[Q]Boot animation - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

i edited a bootanimation based from here: http://www.semaphore.gr/downloads/boot-animations
the files are 138 images, which before it was 178(edited) but it doesn't work after moving the bootanimation zip folder to the system/media.
after the semaphore ics boot image, it just go black screen and the bootanimation didn't work. not even the android default boot didn't.
here's my file. i hope you could help me out for it to work. i think the desc.txt is the problem. the code contains it.
http://www.mediafire.com/?scoqsxo88vzph8z
thanks in advance.

Maybe a stupid suggestion but did you make sure it had the correct permissions and changed the name of the old bootanimation.zip (or took it out of the folder..)

Talon26 said:
Maybe a stupid suggestion but did you make sure it had the correct permissions and changed the name of the old bootanimation.zip (or took it out of the folder..)
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The permissions are same as of the working bootanimation. Yes, it was renamed to be bootanimation.zip i make sure of that. Lol
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sound in boot animations?

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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[XT860] - Replaced Bootanimation.zip with Droid RAZR

Hey Everyone,
Just wanted to let everybody know that replacing the bootanimation.zip file with the DROID RAZR in the /system/media folder works with the XT860. I know it's a minor thing, but I thought it was cool.
For updatability (and because we don't have an SBF for the XT860) I recommend to rename the original bootanimation.zip to bootanimation.zip.orig and then copy a new bootanimation.zip in there.
if you dump the new animation to data/local it will boot up and you can leave system/media alone. either way. at least you renamed it instead of deleting. just an fyi
It would be even better if you can upload it for us
Even though I backed my original boot ani I somehow still lost it. Would someone be so kind as to upload it so I can have it just in case. Thanks
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perhaps a good idea will be to upload here both animations...
As requested...
both animations!
The file should only be named bootanimation.zip and has the permissions of 644 (but it doesn't matter really) and the owner/group is 0/0 (root/root).
I know how to change permissions but what's the command for.changing owners
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Change owner is chown, or it's the 2nd last option in root explorer's long click.
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So chown 00 or chown 11 etc
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works perfectly. is it too much to ask to add here the Official Nexus Prime boot animation...in the same file format..in order to collect all working options?
bogdan_wrc said:
works perfectly. is it too much to ask to add here the Official Nexus Prime boot animation...in the same file format..in order to collect all working options?
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I can't find a Galaxy Nexus system dump, they seem to all be removed. If you have one PM me with a link and I'll see what I can do.
do these have the boot sound as well?
I have the Galaxy Nexus boot animation, and I'll post it a little later today. If anyone is losing original boot animations, use Root Explorer, go into System Media, and rename the existing boot animation to something like "d3bootanimation.zip" (that's exactly what I did). If you're simply renaming old animations as "bootanimation.bak" or something similar, you'll end up overwriting a few from time to time, depending on how many boot animations you have on your SD. Just use a more specific label for backups, and you should be fine.
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Just downloaded the razr bootanimation and put it in data/local. I shut my phone off and started and didn't get it to work
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Put it in the system/media folder. Be sure to rename the boot animation that's already there.
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jjhiza said:
I have the Galaxy Nexus boot animation, and I'll post it a little later today. If anyone is losing original boot animations, use Root Explorer, go into System Media, and rename the existing boot animation to something like "d3bootanimation.zip" (that's exactly what I did). If you're simply renaming old animations as "bootanimation.bak" or something similar, you'll end up overwriting a few from time to time, depending on how many boot animations you have on your SD. Just use a more specific label for backups, and you should be fine.
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Here's the boot animation for Galaxy Nexus. Rename this file to bootanimation.zip and place it in /data/local OR /system/media (if placing the file into /system/media, rename the original bootanimation.zip file to something different so you can restore if required).
for the ones who want smth different, here is a link to a blue bootanimation.
(c) http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-razr-themes/217089-cyan-razr-diamond-boot-animation.html
bogdan_wrc said:
for the ones who want smth different, here is a link to a blue bootanimation.
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That link no longer works. I found the the blue animation deeper in that thread, and have attached it to this post. The blue animation is working fine on my XT862 / XT883.

Bootanimation

How to change bootanimation in froyopro..
I've tried pushing the zip file to system/media, replacing the original and changing permission but didn't work.. It shows some other animation which is "android" written with some font which is also not the original one that i had on clean install.. I didn't find the zip file for any such bootanimation in media folder.. There were zip replaced by me..
Plzzz.. Help...
You were shown the stock Android boot animation because your one didn't work.
You must rename it to bootanimation.zip. Did you do that?
Yup I did it.. infact later I had a look at the froyo's bootanimation zip which I had backed up.. renamed similar to it.. it was "bootanimation_cm6.zip" and other had cm7.. but still didn't worked..
Ah yes you're using FroyoPro which is in fact FroyoBread. Just make a copy of your boot animation then name one of them bootanimation_cm6.zip and the other one bootanimation_cm7.zip. Finally, just overwrite the system ones. Should be good, I've done the same thing.
Also, did you create the boot animation?
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open the rom ZIP file
the go system\media
u can see the file bootanimation.zip
open it and see wt inside
i hope this useful xD
@chris
Nope.. using minicm9 bootanimation and if I remember it was created by u and Acheap posted by rohin, so there's no scope of any kind of problem in the zip file also i was using it on gdx.. will try as u directed..
AChep and I have never made a boot animation. Rohin though has posted the CMX boot animation.
Ok.. but I'm sure it was posted by rohin.. anyway's I'm back to gdx..

[Q] bootanimation on Android L

Hello xda'ers
I just installed the unofficial 5.0 port on my Oneplus One and I am really happy with it. I didn't face any bugs during the setup and I am using it proudly for a few hours now. On the KitKat rom I was using before I had a custom boot animation I made myself and it worked very good. Now since I switched to Android l and I tried to flash it it didn't work (said successful but didn't applied). The same goes with other bootanimations I tried, so it shoudn't be compressed wrong or something. I am just curious if any of you nows a way to set a custom bootanimation on Android L because I thing eigther the directory has changed or something else I don't understand (I am new to this and this should be my "starter project" lol). I hope someone can help me.
Thanks Lukas
Search is your friend: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678540
Shouldn't be compressed period, also make sure the permissions are set properly.
qureyoon said:
Search is your friend: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678540
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I already had this tool. That's actually the tool i used to amke the animation. My problem is that when i flash it it wouldn't apply and so does every bootanimation I tried. I think it is up to Android L.
Anyways, if anybody sees this it would be really nice of you if you could overlook my bootanimation and tell me what I did wrong. Because I tried everything now and It wouldn't work
DerNero said:
My problem is that when i flash it it wouldn't apply and so does every bootanimation I tried.
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What do you mean flash?
You don't flash a bootanimation.zip (see here)
Your .zip is not even a flashable zip file
Sorry, postet the wrong file. This is the non flashable zip that is in my flashable zip. I tried building a flashable zip, but if flashes successfully and doesn't apply, so it does not replace the bootanimation.zip in the /system/media/ folder. I am currently on mobile so I can't post the file, I may put a link in this post later on when I upload it somewhere. I really hope you can help me on this..
EDIT: here os the link to the flashable .zip I build: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hy05o88rlx79hlt/AndyBootanimationByNero.zip?dl=0
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Try copying manually, and set the permissions.
Rename your original first, just in case.
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
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Also check the following:
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!
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Okay I need to double check when I am off school. One thing I noticed is if I replace the animation manually it won't work, so it can be a probkem with the animation, thr pictures themselves, or the permission settings. How exactly to I set the permissions for the zip?
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You use a root file manager to copy the file to the right directory. Then change the permissions of the zip AFTER you copy it to the right directory. Permissions should be rw-r-r
DerNero said:
Okay I need to double check when I am off school. One thing I noticed is if I replace the animation manually it won't work, so it can be a probkem with the animation, thr pictures themselves, or the permission settings. How exactly to I set the permissions for the zip?
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I have made this flashable zip for you...
flash it in recovery and enjoy ur bootanimation.
Let me know if it worked fine for you!
I'm also trying this, and it's not working too. Permissions all set. Bootanimation is clean of junk files Windows/Mac adds.
Just a black screen.
DerNero said:
Okay I need to double check when I am off school. One thing I noticed is if I replace the animation manually it won't work, so it can be a probkem with the animation, thr pictures themselves, or the permission settings. How exactly to I set the permissions for the zip?
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This is an old thread, but I thought I'd jump in with a suggestion.
1080x1920 is really pushing things for animations. For my Nexus 5, I set my max animation sizes to either:
- 1080 wide X 768 high (for letter-boxed animations), set 1:1 in the desc.txt file (no scaling)
- 720 wide X 1280 high (for full-screen), set to 1080x1920 in the desc.txt
1080x1080 WILL NOT work; those still need to be 720x720 and scaled in the desc.txt to 1080x1080.
My recommendation is to crop the frames, centered, to 1080x720 and set it to 1080x720 in the desc.txt.
EDIT: Try this version (non-flashable): http://www.mediafire.com/download/4mcnpmpxlmvn24c/DerNero-bootanimation.zip

>>>>[BOOTANIMATION]<<<[FLASHABLE] made from the nexus 6p commercial

>>>>[BOOTANIMATION]<<<[FLASHABLE] made from the nexus 6p commercial
I was bored/ unemployed and decided to turn the nexus 6p commercial into a bootanimation.
Just replace your original from system/media ( make sure you keep the original in a safe place) change permission to rw-r--r--.
Hit like if you like. Hit donate if you want too. The attached .gif is not the actual boot animation just a preview made for this post.
Here is the video used to create the boot:
https://youtu.be/4cAHL4LMNlY
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24399994186369465
******UPDATE EMPLOYED!!!!!********
If you have any request I'm willing to custom make one for you, since I'm unemployed and bored, only 30 Sec video clips please. Or any recommendations?
****UPDATE*** added FLASHABLE.ZIP
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24407100847293357
***reserved****
is there a difference? you posted 2 times at seperate times
gd6noob said:
is there a difference? you posted 2 times at seperate times
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No one post just contains the video used
really really choppy and slow...
gd6noob said:
really really choppy and slow...
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Really? It runs smooth like a video on mine I'll look into the fps
I flashed your zip file but it didn't change anything. I have been trying to flash a custom boot animation with audio for a few days and I can't seem to get it to stick. I've even used Rom Toolbox to flash but animations but all that I've achieved is actually losing my standard boot animation.
Can you please help?
Predtechhacker said:
I flashed your zip file but it didn't change anything. I have been trying to flash a custom boot animation with audio for a few days and I can't seem to get it to stick. I've even used Rom Toolbox to flash but animations but all that I've achieved is actually losing my standard boot animation.
Can you please help?
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Would you like the stock boot back? ( ALWAYS KEEP IT IN A SAFE PLACE) I'll post it below . I just noticed theres an Error in the flashable.Zip. (To add sound to your bootanimation you must save an .ogg file in the same folder and code it into the animation) .Use root explorer to replace whatever boot animation you have in the SYSTEM>MEDIA folder and edit permission to rwxr--r--
Thanks, I appreciate you helping me with the stock animation.
Can you help me figure out why the hell I can't get any other boot animations to work?
Predtechhacker said:
Thanks, I appreciate you helping me with the stock animation.
Can you help me figure out why the hell I can't get any other boot animations to work?
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Are you doing it manually? Flashable? Or with an app?
I've tried all 3. I just can't get any of the boot animations I create to stick.
Predtechhacker said:
I've tried all 3. I just can't get any of the boot animations I create to stick.
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Upload your work and I'll take a look
Predtechhacker said:
I've tried all 3. I just can't get any of the boot animations I create to stick.
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Ate you setting the right permissions? Rwxr--r-- and if that isn't working try rw-r--r--
I'm trying to create an iron man boot animation with audio. I included the audio file inside the zip file for you to see.
I hadn't thought about the permissions so I'll go check those out.
Predtechhacker said:
I'm trying to create an iron man boot animation with audio. I included the audio file inside the zip file for you to see.
I hadn't thought about the permissions so I'll go check those out.
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Yes permissions must be set in root explorer for the manual method to work. I will check yours out
Predtechhacker said:
I'm trying to create an iron man boot animation with audio. I included the audio file inside the zip file for you to see.
I hadn't thought about the permissions so I'll go check those out.
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after my initial research your png files in each folder must be consecutive i.e P1 000.png-070.png P2 071.png - 139.png Etc..... they must be consecutive. you started from zero in each Part. 70 .png per folder
Predtechhacker said:
I'm trying to create an iron man boot animation with audio. I included the audio file inside the zip file for you to see.
I hadn't thought about the permissions so I'll go check those out.
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If you send me your original image files ill compile them for you i just dont want to go back through and rename all your files since you already have them. ship it to me in one bulk folder
I've attached a zip file with all of the images. I renamed each one to be in exact numerical order starting at 000 and going in increments of 001.
I placed that zip file with the desc.txt file into system/media and set the permissions at 0744(rxwr--r--).
It still didn't work.... Is there a limit to how many images can be in one folder?
I attached the zip in question to this post so you can see.
I also tried setting the permissions to 0644(rw-r--r--) and that didn't work either
Predtechhacker said:
I've attached a zip file with all of the images. I renamed each one to be in exact numerical order starting at 000 and going in increments of 001.
I placed that zip file with the desc.txt file into system/media and set the permissions at 0744(rxwr--r--).
It still didn't work.... Is there a limit to how many images can be in one folder?
I attached the zip in question to this post so you can see.
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Yes 70 per part, I'll look at it and report back

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