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[Tutorial] Custom Boot Animation

This tutorial will explain how to make a custom boot animation for your droid eris by replacing the stock verizon wireless animation.
Notes:
- We will be working with .png files so be prepared to convert a video-animation to a series of pngs.
- There are other stock animations such as the HTC one and it may be possible to add another animation onto the end of the verizon wireless one.
1) Create a video animation of 320x480 resolution in Adobe After Effects, another video animating software, or create a series of images for your animation.
2) Convert that video into a series of .png files with the names: 00.png 01.png ... etc ... to 25.png (I have not attempted to use more or less than 25 png files, it may or may not work)
3) Extract the stock bootanimation.zip (provided below) into a working directory, with the following file structure...
- /bootanimation
---- /android -> should contain (00.png -> 03.png) "HTC"
---- /last -> should contain (01.png -> 02.png)
---- /vzw -> should contain (00.png -> 25.png)
---- desc.txt
4) Copy and replace the png files in the vzw folder with the pngs you just created.
5) Choose 2 .png files to be shown after your animation has completed and copy them into your /last directory replacing 01.png and 02.png.
5) Create a new zip file with the folders and desc.txt at root. Make sure to use the Store as the compression method when creating a new zip file. See picture attached to this post.
6) Use adb to send your file to /system/media/bootanimation.zip on your phone.
7) Reboot, and enjoy your fresh boot animation.
I have included my bootanimation.zip as an example. Heres a video of mine:
{Need to be approved by moderator to post youtube link}
youtube -> /watch?v=geghwnIfKS4

This works on the non-rooted eris also

DarthMowzy said:
This works on the non-rooted eris also
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Really?...
I thought you needed it to mount the system to RW and you can't do this until you have Root?
Also anyone willing to convert this animation from the G1 over to the eris? I really don't know anything about Photoshop or anything like that so I would really appreciate if you would convert these two animations for the eris if its possible.
http://www.4shared.com/file/209835047/9ae956d/bootanimation_boing.html
and this one
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CY4DK79B

DarthMowzy said:
This works on the non-rooted eris also
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How? Don't you need ROOT Acess to gain those folders

You need root to copy the zip here: /system/media/bootanimation.zip
but you dont need root to copy it here: /data/local/bootanimation.zip
Do the same steps but change the zip location and it will work.

What if the boot is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY longer than 25?? What do I do
Like this one: http://www.mediafire.com/?25notzfztgz
Plus, DarthMowzy in data there is no local folder do I make one

iloveandroid said:
What if the boot is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY longer than 25?? What do I do
Like this one: http://www.mediafire.com/?25notzfztgz
Plus, DarthMowzy in data there is no local folder do I make one
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try it out, i heard a couple of people getting files with over 200 frames working

i3urn said:
try it out, i heard a couple of people getting files with over 200 frames working
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Yea I can vouch that it works I have one that is 250+ and it works fine.

just a tip to help avoid hours of pulling your hair out..not that i did this or anything
zip up the folders within bootanimation folder, not the bootanimation folder and the folders. If you do, you end up with another directory and it won't load.

Please elp me with desc.txt
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Yea I can vouch that it works I have one that is 250+ and it works fine.
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I see you guys are having good luck loading boot animations and I imagine your are not running as choppy as mine. all I did was replace the .png files from the example_bootanimation, and mine looks like crap. Can someone tell me what you used in your desc.txt file?
THanks

iloveandroid said:
What if the boot is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY longer than 25?? What do I do
Like this one: http://www.mediafire.com/?25notzfztgz
Plus, DarthMowzy in data there is no local folder do I make one
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When using "adb shell" I can see the local dir. I didnt create it. It was already there.

What cool animations have you guys made
can you guys post some ani,mations you have made that you would not mind sharing. Mine is not that great but I would like to learn. In the mean time I would really like to find something cool to use.

how to make your own bootanimation?

Hello Guys,
I did searched the threads for creating bootanimation. i pulled one from froyo roms and did exactly the same way it was made in the rom.
txt part0 part1
made 256 x 256 frames and used uncompressed zip and pushed it but all i got was a black screen. according to the text file pixels are 480 480, i even tried 480 854 but no luck.
any ideas?

adam2010 said:
Hello Guys,
I did searched the threads for creating bootanimation. i pulled one from froyo roms and did exactly the same way it was made in the rom.
txt part0 part1
made 256 x 256 frames and used uncompressed zip and pushed it but all i got was a black screen. according to the text file pixels are 480 480, i even tried 480 854 but no luck.
any ideas?
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After I made my first bootanimation, it did that.
But it turns out I used compression. Second time, didn't do compression,
but I zipped the 'bootanimation' folder rather than the 'contents' folder.
If you just want to start, download a preexisting one (I did the inverted splash) and then make your images, replace the images already there, and go.

I did as u mentioned. I didnt compress it. I used the store option n zipped it. Would u plz tell me what pixel did u use for ur images n the text file?

I don't understand why ppl don't get it. POST QUESTIONS IN Q&A SECTION!! Thank you.

http://www.droid-life.com/2010/04/13/how-to-create-a-droid-custom-boot-animation/
And please use search AND place questions in the QA section next time

I'm sorry, i was tired n forgot
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Thanks for the help, i will try it
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This can actually be a complicated process as you have to use a certain Zip software to make this to work. If you are running Windows, you cannot use the windows provided software as it compresses the files. I used 7zip, which I feel is the easiest to use. This software actually lists "Add to archive." Once you select that, Archive Format should be Zip and Compression Level should be Store. If you are using Winzip, it does not list Add to archive so stick with 7zip for custom boot animations.

is it possible to go back to the stock boot animation or do you have to save a copy before doing so?

Anything is possible with N1. I would recommend moving the original bootanimation to another folder on your phone, but if you overwrite it you can always just download the original online.

I understand it should be uncompressed zip. my guess im not doing something right in making frames. i named them correctly and made pixels 256 x 256. i even mixed it with droid images, so I could at least see those images if my doesnt work, still no luck. I attached my zip file, I appreciate if you guys take a look and tell me what im i have done wrong

Ok I re did the bootanimation for you. Try and see if it works.

lmarazzi86 said:
Ok I re did the bootanimation for you. Try and see if it works.
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Actually this works! Thanks
however, i tried to change your txt value from 256 to 480 and slow down the frame rate and still the animation is small. I wish I could make it bigger. here is one of the bootanimations i extracted from Froyo Rom, it has same values but looks larger in boot. do you know how?
btw I appreciate if you tell me what does 0 and 1 value mean in txt file
Thanks alot

in order to change the size of the animation make sure that the picture is 256(x) x 480 first and then change the value in the desc.txt to 256(x) and 480. the values in the desc.txt have to do with the looping of the boot animation.

lmarazzi86 said:
in order to change the size of the animation make sure that the picture is 256(x) x 480 first and then change the value in the desc.txt to 256(x) and 480. the values in the desc.txt have to do with the looping of the boot animation.
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Thank you

[FLASH ZIP] Pixel XL 1440p Boot Animation BLACKED Edition - True Black!

Hi All,
Back again to share my latest work. I have taken the Google Pixel XL boot animation and converted it to have a black background. Its 1440p resolution.
I spent a lot of time learning to make python plugin for use with GIMP image editor to apply a number of image processing procedures and then batch process all the boot animation files. The result is I can quickly do this conversion now in less than 5min! This plugin does not simply do background paint bucket fills. The problem I found with this is you are left with intermediate colours remaining on the edge of the google letters from the white background. You might be able to solve that by increasing the threshold but then you are left with pixel, jagged edges which also sux! Instead I played with RGB modes, selective selection by colour, alpha colour, etc, etc. The result is a black background, with nice edges of the coloured google letters, and I think i did a good job to keep original colours. Someone with a trained photoshop'd eye may beg to differ but I think its ok for now.
Only thing I ask for in return is give credit where credit is due if you include this in your work/projects.
If anyone is interested in have the Pixel boot animation for devices of other resolutions (e.g. Nexus 5X) let me know and send the original boot animation and I'll convert.
Paul.
Oh! And as always - DO A NANDROID BACKUP!!! I will take not responsibility.

God bless you developers and XDA
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Working all good and perfect... Looks regal in black
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Thank u for doing this I always hated the White BC it's so bright and now it's perfect.. thanks for sharing. God bless
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The background looks yellowish on my device

luthepa1 said:
Hi All,
Back again to share my latest work. I have taken the Google Pixel XL boot animation and converted it to have a black background. Its 1440p resolution.
I spent a lot of time learning to make python plugin for use with GIMP image editor to apply a number of image processing procedures and then batch process all the boot animation files. The result is I can quickly do this conversion now in less than 5min! This plugin does not simply do background paint bucket fills. The problem I found with this is you are left with intermediate colours remaining on the edge of the google letters from the white background. You might be able to solve that by increasing the threshold but then you are left with pixel, jagged edges which also sux! Instead I played with RGB modes, selective selection by colour, alpha colour, etc, etc. The result is a black background, with nice edges of the coloured google letters, and I think i did a good job to keep original colours. Someone with a trained photoshop'd eye may beg to differ but I think its ok for now.
Only thing I ask for in return is give credit where credit is due if you include this in your work/projects.
If anyone is interested in have the Pixel boot animation for devices of other resolutions (e.g. Nexus 5X) let me know and send the original boot animation and I'll convert.
Paul.
Oh! And as always - DO A NANDROID BACKUP!!! I will take not responsibility.
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Thanks man

Please. Can you make Pixel device style BootLogo (logo.bin)?

How to apply this? When i try to flash it using boot animations app by jrummy then it shows error "please select a valid file" even though i select the correct zip, is there any other way to flash ? Can i directly flash it using twrp ?

yeah i also tried to put the zip in system/media and replaced the old bootanimation.zip with the new one and put the permissions the same octal 644 still didn't work.

Looks much better than the white version. I didn't flash it though. Just extracted zip and placed the bootanimation file in system/media and set permissions to rw/r/r

AndrewM3 said:
yeah i also tried to put the zip in system/media and replaced the old bootanimation.zip with the new one and put the permissions the same octal 644 still didn't work.
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I downloaded the zip then extracted it then found the boot animation.zip then went to system/media then renamed the original bootanimation.zip to .zip.bak then pasted the copied zip and made sure permissions was rw/r/r
Rebooted works great
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scoot0073 said:
I downloaded the zip then extracted it then found the boot animation.zip then went to system/media then renamed the original bootanimation.zip to .zip.bak then pasted the copied zip and made sure permissions was rw/r/r
Rebooted works great
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ok thanks can confirm that this worked for me the problem was I didn't extract the bootanimation from the zip file above. Also changed my permissions for octal 644 and it works.

Great job dev thanks
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drnbrk said:
Please. Can you make Pixel device style BootLogo (logo.bin)?
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From what I understand this is not possible on our device, or at least no one has figured how to do it yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3260264
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AndrewM3 said:
ok thanks can confirm that this worked for me the problem was I didn't extract the bootanimation from the zip file above. Also changed my permissions for octal 644 and it works.
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Hmm I tried this. Not working for some reason. The zip has the right permissions and its in the right folder and I used the extracted zip as well. I'm on 6.0, do I need to be on nougat?

I'm getting a small lag spike right before it goes into the final G at the end. It freezes for a second and then finishes the animation. Any fixes?

i also made this for personal use but i simply used gimp to batch edit invert all whit eto black...retaining original rgb

UrbanLagoon said:
Hmm I tried this. Not working for some reason. The zip has the right permissions and its in the right folder and I used the extracted zip as well. I'm on 6.0, do I need to be on nougat?
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No. Boot animations are in no way whatsoever OS dependent. I have literally been using the same boot animation since Ice Cream Sandwich. It's been the exact install method since that time as well.
Download your boot animation. Use a file explorer to take a peek inside it. Do you see a "META-INF" folder inside? If yes, that's a flashable zip and you will be installing it via recovery.
If no, then you should see several folders named 'part0, part1, part2, part3, etc., along with a desc.txt. Inside each folder is a picture. Together they all make up the entire animation. The desc.txt tells it how to play. The speed, resolution & order of the animation. If that's what you see then that's the actual boot animation itself and in that case;
Use a file explorer with root permissions. Navigate to /system/media and you will see the stock 'bootanimation.zip'
If you're never going to use it again and you know it, you can delete it. Otherwise you can rename it exactly 'bootanimation.zip.bak' and just delete the .bak extension you added if you ever wish to revert (after deleting the custom boot animation you installed).
Another thing to note is that the new boot animation you're downloading here (or anywhere) must always be named exactly the same as stock. So say you download a Spiderman themed boot animation named "spidey_BA.zip" you will need to rename it "bootanimation.zip".
So once your old boot animation is either changed to bootanimation.zip.bak or deleted, move the file of your choice into /system/media. Once the new animation is there make sure you're setting the correct permissions. They should be exactly -rw-r--r-- (644).
That's it. Reboot. Enjoy your new boot animation.
So remember, if your zip has a "META-INF" folder inside of it, that is meant to be flashed in recovery. If it only has folders named part0, part1 part2...in that fashion + a desc.txt, that is the actual boot animation which needs to go to /system/media and have its permissions granted to 644. That's been the case for changing boot animations since I got on Android in 2010, probably longer than that, I'd imagine. Every single phone. Not trying to bash or anything just help you understand. If you followed these steps and you don't see a new boot animation then you are in fact doing something wrong.
It's pretty straightforward. You shouldn't have any trouble or mess anything up. Worst thing you could probably do is just delete any animations. That wouldn't even boot loop you. You'd either end up with a black screen or the old default 'Android' still image until your phone booted. Let me know if you need more help.

Just wow. The black is just immaculate.

Works great on my 7.1 ROM thanks!

Is there a white version for ROMs that don't already have it too please?

Can´t get my own custom bootanimation work

Hi to all
I want to create some bootanimations converting gif images to mp4 files, I replace it in /system/media/; 0644 permissions but nothing works. This zip attached was extracted out of this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/themes-apps/boot-logo-animation-fall-motorola-t2899194
I just replace both mp4 videos and no success. Could anyone test it and tell me what am I doing wrong? Or tell me how to properly create a decent bootanimation for moto g 2014 xt1064?
Salu2.

i dont think you need to convert it into video to make it work .
The guide for making boot animation is given here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1096068
More over just try by creating bootanimation.zip with store as compression mode

Visit bhoot.co.uk. there you can submit your .gif and get a flashable zip for your boot animation!

thank yo for both answers, this zip actually works as a flashable one, I just wanted to use mp4 file instead of png frames since Motorola used the first file for its stock bootanimations (I think for quality reasons), @benmathews gave me a clue for my mistake that was on compression method, I used store and it work flawless. Thanks 2 both men

Custom bootanimations?

Did anybody find a way to use zip files for boot animations rather than the qmg files?
I have tried replacing the "animation" file (located in /system/bin/) with many different files from different forums but still no luck. I always end up with no boot animation startup.
I even tried with the files (animation and bootanimation.zip) from treble Lineage GSI rom but still no luck (sigh)
If anyone knows a way please share your knowledge.

I believe this requires root so you can make the root directory read/write capable.
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K-alz said:
I believe this requires root so you can make the root directory read/write capable.
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You are right this requires root and all the modifications I mentioned above are using root.

Tchania said:
You are right this requires root and all the modifications I mentioned above are using root.
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i have just changed stock boot splash and the boot animation:fingers-crossed: as well thanks to Radzian
here is the link for Note 9 STOCK Splash logo.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=79221434&postcount=9
you can extract logo.jpg and replace it with image same size if you want to modify boot splash
other boot logos of samsung s10 s9 as well
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...t-logos-oreo-style-boot-t3830953#post79221794
here is the boot animations i tried the matrix versions work well. get them here rest i find the image resolution smaller
https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/themes-apps/bootanimation-matrix-flash-recovery-t2952816
you can also try these
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/themes-apps/custom-boot-animations-t3089208
MY New Boot SPlash

kingwicked said:
i have just changed stock boot splash and the boot animation:fingers-crossed: as well thanks to Radzian
here is the link for Note 9 STOCK Splash logo.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=79221434&postcount=9
you can extract logo.jpg and replace it with image same size if you want to modify boot splash
other boot logos of samsung s10 s9 as well
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...t-logos-oreo-style-boot-t3830953#post79221794
here is the boot animations i tried the matrix versions work well. get them here rest i find the image resolution smaller
https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/themes-apps/bootanimation-matrix-flash-recovery-t2952816
you can also try these
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/themes-apps/custom-boot-animations-t3089208
MY New Boot SPlash
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I appreciate your answer.
But what I'm looking for is a way to make native android boot animations work and not samsung proprietary ones. (the zip instead of qmg).
I went through posts like the ones you mentioned a hundred times while searching for what I needed.
I think no one has figured it out yet.
I wish I were a dev to knows how stuff works in coding world.

Tchania said:
I appreciate your answer.
But what I'm looking for is a way to make native android boot animations work and not samsung proprietary ones. (the zip instead of qmg).
I went through posts like the ones you mentioned a hundred times while searching for what I needed.
I think no one has figured it out yet.
I wish I were a dev to knows how stuff works in coding world.
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on samsung phones zip is just a flashable package that copies the animations(qmg) to the proper directory and sets permissions
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/themes/bootanimations-best-collection-t3780219
not sure what devices these work on but its just zip file with 3 folders with .jpg in it creating each frame of the animation. theres a text cue file with resolution and fps info.
samsung animation are much more difficult to make( need special software )

bober10113 said:
on samsung phones zip is just a flashable package that copies the animations(qmg) to the proper directory and sets permissions
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/themes/bootanimations-best-collection-t3780219
not sure what devices these work on but its just zip file with 3 folders with .jpg in it creating each frame of the animation. theres a text cue file with resolution and fps info.
samsung animation are much more difficult to make( need special software )
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The zip file you mentioned is for aosp and lineage roms (or any rom that supports native boot animation).
There used to be something called native boot animation enabler for samsung phones back in lollipop and marshmallow days for samsung stock firmwares. This made it possible to use zips like the ones you mentioned as boot animation instead of qmg. But nowadays I can't find any similar trick. I think samsung changed a lot of stuff making it impossible to enable them in oreo and pie.