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Honeycomb Boot Animation

This is Honeycomb Official Boot Animation
Instructions (rooted users):
1. Download the bootanimation.zip file to your SD card
2. Open Root Explorer and copy the file to /data/local
3. Rename file to bootanimation.zip (if the name is NOT already bootanimation.zip)
4. Reboot your device and enjoy your new boot animation
I attach 2 files. First one is original Xoom's boot animation and second one is edited resolution in to g tab
Note - Screen may be blank if bootanimation.zip doesn't work but the device SHOULD still boot up properly
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Thanks to "deepowder2012" for this video

ndgayan said:
This is Honeycomb Official Boot Animation
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How would one go about installing this? Flash the zip in CMR?

sumdumdude said:
How would one go about installing this? Flash the zip in CMR?
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Some instructions are different depending on the device you want to install it on but these instructions seem to work well for me on most of the phones and stuff I've used. There are other instructions and other ways of doing this so if you don't have Root Explorer installed check around.
This is just a copy of the instructions I use...I don't remember where I found them...
Instructions (rooted users):
1. Download the bootanimation.zip file to your SD card
2. Open Root Explorer and copy the file to /data/local
3. Rename file to bootanimation.zip (if the name is NOT already bootanimation.zip)
4. Reboot your device and enjoy your new boot animation
Note - Screen may be blank if bootanimation.zip doesn't work but the device SHOULD still boot up properly

Is this the same animation shown at CES? The glowing honeycomb wipe?

Beck221 said:
Some instructions are different depending on the device you want to install it on but these instructions seem to work well for me on most of the phones and stuff I've used. There are other instructions and other ways of doing this so if you don't have Root Explorer installed check around.
This is just a copy of the instructions I use...I don't remember where I found them...
Instructions (rooted users):
1. Download the bootanimation.zip file to your SD card
2. Open Root Explorer and copy the file to /data/local
3. Rename file to bootanimation.zip (if the name is NOT already bootanimation.zip)
4. Reboot your device and enjoy your new boot animation
Note - Screen may be blank if bootanimation.zip doesn't work but the device SHOULD still boot up properly
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Awesome. Can anyone confirm this works on the G-Tab Vegan/TNT Lite ROMs?

rrgreentree said:
Awesome. Can anyone confirm this works on the G-Tab Vegan/TNT Lite ROMs?
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It's a standard bootanimation - it should work on any Android device.
However, it's set to use a high screen resolution - you might want to open the zip and update the settings to be used for a 1024x600 screen.

roebeet said:
It's a standard bootanimation - it should work on any Android device.
However, it's set to use a high screen resolution - you might want to open the zip and update the settings to be used for a 1024x600 screen.
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Looks fantastic on my GTab; changes the resolution per Roebeet!

roebeet said:
It's a standard bootanimation - it should work on any Android device.
However, it's set to use a high screen resolution - you might want to open the zip and update the settings to be used for a 1024x600 screen.
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How does one go about doing that? Is it the "desc.txt" file that we'd change?

jpmi23 said:
How does one go about doing that? Is it the "desc.txt" file that we'd change?
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Yes.... change the resolution settings in that file... save it and when you reboot the animation looks soooooooooo much better!

Video: http://bit.ly/frXeeZ

GTablet said:
Yes.... change the resolution settings in that file... save it and when you reboot the animation looks soooooooooo much better!
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I changed desc.txt from:
1408 880 24
p 0 0 part0
to:
1024 600 24
p 0 0 part0
...then dropped the file bootanimation.zip into /logodata using rootexplorer (renamed the original file first) and changed the permissions to match the original file.
On boot, it shows the first of the honeycomb images, but then stays on that - no animation. Am I missing something in the desc.txt file?
Thanks...

That's strange. The only thing I changed was 1408 to 1024, and 880 to 600. You saw my video. Not sure what that's about.
Also, I added the bootanimation.zip to the /logodata, /system/media, and /data/local. Maybe that has something to do with it? I only did that because adding it to /logodata alone didn't do anything.

jpmi23 said:
That's strange. The only thing I changed was 1408 to 1024, and 880 to 600. You saw my video. Not sure what that's about.
Also, I added the bootanimation.zip to the /logodata, /system/media, and /data/local. Maybe that has something to do with it? I only did that because adding it to /logodata alone didn't do anything.
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I have had to put any new boot animation into both /media and /logodata to get them to work. Any chance someone can link a resolution edited bootanimation.zip? I wont be anywhere near my PC to edit the file for a few days.
Oh and thanks for the video jpmi23, very cool.

Thanks for the suggestion but no dice - I copied the bootanimation.zip file to the other two directories & still no animation. Not sure what's up with that. I'm running TNTLite FWIW, don't see how that would affect it. Oh well... I'll futz with it some more in my spare time...

Mantara said:
I have had to put any new boot animation into both /media and /logodata to get them to work. Any chance someone can link a resolution edited bootanimation.zip? I wont be anywhere near my PC to edit the file for a few days.
Oh and thanks for the video jpmi23, very cool.
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http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19671888/bootanimation.zip
No problem.

Wow - got it working, thanks... I copied the file down from your dropbox link - the desc.txt file looked the same.
I copied it into /logodata, still just one frame, no animation. I copied it into /system/media, and /data/local and overwrote the file I had originally copied there...
- and bingo! animation!
Not sure why it wasn't doing it from the get-go, but I'll take it!
Thanks again!

Good deal. Glad it worked for ya.
(I'll leave the file up for a few hours in case anyone else needs it.)

Is it just me, or does this animation look kinda stale?

Got it to work. Looks great. Thanks

I rebooted while docked to my 42". Itsanice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmGBfqn-01g&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Sent from my HTC Hero CDMA using Tapatalk

Rotating Anroid boot animation

This was created in Flash MX 2004 (Old, I know, but my chosen program for doing silly animations).
Its basically just an image from Google, pasted on a black background, and made to rotate upwards, while honeycomb bee's fly by. Its all zipped and set to go, I'm sure I don't need to tell you that if you add it to a ROM .zip, choose "store" as your compression, otherwise they don't work

silegeek said:
This was created in Flash MX 2004 (Old, I know, but my chosen program for doing silly animations).
Its basically just an image from Google, pasted on a black background, and made to rotate upwards, while honeycomb bee's fly by. Its all zipped and set to go, I'm sure I don't need to tell you that if you add it to a ROM .zip, choose "store" as your compression, otherwise they don't work
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Thank you so much for this. I'm quite new to these so.. my question : How can I just flash an audio and keep the boot image that came installed with the rom?
Thank you for your time ;o)

u have to find your bootanimation.zip that came installed with your rom.
e.g. system/customize/resource oder data/local
in this folder copy the "android_audio.mp3".
use RootExplorer or flash with CWM

Kiray1982 said:
u have to find your bootanimation.zip that came installed with your rom.
e.g. system/customize/resource oder data/local
in this folder copy the "android_audio.mp3".
use RootExplorer or flash with CWM
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I really appreciate your help. I got stuck when flashing the zip. I copied the bootanimation.zip onto the sd card via file expert but I pushed the mp3 file into the zip folder using my computer.
I couldn't copy the mp3 file into the zip using file expert. I gave it permissions and all of that.. GRRRRRR !!
Please help once again ;o)

Assuming you are using a ROM like LeeDroid, make sure (when you save your audio file) that you save it as .OGG
Once you've done that, rename it to .mp3.
I tend to install boot animations (and the audio) in a way that most would consider awkward or pain-in-the-backside. Basically I will add the bootanimation.zip to the current ROM.zip that I'm using, and reinstall it, without formatting data, system, or anything like that. I still keep my phone the way it was, all of my apps are still there, I just have a different bootanimation
I gave up with copying the bootanimation with file managers and stuff, because it requires digging to find the original bootanimation and I never could (and I've been though all the system, data folders and so on, nothing was there) so I just do the reinstall. I guess its essentially like performing an update to the system.

This very good, quite the style change.

silegeek said:
Assuming you are using a ROM like LeeDroid, make sure (when you save your audio file) that you save it as .OGG
Once you've done that, rename it to .mp3.
I tend to install boot animations (and the audio) in a way that most would consider awkward or pain-in-the-backside. Basically I will add the bootanimation.zip to the current ROM.zip that I'm using, and reinstall it, without formatting data, system, or anything like that. I still keep my phone the way it was, all of my apps are still there, I just have a different bootanimation
I gave up with copying the bootanimation with file managers and stuff, because it requires digging to find the original bootanimation and I never could (and I've been though all the system, data folders and so on, nothing was there) so I just do the reinstall. I guess its essentially like performing an update to the system.
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Hey there! Guess what? Your method didn't work..lol. DAMMIT!! I'm using RXMixHD v1 rom.. I wish someone can put up a flashable bootanimation and make my life easier..hahaha!
Thanks soooooo much for your help though. Greatly appreciate it. I used LeeDroid's rom and that worked flawlessly. I was able to flash the audio and life was great back then ;o)
Maybe I should consider going back to his rom? Hahaha!
THANX ONCE AGAIN ;o)

Showtek1980 said:
Hey there! Guess what? Your method didn't work..lol. DAMMIT!! I'm using RXMixHD v1 rom.. I wish someone can put up a flashable bootanimation and make my life easier..hahaha!
Thanks soooooo much for your help though. Greatly appreciate it. I used LeeDroid's rom and that worked flawlessly. I was able to flash the audio and life was great back then ;o)
Maybe I should consider going back to his rom? Hahaha!
THANX ONCE AGAIN ;o)
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Hi
The only thing that I can think of as to why it wouldnt have worked, is because when you added it to your ROM file, you didnt choose "store" as your compression method.
If you are using winRAR (if not, i do recommend it) drag the bootanimation.zip to directory in your LeeDroid rom.zip (usually data/local/). You will get a pop up screen and there will be a choice to choose your compression method. Use "store" and you should be set to go. try re-installing the ROM and it should work. Again, dont format any of the system or the data (you dont want to loose your apps and so on), just choose to install it.

silegeek said:
Hi
The only thing that I can think of as to why it wouldnt have worked, is because when you added it to your ROM file, you didnt choose "store" as your compression method.
If you are using winRAR (if not, i do recommend it) drag the bootanimation.zip to directory in your LeeDroid rom.zip (usually data/local/). You will get a pop up screen and there will be a choice to choose your compression method. Use "store" and you should be set to go. try re-installing the ROM and it should work. Again, dont format any of the system or the data (you dont want to loose your apps and so on), just choose to install it.
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OK.. I'll try it again ( before having a few glasses of beer..lol ) and i'll get back to you.
I'm using RcMix's V1 rom.. Will your method work with this rom? Only time will tell!!! Hehhee!
THANKS AGAIN ;o)))

Showtek1980 said:
OK.. I'll try it again ( before having a few glasses of beer..lol ) and i'll get back to you.
I'm using RcMix's V1 rom.. Will your method work with this rom? Only time will tell!!! Hehhee!
THANKS AGAIN ;o)))
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I managed it on RCMix Kingdom v1.0 and LeeDroid 3.0.3.

silegeek said:
I managed it on RCMix Kingdom v1.0 and LeeDroid 3.0.3.
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This is really a stab in the brain ;o(((
Could you PLEASE tell me how you were successful on RCMix Kingdom v1.0? Step by step.... PLEEEEEEESE ;o))

Showtek1980 said:
This is really a stab in the brain ;o(((
Could you PLEASE tell me how you were successful on RCMixKingdom v1.0? Step by step.... PLEEEEEEESE ;o))
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OK, and I'm sorry you are having some difficulty
they way I do it is:
step 1)=
double click RCMixKingdom v1.0.zip and it should open winRAR and show you a list of the files in the archive:
data
META-INF
sdcard
system
boot.img
virtuous-setup_rom
double click "data" and you should see the following files:
app
etc
local
sd
dtinstall.launch
From here, double click "local" and you will see "bootanimation.zip" and so on, I imagine you got this far.
Step 2
Find the "bootanimation.zip" that you downloaded and drag it into winRAR, in the same place as you are, with the original bootanimation.zip
You will see a pop up which says "Archive name and parameters". On the left hand side of this pop up, you will see "Archive Format" which you will be unable to select (because the file your adding is already a ".zip") and underneath that you will see "compression method". By default is says "Normal" so we need to change it to "Store".
Depending on the speed of you CPU, and whether your "RCMixKingdom v1.0.zip" is on your hard drive, or your sd card, this can take anywhere from a few seconds to around about a minute.
Once that has finished, copy the file to your sd card (if it isn't already) and reboot your phone into the bootloader (holding the power button and down on the volume button) so you can access the Recovery (clockwordmod)
Step 3
Once you're in the recovery, select "instal zip from sd card" and it should take you to a menu that says "choose zip from sd card". Find "RCMixKingdom v.10.zip" and select it, it will say "this cannot be undone", that's fine, move the selector down to "install RCMixKingdom.zip" and it will start installing.
During this process you might see a few worrying things, such as "formatting system", but don't worry, this process doesn't remove you apps, etc.
Once that has completed, reboot system (there should be an option in the menu) and the boot animation SHOULD work. It works for me all the time, so if it doesn't work for you, I cannot explain why not.
The other method is (which I gave up on originally) was to use a file manager such as Astro, ES File Manager, but as hard as I looked I could never find the "data/local/" folders. Well I could, but they were empty. What I wasn't told is that, in the settings of the file manager, you need to enable "root access" for the files and folders in "/data/local/" to show up.

silegeek said:
OK, and I'm sorry you are having some difficulty
they way I do it is:
step 1)=
double click RCMixKingdom v1.0.zip and it should open winRAR and show you a list of the files in the archive:
data
META-INF
sdcard
system
boot.img
virtuous-setup_rom
double click "data" and you should see the following files:
app
etc
local
sd
dtinstall.launch
From here, double click "local" and you will see "bootanimation.zip" and so on, I imagine you got this far.
Step 2
Find the "bootanimation.zip" that you downloaded and drag it into winRAR, in the same place as you are, with the original bootanimation.zip
You will see a pop up which says "Archive name and parameters". On the left hand side of this pop up, you will see "Archive Format" which you will be unable to select (because the file your adding is already a ".zip") and underneath that you will see "compression method". By default is says "Normal" so we need to change it to "Store".
Depending on the speed of you CPU, and whether your "RCMixKingdom v1.0.zip" is on your hard drive, or your sd card, this can take anywhere from a few seconds to around about a minute.
Once that has finished, copy the file to your sd card (if it isn't already) and reboot your phone into the bootloader (holding the power button and down on the volume button) so you can access the Recovery (clockwordmod)
Step 3
Once you're in the recovery, select "instal zip from sd card" and it should take you to a menu that says "choose zip from sd card". Find "RCMixKingdom v.10.zip" and select it, it will say "this cannot be undone", that's fine, move the selector down to "install RCMixKingdom.zip" and it will start installing.
During this process you might see a few worrying things, such as "formatting system", but don't worry, this process doesn't remove you apps, etc.
Once that has completed, reboot system (there should be an option in the menu) and the boot animation SHOULD work. It works for me all the time, so if it doesn't work for you, I cannot explain why not.
The other method is (which I gave up on originally) was to use a file manager such as Astro, ES File Manager, but as hard as I looked I could never find the "data/local/" folders. Well I could, but they were empty. What I wasn't told is that, in the settings of the file manager, you need to enable "root access" for the files and folders in "/data/local/" to show up.
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Thank you so much for your time and effort in posting this up for me! BUT where can I download the bootanimation? LOL !!
Do I have to copy and paste the bootanimation using root explorer and then add the audio file?
I really do apologize if this question sounds silly.

Showtek1980 said:
Thank you so much for your time and effort in posting this up for me! BUT where can I download the bootanimation? LOL !!
Do I have to copy and paste the bootanimation using root explorer and then add the audio file?
I really do apologize if this question sounds silly.
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Also.. can you please advise me on which path I should copy bootanimation.zip from?
I think I have 2 bootanimation.zip files.
THANK YOU IMMENSELY !!!!!!

You can download my bootanimation from the very first post on this topic.
If you have your own boot animation, paste it on the root of your sdcard.
I will attach some screen shots to this, hopefully it will help you
If you are using RCMixKingdom v1.0 you will find that it comes with a program called ES File Explorer
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"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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Open this and hit menu and then settings. scroll down to "Root Options" and tick both the boxes. Exit ES File Explorer and open it up again
You should be in your sdcard directory
Navigate (scroll) to your bootanimation.zip and, as it shows in the picture, hold down on the "bootanimation.zip" and a new screen will come up:
Press copy to copy the bootanimation.zip
Next you will need to press the sdcard icon in the top left to change from sdcard to the system directory:
Then navigate to the "data" folder
once in the "data" folder navigate to the "local" folder:
Once in the local folder you will see this:
at the bottom of the screen you will see a tab that contains your copied file. Drag this tab upwards so you see this:
Press and hold the "bootanimation.zip" so this screen appears:
It will say "Warning, are you sure you want to overwrite?"
Select "OK" and it will paste "bootanimation" from your sdcard.
Restart you phone and your selected boot animation should be working.

Also, I'm not entirely sure that the RCMixKingdom ROM supports audio during boot animation, or if it does, it needs to be in a different format/directory.

silegeek said:
You can download my bootanimation from the very first post on this topic.
If you have your own boot animation, paste it on the root of your sdcard.
I will attach some screen shots to this, hopefully it will help you
If you are using RCMixKingdom v1.0 you will find that it comes with a program called ES File Explorer
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Open this and hit menu and then settings. scroll down to "Root Options" and tick both the boxes. Exit ES File Explorer and open it up again
You should be in your sdcard directory
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Navigate (scroll) to your bootanimation.zip and, as it shows in the picture, hold down on the "bootanimation.zip" and a new screen will come up:
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Press copy to copy the bootanimation.zip
Next you will need to press the sdcard icon in the top left to change from sdcard to the system directory:
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Then navigate to the "data" folder
once in the "data" folder navigate to the "local" folder:
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Once in the local folder you will see this:
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at the bottom of the screen you will see a tab that contains your copied file. Drag this tab upwards so you see this:
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Press and hold the "bootanimation.zip" so this screen appears:
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It will say "Warning, are you sure you want to overwrite?"
Select "OK" and it will paste "bootanimation" from your sdcard.
Restart you phone and your selected boot animation should be working.
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I GREATLY appreciate your time and effort in composing in post with the visuals to help me get the bootanimation working. ;o)
I don't think that the sound works on bootanimation with RCMix Kingdom rom. I did however get the bootanimation working.
I think I will stick to LeeDroid's version update a few days ago as this works with sound and I think runs much faster on my HTC Desire HD.
Once again, THANK YOU !!!!

[TUTORIAL]How to make your own boot animations (with sound if you want)

NOTE: This method is tested and it works on CM7 ROMs and AOSP ROMs. I don't guarantee that it will work for stock ROMs (The ROM that came with your device)!
Xperia X8 users with cm6 0.25-follow this guide: http://se-lifestyle.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=5947
Introducion
Hi guys!
Today, I'm going to teach you how to make your own boot animations. Please read this thread carefully to the end, in order to succeed in making your boot animation.
Requirements:
-A photo-editing program (GIMP and Photoshop are the best), which can save pictures in .png format
-A text editor (everyone has that)
-An archive-managing program (Power Archiver, WinZip), that is capable of making .zip archives
Tutorial:
1. Create part0 and part1 folders (in this folders, the frames of the boot animation are stored. Usually, there are only 2 parts in a boot animation, but you can add as many as you want. The frames in the part0 folder are usually repeated once, and the frames in part1 folder are usually looped several times, or infinite.)
2. Draw every frame of your boot animation manually (save every frame as you do it. Save the first one as 10001.png, the second one as 10002.png, and so on. Save them in the part0 and part1 folders - the frames in part0 folder will be showed only once, and the frames in part1 folder will be looped. But, you can change that if you want. Changing the looping property will be discussed in the following steps. WARNING: ALWAYS SAVE THE FRAMES IN .PNG OR .JPG FORMAT!)
3. Make a desc.txt file in the directory where the part0 and part1 folders are and edit it as following:
320 480 30
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
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(The numbers 320 and 480 is the resolution of your boot animation. Change them as you want. The number 30 means the speed of the animation. Speed set to 30 is good for me. Then, the "p 1 0 part0" property means that the frames in part0 folder will be repeated once - you point that with the first number in the "p 1 0 part0" property, which in this case is 1. The second number is the delay between loops, and it's expressed in milliseconds (1000ms = 1s). I've set it to 0 because I don't want to be any delay between my loops (p 1 0 part0). And last, but not least, you set the folder with the folder name - in this case is part0. Then, you type the property for the part1 folder - that's "p 0 0 part1". The first "0" means that the folder will be looping infinite times, the second "0" means there's no delay between loops, and then we set the folder to part1. Note: if you have more folders, you'll have to write properties for them too! WARNING: DON'T FORGET TO LEAVE AN EMPTY LINE AT THE END OF THE DESC.TXT FILE!)
4. Compress the folders and the desc.txt file in a zip file (WARNING: MAKE SURE YOUR COMPRESSION METHOD IS STORE! OTHERWISE, THE BOOT ANIMATION WON'T WORK!)
5. Open your new boot animation and check the folders, if there are Thumbs.db files. If there are Thumbs.db files in your boot animation, delete them from the archive.
6. Install your boot animation on your device with one of the following methods:
Root Explorer method:
1. Rename your boot animation to bootanimation
2. Put it on your SD card
3. Open Root Explorer and copy bootanimation.zip to /system/media. This will replace the existing boot animation
4. Reboot your phone
ADB method:
1. Make sure you have downloaded android sdk
2. Put android sdk in C:\
3. Set the directory of command prompt to C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools. Click here for a video tutorial.
4. Rename your boot animation to bootanimation and put it in C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
5. Open cmd
6. Type in order:
-adb remount
-adb push bootanimation.zip /system/media/bootanimation.zip
-adb reboot
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7. Enjoy your new boot animation!
Note: It's far easier to create and install boot animations with my program Boot Animation Factory. Oh, and you can preview them on your computer too!
How to add sound (all courtesy of colpophage)(UPDATED!!):
1. Download this shell script:
http://db.tt/HffJqg8P
2. Place bootsnd.sh in /sdcard
3. Run terminal emulator, and execute the following:
su
cd /sdcard
sh bootsnd.sh
4. Use a rooted file manager and navigate to /system/bin, and verify that there is now a file called bootsound there, and it has 777 (rwxrwxrwx) permissions. Modify the permissions to 777 if needed.
5. Place your desired sound file, renaming it android_audio.mp3, in /system/media.
5.1 For the original quietly brilliant sound, download: http://db.tt/Oy20ZqT (remember to rename it).
5.2 I now put custom boot animations into /system/media as well, and this is my favorite so far: http://db.tt/LMkqs3f (rename to just bootanimation.zip).
6. Reboot and enjoy.
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Video tutorial:
Common mistakes that people make:
-Wrong compression method: you MUST set the compression method to Store!
-Missing empty line at the end of the desc.txt file: an empty line is needed! Otherwise, the boot animation won't work!
-Frames drawn in wrong color mode: you MUST draw your frames in RGB 8bit or RGB 16bit COLOR MODE!

Some of my boot animations
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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In SGS I on Darky 10.1 you don't have bootanimation.zip file in system/media, but we have bootsamsung.qmg and bootsamsungloop.qmg. Your tutorial will work with it?

Excellent writeup! :]

bodziophonix said:
In SGS I on Darky 10.1 you don't have bootanimation.zip file in system/media, but we have bootsamsung.qmg and bootsamsungloop.qmg. Your tutorial will work with it?
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I don't know. It's intended for CyanogenMod ROMs. It's proven to work on CM7 ROMs and on AOSP ROMs. Is your ROM based on the stock SGS ROM, or is it built from source?

Stu_Gotti said:
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Thank you!

Very cool. There's a xda member created boot animation utility on the market that will make it easier to flash zips once created. I assume it would work.
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memburn said:
Very cool. There's a xda member created boot animation utility on the market that will make it easier to flash zips once created. I assume it would work.
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Yes, it should.

bodziophonix said:
In SGS I on Darky 10.1 you don't have bootanimation.zip file in system/media, but we have bootsamsung.qmg and bootsamsungloop.qmg. Your tutorial will work with it?
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I think this tutorial won't work, because Darky 10.1 ROM is based on the stock SGS Gingerbread ROM.

Thanks! Gotta try it tonight
Not gonna sleep until I success doing it

my bootanimation.zip is located in /data/local
i have optimus one with LOL rom and MIUI theme.
so i guess i need to put new bootanimation.zip there.

Djidara said:
my bootanimation.zip is located in /data/local
i have optimus one with LOL rom and MIUI theme.
so i guess i need to put new bootanimation.zip there.
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Yes, that will work too.

Djidara said:
my bootanimation.zip is located in /data/local
i have optimus one with LOL rom and MIUI theme.
so i guess i need to put new bootanimation.zip there.
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after pushing your bootanimation you can try that to see if it's ok :
adb shell bootanimation

Can someone tell me what's wrong with this bootanimation?
I'm talking about the pop tart cat one but it seems that none work.
It shows as a completely black animation yet the pictures show up fine and everything seems to be in order.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1031590&page=20

could make animation with sound?

Help me plox

thanks for explaining everything; very nice.
for some time i have been unsuccessful. i feel it is how i am making my pngs. (as i actually flash my zip via cwm and it works for well-established boot animations, but not mine.)
all i get with my creation is a black screen. is there a trick? need to save it a certain way (beyond keeping it a png)? thanks! i use ps and paintnet...
additionally, just an fyi - the bootanimation that comes standard (with the white android guy) are jpgs...

Pretty cool, thank you!

jsmccabe78 said:
thanks for explaining everything; very nice.
for some time i have been unsuccessful. i feel it is how i am making my pngs. (as i actually flash my zip via cwm and it works for well-established boot animations, but not mine.)
all i get with my creation is a black screen. is there a trick? need to save it a certain way (beyond keeping it a png)? thanks! i use ps and paintnet...
additionally, just an fyi - the bootanimation that comes standard (with the white android guy) are jpgs...
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When you zipped your boot animation, did you use compression method "Store"? That may be the problem.

ph.miki said:
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I think yes. I will do a little research and see what can I do with that.

[Q] Issue Changing Boot Anim. SGS Captivate uckk4 v706

Ok I have read quite a few threads and havent found this issue just yet...
I am followed directions on how to create custom boot animations and did so, I have made a simple metal gear solid boot animation containing 19 frames my issue is when I go to system/media to look for the "Bootanimation.zip" it isnt there...
then I used the search tool on my phone app to find it and ended up in system/bin and the file has no specs... -_- see for yourself I backed up my files and opened the backup on my PC for a screen shot of my folder.
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bootanimation.zip not in stock firmware at all. You need a custom kernel that supports bootanimation.zip then if there is one present it will supersede the stock animation.

studacris said:
bootanimation.zip not in stock firmware at all. You need a custom kernel that supports bootanimation.zip then if there is one present it will supersede the stock animation.
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Understood thanks, would Cyanogen mod be considered a custom kernel? I can try installing that then try again. or is there another method of changing the boot animation that would be considered more simple? eventually I will be installing CM7 anyway.
BTW I am running Gingerbread 2.3.5 and just recently I flashed corn and got cwm as well... as you might already know.
I am reading directions now and will be installing soon, I will get back to this when I am successful.
After reaching step 6 on http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Captivate:_Full_Update_Guide
I googled the issue tried installing the driver and that didn't work :/ I'm stuck on step 6 now.
I tried starting heimdall-frontend and received an error MSVCR100.dll is missing...

Corn is a custom kernel...if you apply root in recovery you should be able to use a root file explorer and paste your zip in /system/media to get to work.

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Corn is a custom kernel...if you apply root in recovery you should be able to use a root file explorer and paste your zip in /system/media to get to work.
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OK so I am sure that I've done everything correctly to root the phone thanks to many helpful people in this forum, but I still cannot find that damn .zip file to replace!
Its killing me because I am so ready to put my edited PNG files in there and test my work out, then share it with everyone
At this very moment my phone is in recovery mode but I will check root explorer once more and take some screen shots. Everything is in QMG under /System/Media and as for /System/Bin there are no file types, I'm so confused

As i said earlier, if You are on a stock firmware there is no bootanimation.zip those qmg files ARE the stock boot animation, just drop your zip in /system/media (make sure you tap the "mount r/w" button on the top right of root explorer before pasting or it won't be able to write there) the kernel should detect the presence of the newly placed zip and play that on boot instead of the stock S.

studacris said:
As i said earlier, if You are on a stock firmware there is no bootanimation.zip those qmg files ARE the stock boot animation, just drop your zip in /system/media (make sure you tap the "mount r/w" button on the top right of root explorer before pasting or it won't be able to write there) the kernel should detect the presence of the newly placed zip and play that on boot instead of the stock S.
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That was all your quote about donations made me laugh, and the help was much appreciated, I made a small donation but better than nothing

[BOOTANIMATION]bootanimation for Jellytime

Hi,
I made a few bootanimation.zip for Jellytime i'd like to share.
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HOW TO INSTALL (3 methodes) ?
File browser method (Rooted devices only):
Connect your phone to your computer via USB and mount the storage card for file transfer.
Copy the bootanimation.zip file that you want to install, to your SD card.
Unmount USB storage and launch the file browser of your choice on your phone.
Browse to /system/media, copy the existing bootanimation.zip file from there and paste it somewhere safe on your SD card.
Browse to the location on the SD card where you copied the new bootanimation.zip and copy it.
Browse to/system/media and paste the bootanimation.zip file there to override the default system boot animation without replacing it.
OR
Browse to /system/media and paste the bootanimation.zip file there.
If you are using Super Manager, you will have to enable its root function first from the settings. Furthermore, you may need to mount the /system partition as read-write first too upon entering it.
ADB method:
Enable USB debugging on your device in Settings > Applications > Development.
Connect your device to the computer via USB.
Launch a command prompt/terminal window on your computer.
Navigate to the location where you have the bootanimation.zip file saved.
Enter these commands need root) :
Code:
adb remount
adb push bootanimation.zip /system/media/
Boot Animation Factory (the easiest way) :
download and read how to from this post :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678540
Whichever method you used, you should now have the new boot animation successfully installed on your device. Simply restart it and you should see it running upon boot.
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Enjoy!

Pretty cool animations. FYI yours pics do not show up.

Thanks, I am sporting the first one and have already today gotten more than one :good: from friend at work.

New one in OP...

DaD92 said:
New one in OP...
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I think im going for the new one. Good work!:good:

New one in OP....
enjoy!

You need to STOP with all the Jelly Time bootanimations!
I downloaded and installed the first because it was so cool.
Then you come out with a second one, had to choose, stayed with first.
Then Randomblame uses your second one in B9.1.
Now there are just to many good ones to choose from.
Really though, great work. Keep it up.

smetzger68 said:
You need to STOP with all the Jelly Time bootanimations!
I downloaded and installed the first because it was so cool.
Then you come out with a second one, had to choose, stayed with first.
Then Randomblame uses your second one in B9.1.
Now there are just to many good ones to choose from.
Really though, great work. Keep it up.
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try the last one, it is pretty cool (many details you don't see in the preview), you nwill enjoy it

All are very good looking.
I do not know if it would be possible but, if you could create a way to have the system randomly pick one each time it booted, now that would be Awesome.
And then I would not have to choose...

I don't know if it's possible neither... you should ask a dev (I'm not)... I thing it's a little too much work...

It's this something I flash or overwrite in a folder somewhere? A bit new to HTC thanks
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bit1 said:
It's this something I flash or overwrite in a folder somewhere? A bit new to HTC thanks
Sent from my Inspire 4G using xda app-developers app
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don't flash, push it to system/media.
you can do that as following (3 methodes) :
File browser method (Rooted devices only):
Connect your phone to your computer via USB and mount the storage card for file transfer.
Copy the bootanimation.zip file that you want to install, to your SD card.
Unmount USB storage and launch the file browser of your choice on your phone.
Browse to /system/media, copy the existing bootanimation.zip file from there and paste it somewhere safe on your SD card.
Browse to the location on the SD card where you copied the new bootanimation.zip and copy it.
Browse to/system/media and paste the bootanimation.zip file there to override the default system boot animation without replacing it.
OR
Browse to /system/media and paste the bootanimation.zip file there.
If you are using Super Manager, you will have to enable its root function first from the settings. Furthermore, you may need to mount the /system partition as read-write first too upon entering it.
ADB method:
Enable USB debugging on your device in Settings > Applications > Development.
Connect your device to the computer via USB.
Launch a command prompt/terminal window on your computer.
Navigate to the location where you have the bootanimation.zip file saved.
Enter these commands need root) :
Code:
adb remount
adb push bootanimation.zip /system/media/
Boot Animation Factory (the easiest way) :
download and read how to from this post :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678540
Whichever method you used, you should now have the new boot animation successfully installed on your device. Simply restart it and you should see it running upon boot.
Enjoy!

I haven't seen one in a while, but have you thought about a boot-down animation?? Just a thought.

I tried boot down animation, but I wasn't able to see it. I'll try again

New one in the OP...
Enjoy!

Can't sleep...so...
New one in the OP!
Enjoy!

There is a small typo in there... Text should be "developed" and not "developped" with 2 P's

thanks, I'll will correct that.

really nice work mate!

xdazulu said:
really nice work mate!
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thanks!