.
First I have a HTC ONE, no GSM carrier because I live in a city that has many wifi hotspots and I am not going to why don't I have a GSM Carrier.
Second it is rooted, I am running clockwork mod 6.0, I have clockwork mod and rom manager and ROM toolbox pro. Busybox and SuperSU.
Now my problem is this, I can't get rid of the the damn AT&T Boot animation. I have tried to delete it in root explore, still would not disappear after I restart the device. I even tried to replace it with a different animation which I was intending of doing with a different animation but replacing the name with At&T boot animation. But still when I reset the device it would some how replace the whole damn zip file with the original one. I tried to install bootanimation.zip into system/media, the zip is there but it is not doing nothing. I tried to flash the zip in recovery and it failed. I tried Android commander, I delete it there, reset and still the same even using AC and renaming the file with another animation still the same. I am coming to understand that AT&T Zip is still locked onto my drive somewhere and I looked there isn't anything anywhere. I know the binaries will have nothing to do with this because that is a coded lines that ran tasks. So I don't even know why this is even happening, this is the first of seeing this. Also am thinking the partition of the drive may only be writable not re-writable but this can't be when I am able to delete the zip in the first place. But I can understand to a point because the other damn apps of att is still on my drive as well. So my question is this.
How do I get around this?
Is there a better tool for PC to write files onto the drive of the device?
Is there anything I have not done?
Is it that the drive not in re-writable format?
Is Att the Fing child from Hell?
Please let me know if you know anything, I am able to do everything else expect this.
Also if this is already been answered direct me to the forum because I looked and nothing helps other then installing the Animations.
Also if this is in the wrong forum direct it to the right one.
Thank You.
Flash a new kernel. Stock kernel doesn't have R/W enabled, therefore restores any modified files in /system to the original.
So I just successfully rooted my lovely HTC One from Sprint. I've got TWRP 2.6.0.1 on it and all.
I'd REALLY like to get rid of all this garbage on my phone that I'm never going to use, however I also would like to keep it as close to stock as possible. I really enjoy Sense for the most part (minus quirks that I'm willing to live with, and BlinkFeed). I know how/can find out how to load a custom rom - I had CM7 on my HTC EVO 4G (1st Gen) and loved it. But I really don't want to be without Sense.
Can anyone make any suggestions as to what I should do/which rom I should use?
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So I just successfully rooted my lovely HTC One from Sprint. I've got TWRP 2.6.0.1 on it and all.
I'd REALLY like to get rid of all this garbage on my phone that I'm never going to use, however I also would like to keep it as close to stock as possible. I really enjoy Sense for the most part (minus quirks that I'm willing to live with, and BlinkFeed). I know how/can find out how to load a custom rom - I had CM7 on my HTC EVO 4G (1st Gen) and loved it. But I really don't want to be without Sense.
Can anyone make any suggestions as to what I should do/which rom I should use?
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omj's stock rooted sounds like the rom for you
wranglerray said:
omj's stock rooted sounds like the rom for you
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With a custom kernel. And greenify.
And a whole boat load of other mods you can only discover by spending time on these forums.
Stock with goodies
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omj's stock rooted sounds like the rom for you
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Sorry, I'm overwhelmed at the wealth of knowledge here. Is there a link to the specific one you're talking about? Search didn't do me a ton of good. Though I suppose I could send the guy a message and inquire about his ROM.
Thank you for all your help guys!
Okay so I've decided that I want to try the OMJ ROM. Now here's where I am unsure of exactly how to do it. I see that certain ROMs require different methods. I can't just copy the ZIP to my internal storage and use TWRP to flash it, right? It has to be more complicated than that...
Also, I just went past the return window for the phone so I really cannot afford to brick it. I assume that there's next to no chance of the aforementioned tragedy befalling me providing I stick with the mainstream ROMs?
Most roms are in a flashable format i use the CM 10.2 nightly myself. from what i can tell as long as you can get into the bootloader your safe. I wiped my whole phone SD card and everything accidentally with TWRP one time. Ended up having to use sideload to get a CM rom installed again but i was never in danger of bricking. When flashing roms always remember to do a factory reset to wipe the cache and do an advanced wipe of the data and system. after the rom is installed it will ask you to wipe the cache again which is always nice to do.
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Most roms are in a flashable format i use the CM 10.2 nightly myself. from what i can tell as long as you can get into the bootloader your safe. I wiped my whole phone SD card and everything accidentally with TWRP one time. Ended up having to use sideload to get a CM rom installed again but i was never in danger of bricking. When flashing roms always remember to do a factory reset to wipe the cache and do an advanced wipe of the data and system. after the rom is installed it will ask you to wipe the cache again which is always nice to do.
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Awesome! So what was I hearing about having to plug the phone into the computer to flash the boot.IMG file? Sorry, I'm just really overwhelmed with the new ways of doing things.
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Awesome! So what was I hearing about having to plug the phone into the computer to flash the boot.IMG file? Sorry, I'm just really overwhelmed with the new ways of doing things.
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No worries, I am new to the unlocking scene too with this device . Those flashable zips will normally have the boot.img files included and when installing twrp will take care of it via the script inside the zip. if you open the zip file with winzip or something you should see that file on the root. TWRP or ClockworkMod recoveries make it really easy to install and backup roms.
flashing the boot.img i guess is for recovery purposes say if the system is in a boot loop. Or maybe if you upgrade the system only and didnt change boot img between two different roms. I personally never had to do this. After unlocking the device i used fastboot to replace the recovery and just do everything else inside the recovery.
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No worries, I am new to the unlocking scene too with this device . Those flashable zips will normally have the boot.img files included and when installing twrp will take care of it via the script inside the zip. if you open the zip file with winzip or something you should see that file on the root. TWRP or ClockworkMod recoveries make it really easy to install and backup roms.
flashing the boot.img i guess is for recovery purposes say if the system is in a boot loop. Or maybe if you upgrade the system only and didnt change boot img between two different roms. I personally never had to do this. After unlocking the device i used fastboot to replace the recovery and just do everything else inside the recovery.
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Awesome! I guess it really is that easy! Thanks so much for all your help!
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No worries, I am new to the unlocking scene too with this device . Those flashable zips will normally have the boot.img files included and when installing twrp will take care of it via the script inside the zip. if you open the zip file with winzip or something you should see that file on the root. TWRP or ClockworkMod recoveries make it really easy to install and backup roms.
flashing the boot.img i guess is for recovery purposes say if the system is in a boot loop. Or maybe if you upgrade the system only and didnt change boot img between two different roms. I personally never had to do this. After unlocking the device i used fastboot to replace the recovery and just do everything else inside the recovery.
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Alright, so I've got OMJ's rom running no problem. Love the new feel but what I'm wondering is...is there still a way to delete apps like Stocks and other crap I won't use? I can disable some but not all, and none am I able to uninstall completely.
Would it be something as simple as going into the OMJ ZIP file and removing the unwanted apk files and then re-flashing to that version?
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Alright, so I've got OMJ's rom running no problem. Love the new feel but what I'm wondering is...is there still a way to delete apps like Stocks and other crap I won't use? I can disable some but not all, and none am I able to uninstall completely.
Would it be something as simple as going into the OMJ ZIP file and removing the unwanted apk files and then re-flashing to that version?
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I suppose that could be one way of doing it, but i dont think its necessary. if you are already rooted or can install root easy i would just install a Root file explorer. Browse to the /system/app folder i think it is and delete the APKs from there.
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I suppose that could be one way of doing it, but i dont think its necessary. if you are already rooted or can install root easy i would just install a Root file explorer. Browse to the /system/app folder i think it is and delete the APKs from there.
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Yeah I tried that with ES explorer AND Root File Manager. ES would have an error, and Root File Manager would simply say it was deleted but it was never actually deleted. I think it has something to do with the security. I'm not really sure, haha! I'm used to being able to just openly delete apps from within Settings>Apps like the old days of my EVO 1st gen.
hmm interesting as long as the /system is mounted as r/w permissions you should be able to delete. well if you are planning on reflashing using the modify zip method im curious to know if that works.
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Yeah I tried that with ES explorer AND Root File Manager. ES would have an error, and Root File Manager would simply say it was deleted but it was never actually deleted. I think it has something to do with the security. I'm not really sure, haha! I'm used to being able to just openly delete apps from within Settings>Apps like the old days of my EVO 1st gen.
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use Root explorer, and set it at r/w
also Titanium Backup will delete it for you too.
If I remember correctly there are a few apps in the play store that are specifically for getting rid of "bloatware".....maybe search bloatware removal, our uninstall bloatware something like that. Hopefully this helps!
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use Root explorer, and set it at r/w
also Titanium Backup will delete it for you too.
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Well for whatever reason neither of those two suggestions worked. So I installed Root Browser and was finally able to get rid of some things.
Scratch that. Rebooted phone and the apps are back.
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Well for whatever reason neither of those two suggestions worked. So I installed Root Browser and was finally able to get rid of some things.
Scratch that. Rebooted phone and the apps are back.
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ROMCleaner
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ROMCleaner
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Thanks! I'm working on it now. I did not see an app called "ROM Cleaner" or "ROMCleaner" but I did find something called Rom Toolbox Lite that I'm going to attempt to use.
Will post back. I may look for the ROMCleaner on the net and just install it manually.
Edit: So I guess I showed my ignorance there. It appears ROM Cleaner is something offered through the forum. I'm unsure of how to use it so I'll take a look around.
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Thanks! I'm working on it now. I did not see an app called "ROM Cleaner" or "ROMCleaner" but I did find something called Rom Toolbox Lite that I'm going to attempt to use.
Will post back. I may look for the ROMCleaner on the net and just install it manually.
Edit: So I guess I showed my ignorance there. It appears ROM Cleaner is something offered through the forum. I'm unsure of how to use it so I'll take a look around.
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It's very doubtful you will have success with Romtoolbox either once you reboot all the apps will return
Hi can some one please post the System/Media/ folder. I've been trying to resolve an issue i have with the boot animation and i was wondering if just replacing the whole folder would fix it.
What are you trying to do?
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What are you trying to do?
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Im trying to fix the issue i had here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile/help/boot-animation-trouble-experience-t3036965
I tried changing roms to Firekat for about 3 days and during that time i got the old boot animation back. But when i switched back to my old recovery i lost it again.
It seems when I installed "CWM_CustomBootanimation_44_Enable.zip" as stated in the link, i lost the ability to boot up to a ".qmg" or a "bootanimation.zip"
Ive tried both.
Flashable zip?...
Hey man
I don't think you still have this problem...
But this zip that you are saying to us, is a flashable one...
You should try to flash it with a custom recovery
Sorry for my english if it's bad
Note 4 - System/Media
Yeah, so can someone please post that now? Put up a couple screenshots & or a detailed list. I used the S Boot Animations App to download & install new bootanimation for my Note 4. The one I liked was corrupted so I settled for another & it worked fine. Then I tried making the corrupted one work by downloading the GIF & renaming it a qmg, but it didn't work & now when it boots it only loads the Galaxy Note 4 still frame for the whole duration. I put the boot file I didn't like as much back up & it does the same thing. It's as if, even though I only replaced one file with an identical file, that I accidentally erased something else important & against caution I did not make a backup before doing any of this, because it sounded too hard to mess up, but here I did it... So it would be great to see what comes stock with every Note 4 in this file address: System/Media
I can only imagine how many people came to this link hoping it would be here so for me & all future idiots just like me 'if you got'em light'em up!'
Does anyone have the stock shutdown animation in a flashable zip? I want to get rid of the carrier shutdown animation on my Note5. It's driving me insane. I was able to flash the stock Marshmallow boot animation and that works so I imagine the shutdown animation from any Note5 variant works well on my SM-9208. Thanks!
Check this themes and apps thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/themes-apps/mod-enable-zip-bootanimation-aroma-boot-t3205323
He has multiple boot and shutdown animations all preloaded. Not sure if it has the stock one you're looking for but it has a bunch to choose from. Check it out.
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Check this themes and apps thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/themes-apps/mod-enable-zip-bootanimation-aroma-boot-t3205323
He has multiple boot and shutdown animations all preloaded. Not sure if it has the stock one you're looking for but it has a bunch to choose from. Check it out.
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Thank you. I saw that after I started the post but wasn't certain whether the Sammy animation in his preview was the official one that comes with the non-carrier versions. Do you know if it is?
Update: I tried it. Doesn't work. Oh well. I guess I'll have to root around a bit more.
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I tried it. Doesn't work. Oh well. I guess I'll have to root around a bit more.
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What didn't work? I had it up and running on my phone. I deleted the file after I chose my animations (Marshmallow boot, CRT Shutdown), so I can't go and check if they had the Samsung shutdown animation.
It should work though, so long as you're rooted.
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What didn't work? I had it up and running on my phone. I deleted the file after I chose my animations (Marshmallow boot, CRT Shutdown), so I can't go and check if they had the Samsung shutdown animation.
It should work though, so long as you're rooted.
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I'm rooted. I still have my carrier boot animation on shutdown. It might be a quirk of my carrier's ROM. I understand it doesn't work on some other carrier-branded ROMs too.
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why would you need a flashable zip if you are rooted? Just delete shutdown.qmg or whatever that file is called, and replace it with the shutdown animation you want.
Maybe your carrier has a different name for the animation file, but the process should still be the same - just rename the shutdown animation file to match whatever the original one was called.
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why would you need a flashable zip if you are rooted? Just delete shutdown.qmg or whatever that file is called, and replace it with the shutdown animation you want.
Maybe your carrier has a different name for the animation file, but the process should still be the same - just rename the shutdown animation file to match whatever the original one was called.
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I have 6 files -- bootsamsung.qmg, bootsamsungloop.qmg, bootsamsungmini.qmg, bootsamsungmini2.qmg, bootsamsungmini2loop.qmg and bootsamsungminiloop.qmg.
I also have crypt_bootsamsung.qmg and crypt_bootsamsungloop.qmg.
I'm not certain which of those is the one I should be renaming. That's why I wanted the zip. I wanted to take it apart to see which one it is so I don't accidentally do something to my device that I'll regret.
Also, I don't actually have the animation from the non-carrier SM-9208 so I don't have anything to replace the QMG file with.
EDIT: I found it!! It wasn't any of those. My carrier hid it in another folder. Just renamed it and now it's gone. Thank goodness. Their stuff was garbage.
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Also, I don't actually have the animation from the non-carrier SM-9208 so I don't have anything to replace the QMG file with.
EDIT: I found it!! It wasn't any of those. My carrier hid it in another folder. Just renamed it and now it's gone. Thank goodness. Their stuff was garbage.
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I am having a hard time changing start up and shut down. Would one of you be willing to walk me through it?
Update: successfully installed both. Sorry for the 20 questions. Where do i put the sound files for the boot and shut down animations? Thank you in advance, and thank you for your hard work developing this.