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Bulk Install

I did some searching but didn't find anything.
Is there a way to bulk install applications if you have all the apks for those applications?

Mr17 said:
I did some searching but didn't find anything.
Is there a way to bulk install applications if you have all the apks for those applications?
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Emm haven't tried it but it should work.
You could use wildcards.
So let's say you have a bunch of .apk's all in one folder, you could use adb to install them on your phone using this syntax:
Code:
adb install folder/*.apk
This should install all files ending with .apk in the folder

sweet, I'll give that a try and let you know how it works. Would make testing different roms alot easier.

Do you think this would bypass the market? If it did notification of updates would not work. hmm, ill have to test.

Mr17 said:
Do you think this would bypass the market? If it did notification of updates would not work. hmm, ill have to test.
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use atrackdog

Create a batch script with:
Code:
for %%f in ("C:\path\to\apks\*.apk") do adb install "%%f"

The easiest way (imo) if you are rooted:
1. Put all the apks into a folder structure \data\app
2. Create a text file with the following and rename it update-script (with no extension) then put it into a folder structure \META-INF\com\google\android
Code:
show_progress 0.5 0
copy_dir PACKAGE:data DATA:
show_progress 0.5 10
3. Zip both folder structures into a zip file (you should have folders data and META-INF at the root of the zip).
4. Sign it with signapk and you're done
Whenever you want to bulk reinstall, just put the signed zip file into your sdcard and reboot into recovery. When you want to add or remove apks from the bulk installer, just drag it into your zip file and resign.

Or you can backup all your apps into one folder on your sdcard and run this in terminal:
Code:
su
cd sdcard/apps
busybox install *.apk /data/app

I might add this feature into my ADB File Explorer app

I've added a basic feature to install apps into my ADB file explorer, it can do one off apk's or bulk install from a directory. See my sig for more details.

wow, that was fast! thanks!

jashsu said:
The easiest way (imo) if you are rooted:
1. Put all the apks into a folder structure \data\app
2. Create a text file with the following and rename it update-script (with no extension) then put it into a folder structure \META-INF\com\google\android
Code:
show_progress 0.5 0
copy_dir PACKAGE:data DATA:
show_progress 0.5 10
3. Zip both folder structures into a zip file (you should have folders data and META-INF at the root of the zip).
4. Sign it with signapk and you're done
Whenever you want to bulk reinstall, just put the signed zip file into your sdcard and reboot into recovery. When you want to add or remove apks from the bulk installer, just drag it into your zip file and resign.
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Thank you for this. This will come in handy a LOT next ROM flashes :]
Seems so easy looking back on it, not sure why I didn't think of it earlier. I may even just edit the rom files to include my installed apps if I need to wipe.

someone made an app for the computer if you have the .apks you just plug in your phone double click the apk and run it and itll install on to your phone, try looking for that.

Bavilo said:
Emm haven't tried it but it should work.
You could use wildcards.
So let's say you have a bunch of .apk's all in one folder, you could use adb to install them on your phone using this syntax:
Code:
adb install folder/*.apk
This should install all files ending with .apk in the folder
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I just wiped my phone completely clean and reflashed to Cyanogen 3.6.1.
When I try this method, it gives me an error that I don't have enough space. Again, this is after a *complete* wipe.
Screenshots:
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"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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I'm not sure whether it's using the 5 MB free or the 42 MB space, but Any Cut is 32 kb, so that's a non-issue.
Any ideas on why it's not working?

Paul22000 said:
I just wiped my phone completely clean and reflashed to Cyanogen 3.6.1.
When I try this method, it gives me an error that I don't have enough space. Again, this is after a *complete* wipe.
Screenshots:
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I'm not sure whether it's using the 5 MB free or the 42 MB space, but Any Cut is 32 kb, so that's a non-issue.
Any ideas on why it's not working?
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Do you have your sdcard partitoned to fat32 as the first one and then ext2(3) as your next partition?

PlatinumMOTO said:
Do you have your sdcard partitoned to fat32 as the first one and then ext2(3) as your next partition?
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I don't think so. If there is an ext2 or ext3 partition, I didn't set it up.
By the way, I got InstallAPK, which lets you double click on APKs on your PC and install them to phone immediately.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=521295
It worked just fine at installing all my apps after the wipe.
Minus the fact that I had to double click on an app, wait for it to install, double click the next, wait for it to install, double click.... ad nauseum.........
I'm still interested in finding out why the method I posted in the screenshots isn't working.
Has anyone actually gotten it to work?

We're getting off topic but this is what you need to do in all likelihood you're gonna have to reflash Cy 3.6.1 again but before you do you're gonna need to setup your sdcard like this:
you can use either Paragon Partition Manager (above) Gparted, or SDSplit but you should set it up like the picture to run apps to sd and to fully get the Cy experience

PlatinumMOTO said:
We're getting off topic but this is what you need to do in all likelihood you're gonna have to reflash Cy 3.6.1 again but before you do you're gonna need to setup your sdcard like this:
you can use either Paragon Partition Manager (above) Gparted, or SDSplit but you should set it up like the picture to run apps to sd and to fully get the Cy experience
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I'm not trying to do apps to sd though.
All I want to do is run "adb install apk".

well how many apps are you trying to install?

PlatinumMOTO said:
well how many apps are you trying to install?
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29 apps
Which is why I'd like to get a quick adb install *.apk, 1 command and done.

[STICKY][HOW-TO] Google Apps - Update.zip installer w/ extras

Instructions for how to install Gapps on your Gtablet.
Install:
1) Download the latest gapps update.zip from here: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version
The link you are looking for is near the bottom, shown in the red rectangle:
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"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"
}
Options A: Stock Recovery:
2a) Download this recovery file for your install location
--SDCARD: http://www.multiupload.com/LURU5RRYKI
--SDCARD2: http://www.multiupload.com/31HBVXHB19
3a) Unpack the recovery zip file to your sdcard or sdcard2.
You should see /sdcard/recovery/command
4a) Copy your gapps update.zip to /sdcard
5a) Hold volume + and power to boot into recovery
Install should start automatically and reboot
Option B: Clockworkmod Recovery:
2b) Copy download to SDCARD
3b) Hold volume + and power to boot into recovery
4b) Choose, choose zip from sdcard
5b) Choose the zip to be applied as an update
Market Fix(Enable Full Market):
Follow this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861044&highlight=market+fix
EXTRAS:
TnT KB Standalone: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KUEXY5OA

Saved for additional growth.

rothnic said:
This is an update.zip that you can run from recovery. Meant to get you up and running with commonly added things over a base
After install, long press an input area to select the new input option.
TnT Kb: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KUEXY5OA
TnT Kb + Live WP + Gapps: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EJQP1OW5
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Roth, Does this build include the standard e-mail app which I can sync with exchange and my contacts with the contacts app shown here as well or does this build only include g-mail and standtard TnT mail appliation which does not let you sync calendar and contacts?
Thanks for the great work!

insight3fl said:
Roth, Does this build include the standard e-mail app which I can sync with exchange and my contacts with the contacts app shown here as well or does this build only include g-mail and standtard TnT mail appliation which does not let you sync calendar and contacts?
Thanks for the great work!
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This isn't a ROM, just an update.zip. What you see in that image is what is copied to /system/app

rothnic said:
This isn't a ROM, just an update.zip. What you see in that image is what is copied to /system/app
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I made a copy of the TnT Kb + Live WP + Gapps zip, put it in /sdcard and rename it update.zip, turn off the unit and then press power+volume up, but nothing happens -- it does says recovery and I got that triangle with an "!". I'm on stock TnT with adw launcher.
Any suggestions and help are most appreciative!

case-sensitive said:
I made a copy of the TnT Kb + Live WP + Gapps zip, put it in /sdcard and rename it update.zip, turn off the unit and then press power+volume up, but nothing happens -- it does says recovery and I got that triangle with an "!". I'm on stock TnT with adw launcher.
Any suggestions and help are most appreciative!
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You need to have clockworkmod recovery to just use the update.zip.
Otherwise you need to grab the /recover/command off of a different update. I think the clockworkmod recovery update.zip comes with it.
Using the stock recovery, it needs to see the command file to work.

case-sensitive said:
I made a copy of the TnT Kb + Live WP + Gapps zip, put it in /sdcard and rename it update.zip, turn off the unit and then press power+volume up, but nothing happens -- it does says recovery and I got that triangle with an "!". I'm on stock TnT with adw launcher.
Any suggestions and help are most appreciative!
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You need to have clockworkmod recovery to just use the update.zip.
Otherwise you need to grab the /recover/command off of a different update. I think the clockworkmod recovery update.zip comes with it.
Using the stock recovery, it needs to see the command file to work.
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I get pretty much the same thing as case-sensitive. Except, after copying the recovery directory from the cwm update.zip to the sdcard root, I get an image of a box with a down arrow and an animated progress bar at the bottom and then the triangle ! after a couple seconds or so.
Any ideas?

The file appears to have disappeared.

Updated, changes in post.

Is there a way to uninstall the apps I'm not using? I was gunning just for Calendar and Contacts, which aren't picking up my Gmail accounts, and I'm not using the other apps, so would like to get them away from my OCD. But it's still way cool!

jacindc said:
Is there a way to uninstall the apps I'm not using? I was gunning just for Calendar and Contacts, which aren't picking up my Gmail accounts, and I'm not using the other apps, so would like to get them away from my OCD. But it's still way cool!
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root explorer will do it. i think androotfile will do it to. just go into system/app and delete the but make sure its mounted as r/w

I can't get these to install. Running CM6.1 beta2. There are no errors during the install in CWM recovery but when the device boots, none of the programs are there.

Do I need to run clockworkmod inorder to put it in recovery?

foreverknight said:
Do I need to run clockworkmod inorder to put it in recovery?
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No, but it would be easier for you to go ahead and get clockworkmod installed. I have a post that links to a v0.8 version update.zip that will apply clockwork from the stock recovery.

Thank you. I have 2 questions. 1. I have "androotfile" installed and cant seem to get it to mount as R/W in order to copy and paste the files needed to get the android market to work right I get "unable to chmod/system/framework:read only file system. 2. Now forgive me I am a newbie but how do you get the g tablet in recovery and why.
Thank you for all the help.

foreverknight said:
Thank you. I have 2 questions. 1. I have "androotfile" installed and cant seem to get it to mount as R/W in order to copy and paste the files needed to get the android market to work right I get "unable to chmod/system/framework:read only file system. 2. Now forgive me I am a newbie but how do you get the g tablet in recovery and why.
Thank you for all the help.
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Follow this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=844088
Then follow the first post in this thread.
I'm unsure what you are trying to copy exactly. This post doesn't talk about manually copying anything.

I've tried this twice already with a factory reset in between each try, and it's worked both times!
Attached is a bunch of files you will need to make this work.
1.Download the attached Zip file and extrat the contents to your desktop
2.Mount your G and upload the "G Tablet" folder to your G's internal SD card
3.Using AndRootFile or any other file manager that supports root access, mount as R/W, and copy the contents of G Tablet\permissions to System\etc\permissions.
4.Copy the contents of G Tablet\framework to System\Framework
5.Copy the contents of G Tablet\lib to System\lib
6.Copy all the APK's found inside G Tablet\APK into your system\app folder.
7.Install them in this order:
1.GoogleServicesFramework.apk
2.OneTimeInitializer.apk
3.SetupWizard.apk
4.Talk.apk
5.Vending.apk
6.Gmail.apk
7.Maps.apk
8.Make sure you remount it as R/O when you're done!
9.Restart your G, Connect to Wifi, then launch Market.
10.Follow the standard Google Account setup procedure and enjoy your newly installed Market.
I got these instructions on another thread and all worked untill I got to the part about coping files to other directorys. Thats when I got that error in andfileroot.

foreverknight said:
I've tried this twice already with a factory reset in between each try, and it's worked both times!
Attached is a bunch of files you will need to make this work.
1.Download the attached Zip file and extrat the contents to your desktop
2.Mount your G and upload the "G Tablet" folder to your G's internal SD card
3.Using AndRootFile or any other file manager that supports root access, mount as R/W, and copy the contents of G Tablet\permissions to System\etc\permissions.
4.Copy the contents of G Tablet\framework to System\Framework
5.Copy the contents of G Tablet\lib to System\lib
6.Copy all the APK's found inside G Tablet\APK into your system\app folder.
7.Install them in this order:
1.GoogleServicesFramework.apk
2.OneTimeInitializer.apk
3.SetupWizard.apk
4.Talk.apk
5.Vending.apk
6.Gmail.apk
7.Maps.apk
8.Make sure you remount it as R/O when you're done!
9.Restart your G, Connect to Wifi, then launch Market.
10.Follow the standard Google Account setup procedure and enjoy your newly installed Market.
I got these instructions on another thread and all worked untill I got to the part about coping files to other directorys. Thats when I got that error in andfileroot.
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You are mixing two separate guides. You do not have to manually copy anything.
The thread you copied those instructions from is very old, and will not work as well as the one from this thread. I put together an update.zip that copies everything that needs to be copied, so you don't have to do those step.
It is very very simple:
Load the gapps update.zip to sdcard, run update.zip.

Do i need clock work mod to run this .zip cause the only option is to extract and there is no run.
PS really, thank you for your time

foreverknight said:
Do i need clock work mod to run this .zip cause the only option is to extract and there is no run.
PS really, thank you for your time
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The download here will have two files in the zip.
One file will be an update.zip, the other is a folder that looks like this: /recovery/command. The folder with command in it tells the stock recovery to flash the update.zip on the sdcard.
If you want to keep stock recovery, then rename the gapps update.zip to literally "update.zip" and put the folder /recovery/command on your SDCARD. Then you will hold volume + and power to run it.
If you want clockwork, just unzip the download here to your SDCARD. It will have the update.zip and /recovery folder to flash clockwork.

[Ported] MIUI Music App

Here is the ported music app from the MIUI Rom. The installation is very simple.
1. Download the zip file and extract the apk file from it.
2. Copy the apk file to /system/app folder and you are done.
Download here
Flashable zip Here Thanks to schizopunk
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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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Installing now, will report back. Thanks for this!
LoL @ justin beiber in the screenshots

looks pretty sweet ill check it out...plus i hate you, Mr. 4g haha just joking :]

Does anyone know if you get the controls in the notification menu like the current one in Froyo?

no controls in the notification menu...

Since this doesn't have any controls in the notification bar, does it have a widget or are there any controls for the lock screen?

youngnick09 said:
Since this doesn't have any controls in the notification bar, does it have a widget or are there any controls for the lock screen?
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There is a widget, (Back, Play, Next buttons)

ok, thanks

Can anyone help me out with Step 2:
2. Copy the apk file to /system/app folder and you are done.
Do I need a certain program or app to do this?

youngnick09 said:
Can anyone help me out with Step 2:
2. Copy the apk file to /system/app folder and you are done.
Do I need a certain program or app to do this?
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Use any file manager like astro or root explorer. You can also use adb to push it to /system/app folder.
Goto market and download a file manager.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk

I installed multiple file explorers and everytime I try to move the file into the the system/app folder, I keep getting an error saying I do not have enough permission. Any help?

Works really good. Thanks for posting.
youngnick09 said:
I installed multiple file explorers and everytime I try to move the file into the the system/app folder, I keep getting an error saying I do not have enough permission. Any help?
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Use adb to do the job.
Code:
adb push /path/to/downloaded/apk/MiuiMusic.apk /system/app
Or buy "Root Explorer" from the market

JGeZau said:
Works really good. Thanks for posting.
Use adb to do the job.
Code:
adb push /path/to/downloaded/apk/MiuiMusic.apk /system/app
Or buy "Root Explorer" from the market
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Sorry, but I'm a nub, so you gotta explain to me how I use adb ha. Is it an app or is it a command?

youngnick09 said:
Sorry, but I'm a nub, so you gotta explain to me how I use adb ha. Is it an app or is it a command?
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Lets start with the basics to see where you stand...
1. Are you rooted?
2. Goto market and download "Astro File Manager".
answer the first question if its yes then goto step 2. Let me know when done with step 2.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk

does is only come in purple, havet installed yet, and wont until tonite. Just wanna kno

Nice app kinda like DoubleTwist player,doubletwist have few more options though.

Yes, i am both rooted and have astro

youngnick09 said:
Yes, i am both rooted and have astro
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Ok connect your phone with usb to your computer turn on mass storage copy the apk file not the zip file to the root of your sd card.
Disconnect the phone from the computer open astro copy or move the apk file from the root of your sd card to /system/app folder and you are done.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk

SideKick2 said:
Ok connect your phone with usb to your computer turn on mass storage copy the apk file not the zip file to the root of your sd card.
Disconnect the phone from the computer open astro copy or move the apk file from the root of your sd card to /system/app folder and you are done.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk
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Right, I've already tried this from the beginning and each file manager I use, including astro does not allow me to move the music player file into the system/app folder.

youngnick09 said:
Right, I've already tried this from the beginning and each file manager I use, including astro does not allow me to move the music player file into the system/app folder.
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Follow this guide up to Step 3.
After you have ADB working, then type the following
Code:
adb push /path/to/downloaded/apk/MiuiMusic.apk /system/app
Remember to use the correct path to the apk

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
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"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"
}
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
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[Q] Change galaxy tab 8.9 boot animation?

Anyone know how to change the animation to support bootanimation.zip ?
(Samsung galaxy tab 8.9 _motley kernel. KJ5 Honeycomb 3.2)
No luck on my end yet.
But here's what ive tried:
I connected my tab via ADB
Renamed bootsamsung.qmg to bootsamsung.qmg.bak
Renamed bootsamsungloop.qmg to bootsamsunglook.qmg.bak
Copy custom bootanimation.zip to /system/media/bootanimation.zip
copy custom bootanimation.zip to /data/media/bootanimation.zip
Type: bootanimation
It plays on my screen.
CTRL+C to quit.
I issue a reboot command and my 8.9 tab and I see Samsung logo, hear Samsung sound, but I do not see my custom start up. So samsung boot animation is down. But the custom animation is not up.
Can someone point me out to what I may be missing? I see some 8.9 roms support bootanimation.zip Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321142&highlight=bootanimation+zip
....but I wanted to try it my self without flashing a new rom.
Any insight welcome.

I've answered this question here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20977703&postcount=14
The correct way would of course be to change init.rc in the initrd but that's a bit complicated so a quick hack would be just to overwrite /system/bin/samsungani with /system/bin/bootanimation

kallt_kaffe said:
I've answered this question here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20977703&postcount=14
The correct way would of course be to change init.rc in the initrd but that's a bit complicated so a quick hack would be just to overwrite /system/bin/samsungani with /system/bin/bootanimation
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Thanks for the reply on the other thread, but I thought it would be better to bring this question outside of the rom discussion thread. Don't want to contaminate their discussion of the rom with something somewhat less important.
Anyhow, I tried the above in this specific order:
1. Using root explorer app, rename the 'samsungani' file to located in /system/bin
Done: samsungani.bak
2. Rename the file 'bootanimation' (also located in /system/bin) to 'samsungani'
Done.
3. Now put the bootanimation.zip of your choice in /system/media folder
Done.
However, after i reboot, now i'm stuck at the boot animation staying on screen even after the system has booted up. The animation goes on... If i tap my screen, I can launch apps and such, i just cant see behind the animation. If i rotate my tab, My main screen becomes visible at the bottom but portion of my screen is still occupied by the boot animation. Wierd! lol.
Looks like i have to adb and rename / fix stuff back.
Ever have this happen to you?
fun fun.
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0okami said:
Thanks for the reply on the other thread, but I thought it would be better to bring this question outside of the rom discussion thread. Don't want to contaminate their discussion of the rom with something somewhat less important.
Anyhow, I tried the above in this specific order:
1. Using root explorer app, rename the 'samsungani' file to located in /system/bin
Done: samsungani.bak
2. Rename the file 'bootanimation' (also located in /system/bin) to 'samsungani'
Done.
3. Now put the bootanimation.zip of your choice in /system/media folder
Done.
However, after i reboot, now i'm stuck at the boot animation staying on screen even after the system has booted up. The animation goes on... If i tap my screen, I can launch apps and such, i just cant see behind the animation. If i rotate my tab, My main screen becomes visible at the bottom but portion of my screen is still occupied by the boot animation. Wierd! lol.
Looks like i have to adb and rename / fix stuff back.
Ever have this happen to you?
fun fun.
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(For 7300/7310 reference, if you have a different device then please ignore)
Actually, to change or remove the bootanimation, you don't have to touch anything at /system/bin (you might break something and might have to ODIN later on). The only files that matter are:
1_Power_on.ogg (the bootanimation sound) located at /system/etc
bootsamsung.qmg and bootsamsungloop.qmg both located at /system/media
Those are the 3 files you would have to delete or replace. No zip files in there. You actually have to unzip that file in your computer, not put it in the device. Check the mentioned contents, replace in the device and reboot.

nirogu325 said:
(For 7300/7310 reference, if you have a different device then please ignore)
Actually, to change or remove the bootanimation, you don't have to touch anything at /system/bin (you might break something and might have to ODIN later on). The only files that matter are:
1_Power_on.ogg (the bootanimation sound) located at /system/etc
bootsamsung.qmg and bootsamsungloop.qmg both located at /system/media
Those are the 3 files you would have to delete or replace. No zip files in there. You actually have to unzip that file in your computer, not put it in the device. Check the mentioned contents, replace in the device and reboot.
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bootsamsung.qmg and bootsamsungloop.qmg have already been renamed to
bootsamsung.qmg.bak and bootsamsungloop.qmg.bak
After doing that, even with bootanimation.zip in place, it was just giving me a black screen until the launcher came up.

Seems the bootanim service needs to be stopped when boot is complete. This is not needed in Gingerbread asfaik.
In the Overcome ROM this has been added to the init.rc to take care of stopping the bootanimation:
Code:
on property:dev.sfbootcomplete=1
stop bootanim
Adding this means you have to unpack boot.img and the initrd, do the changes and then assemble it all again. This is a bit more complicated and nothing I recommend without doing the proper research on the subject first.

0okami said:
bootsamsung.qmg and bootsamsungloop.qmg have already been renamed to
bootsamsung.qmg.bak and bootsamsungloop.qmg.bak
After doing that, even with bootanimation.zip in place, it was just giving me a black screen until the launcher came up.
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Hmm, actually you do have a very valid question. The dev didn't mention a How-to related to the Bootanimation.zip support. Have you checked at the Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps forum for a clue?

progress...
I found these instructions and it got the boot animation loading and going away, but the sound that gets played with animation stopped working. (fixable since i backup everything)
Found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1142838
My post in that thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21010818&postcount=31
Basically the steps in Root Explorer:
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ROOT EXPLORER METHOD, thanks Berner:
Code:
Basically the steps in Root Explorer:
1. Copy bootanimation.zip to /sdcard (USB mount, dropbox, whatever).
2. Select /system/bin/playsound
(note - you'll need to set /system/bin as R/W here)
3. Rename to playsoundBACKUP
4. Select /system/bin/bootanimation
5. Copy/paste - new file will be named bootanimation - Copy
6. Rename bootanimation - Copy to playsound
7. Select bootanimation.zip whereever its located on .sdcard
(note - you may need to set /system/media as R/W here)
8. Move to /system/media/
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ignore this post. double post.