Hi,
for stock rom, the bootanimation.zip have 2 mp4 inside, so i formated a little video to 1440*2560 and put it with the same name to the file so noobish as i am. This didn´t work, only a black screen is shown instead of the animation. on what should I look for, that the files are the correct one, so that i can use my own bootanimation?
it would be great, if someone can help me.
regards
alex
sry for my bad english
You might try making sure permissions are set the same as the original files. r-w-r-r (644) I believe.
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I forget - i did this, but did not work.
seatibiza said:
Hi,
for stock rom, the bootanimation.zip have 2 mp4 inside, so i formated a little video to 1440*2560 and put it with the same name to the file so noobish as i am. This didn´t work, only a black screen is shown instead of the animation. on what should I look for, that the files are the correct one, so that i can use my own bootanimation?
it would be great, if someone can help me.
regards
alex
sry for my bad english
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The MP4's don't need to be so large, the originals are not formatted at that resolution, I would match the originals,
You can also use the original style zip.
and change the size of each pic to 1440 x 2560 if you want it to take up the whole screen,
if you use it with a smaller size, there will be a black border, but it will still work.
Here is my last try:
THIS has worked good for me in the past.
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Hello everybody,
this is my first post in this forum and my english is very bad, because i am an bavarian noob I take my german text to the google-translator an this is the result:
I have tried to change my startup screens what has failed miserably. I have the original files with the trail version of Ulead Gif Animator processed and pushed to the Hero. The results you can see here. I have the orig. and modifed attached files. Can anyone of you tell what went wrong?
Thx,
the bavarian opallabtb
I noticed whilst browsing the Hero file system (in root somewhere) that there are a number of config files for boot and on my Orange Hero, an Orange startup animation.
No idea how you do it (rooted & text editor maybe), but you will probably have to edit these
thank you joemax for your quick answer.
There is only one xml file in the folder /system/media. It calls boot_animation.xml
I didnt touch this file. The names of the modifed files are the same as the original ones. Is it possible that the Ulead gif animator change anything in the gif file (transparent background, etc)?
greets
Sorry, I have no idea then. My depth of knowledge at this point is very poor
Can the Hero actually play the gig animation you copied across ?
I use ASTRO to browse my Hero, it plays and views images, video and gif files. Try to see if its actually playable 1st.
Sorry but thats all I can think could be causing it.
I bet you crapped yourself when you first saw that messed up boot screen
I've had a look at the gif files you're using and they differ from the originals. The ones you made, each frame has different background properties. If you look at each frame in the original, they're all 320*480 with a background colour index of 199; they all have a black (transparent) background of 320*480.
But the modified gifs have frames which don't have the same sized and colour index backgrounds, and this is the only thing I can see that would cause the problem. When you view them in windows picture viewer, they show up fine; I think it's something to do with the transparency and the fact that the first frame IS the right size and colour but the rest are not.
In fact now that I look at your video again I'm certain this is the case. I know how to fix this, what program did you use to modify the frames?
Edit: Okay maybe I should read posts better, you used Ulead Gif Animator. If you can send me the individual images of each frame I could put this together for you in a way I'm sure will work
Hi,
thank you for your support!
Switchbitch said:
I bet you crapped yourself when you first saw that messed up boot screen
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lol, yes it was. I thought I would have an expensive paperweight
I dont know how to do this:
Switchbitch said:
If you can send me the individual images of each frame I could put this together for you in a way I'm sure will work
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Can you take the Frames/Pics or whatever you want from the "modifed.zip" package?
Thank you!
everytime i make a boot animation i get all static and it doesnt work right, like a tv that cant tune in,although some frames it does, iv removed all transparency from the gif with photoshop and with gimp but still no success, ill upload the signed zip for the whole thing but i cant work out why it wont work!!!
thanks for any help people can give =]
I will head off to school for about 2hours. But if you haven't solved it before I'm back, I'll help you.
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iv been trying to figure it out for the last 2 days lol thanks alot, much appreciated
Hope this helps!
To start with I believe that all new 2.1 no longer use the boot animation gifs. They should be in a zip containing a folder called part0 and a desc.txt.
The folder with part0 should contain each frame used in the gif saved as png files with the name any_name_here_00000.png. You need a 5 digit number that increases as the images changes. You can import the gifs to photoshop and then File>export>render video, choose png sequence and define a name.
The desc.txt should be how the animation should be played.
Code:
320 480 25
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
320 480 is image size in pixels
25 is fps
p is new line of code I believe
1 is play once, 0 is infinity
0 is delay after
part0 is your folder.
The desc file is hard to get to the right format. So I will upload one and you can edit the values. But don't change where spaces are. It might not work then.
Very important to remember that each system has its own place to put the file. /system/media/ /data/local/ /system/customize/resource.
yeh but the rom im making it for is with gifs fo rht eboot screen the same as the on i uploaded but different gifs, so its the gifs i made not working =[
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yeh but the rom im making it for is with gifs fo rht eboot screen the same as the on i uploaded but different gifs, so its the gifs i made not working =[
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Sounds odd... Which ROM? < That was a stupid question:/ And i can't delete it:/
rosswaa said:
everytime i make a boot animation i get all static and it doesnt work right, like a tv that cant tune in,although some frames it does, iv removed all transparency from the gif with photoshop and with gimp but still no success, ill upload the signed zip for the whole thing but i cant work out why it wont work!!!
thanks for any help people can give =]
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How doesen't it work? doesen't it change the boot screen or is it a just a black screen or what is it? Also have you tried to export it from Photoshop as a portable gif?
C0mpu13rFr34k said:
How doesen't it work? doesen't it change the boot screen or is it a just a black screen or what is it? Also have you tried to export it from Photoshop as a portable gif?
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its show like a tv trying to tune into it, everynow and then you see bit of the animation then static like mad so its deffinately showing the gifs, just not displaying them properly
rosswaa said:
its show like a tv trying to tune into it, everynow and then you see bit of the animation then static like mad so its deffinately showing the gifs, just not displaying them properly
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That happened to me too in some of my bootscreens:/ If you go to export in Photoshop it has a function to export it to a mobile device... That should help but it probably doesen't fix it and then the only way to make it work is to turn down the speed...
what speed should i be using?
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what speed should i be using?
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The depends on how much of the picture is changing and a lot of other stuff but for me i had to set it for 250ms I think but i may have found another solution It's the "update-script". I'll make one for you and upload it to ensure it deletes the correct files etc.
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The depends on how much of the picture is changing and a lot of other stuff but for me i had to set it for 250ms I think but i may have found another solution It's the "update-script". I'll make one for you and upload it to ensure it deletes the correct files etc.
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Okay try to replace your "META-INF" with this or the other one if it doesen't work
sounds cool, someone has done the gifs and said he un-optimized them and they work fine now so waiting to find out the settings to use next time
the display resolution of my wildfire is so **** looks like i an using some old black and white handset, i got rooted wildfire any one knows how to get it better? thanks
adb pull /system/build.prop
Edit the file
find "ro.sf.lcd_density = 120"
change 120 to something like 100
save
adb push build.prop /system/build.prop
thx but no idea
thx buddy but i dont know how is that all done
i have adb installed in my computer though
what rom are you using?
post your build.prob here and i could make an zip to flash
Well the resolution is what it is. I don't know if changing the dpi of the screen would make it look sharper or anything , but the resolution is hardware. Not changeable by software.
ok
i just want the texts to be sharper than it is now, coz i cant read any thing on web unless i zoom in, texts are fractioned so its hard to understand
avseq said:
i just want the texts to be sharper than it is now, coz i cant read any thing on web unless i zoom in, texts are fractioned so its hard to understand
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when maybe dpi should be 140.
but less things will fit on screen but they should be bigger, like a "zoom in"
info
i am using wildpuzzlerom v7.2
build no
1.28.1107.2 cl233281 release keys
wildpuzzlerom7.2 files
thanks
thankyou i will try and post the result
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thankyou i will try and post the result
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yes please post result, as i cant test them my self right now.
wht abt colour
gyz what abt the colour, colour looks really bad on wildfire if i install a new theme will it change the colour setting or is there any other trick to get better colour?
I just tried this and the results... well adwlauncher got a really interesting the actionbutton background totally messed up and the icons in notification actually looks worse. Text is slightly better i think though. All in all , no thanks. 8)
(and the resolution is still the same , but the ui 'takes up less of the screen' sorta)
Going the other way might make it look nicer , but i suspect the same problems arise , and also icons would hardly fit and so on... less space for stuff on the screen is a bigger problem than a little bit uncrisp graphics imo.
Edit: Didnt see your packages there Danne , i ripped it out and edited it , gonna try 140 too tho.
messy
i tried with the 140 one
things are proper messed up now its pretty worse thn i xpected, i am gonna try 100 one and post the result
Tried both now.
Apps don't scale that well , i guess the dpi change works on the larger phones cause they have the space to let text fit anyway and so on. Snowstorm in 140 has text all over it , adw actionbuttons are better but not that good and so on...
So then we could drop this idea for mean while
result for 100
tried the 100 one. texts looked a little bit better to me but things wont fit in the screen like when there is an app on homescreen text are half visible, not good, any other idea gyz?
and one more thing can anyone send me apk for rom manager because somehow my market wont show rom manager and tried scanning the qr code still wont work. it would be great, thanks for trying to help everyone, hope someone finds a better way.
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So then we could drop this idea for mean while
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Yeah, to be honest i didn't expect it to really get better , i did think the system would be better att resizing it all though.
As i said earlier , it's the resolution on the wildfire that isn't good enough to get the crispness of other phones.
I have a question about the .zip's you post too btw.
Would it be possible to switch the build.prop inside the archive and flash that, or is there some kinda checksum that would only allow the original file to be inside?
If it is possible to change the files , would you mind putting together a .zip that copies files into /system/fonts/ ?
I downloaded linux and stuff to try to get a rom-cooker working but my linux skills are fail. Hmm , is there a windows cooker available?
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Yeah, to be honest i didn't expect it to really get better , i did think the system would be better att resizing it all though.
As i said earlier , it's the resolution on the wildfire that isn't good enough to get the crispness of other phones.
I have a question about the .zip's you post too btw.
Would it be possible to switch the build.prop inside the archive and flash that, or is there some kinda checksum that would only allow the original file to be inside?
If it is possible to change the files , would you mind putting together a .zip that copies files into /system/fonts/ ?
I downloaded linux and stuff to try to get a rom-cooker working but my linux skills are fail. Hmm , is there a windows cooker available?
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You can mod package without re-signing them with SignApk, it's only recommanded to signapk when you mod vanilla.apks
71baker said:
Yeah, to be honest i didn't expect it to really get better , i did think the system would be better att resizing it all though.
As i said earlier , it's the resolution on the wildfire that isn't good enough to get the crispness of other phones.
I have a question about the .zip's you post too btw.
Would it be possible to switch the build.prop inside the archive and flash that, or is there some kinda checksum that would only allow the original file to be inside?
If it is possible to change the files , would you mind putting together a .zip that copies files into /system/fonts/ ?
I downloaded linux and stuff to try to get a rom-cooker working but my linux skills are fail. Hmm , is there a windows cooker available?
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yes you can change build.probs in the zip
just make a folder called fonts and put that in one of the zips i added in this thread. remove build.prop and you should have a zip that update the fonts
Edit: Thanks guys I got it working: I used your advice and I also realized that the desc.txt file was renamed wrong so it looked like desc.txt.txt instead of just one .txt.
Hey, I'm new to this whole boot animation thing.
But here's the deal:
I used photoshop cs5 to make my .png files.
I have done a little research on how to edit the desc.txt file, and
I can't seem to figure out whats wrong.
I use root explorer and paste the bootanimation.zip into /system/media
and I've even tried it in /data/local and all i get when I boot up is a black screen. I can boot into my phone perfectly and I've tried bootanimations so I know it works, I think I have just messed up on my own bootanimation.
would anyone care to check it out or give me some tips? anything would be appreciated.
p.s. I have been using this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=623960 and i also have an Evo 4g.
Thanks again!
You cannot use any compression when zipping. You can only store the files.
Remove the extra blank lines inbetween the text, leaving one blank line under the last line of text. When you zip, don't compress the images, compression level should be set to Store.
i´d be really interested in an abstergo bootanimation...i´m huge assassin´s creed fan
Glad you got it working. Also make sure you haven't got any of those pesky thumbs.sb files in there. They cause a black flash at the end of each loop.
I've foudn a fantastic LCARS boot animation that id like to use on my Note but it is a little two small. Does anyone know how to resize it please.
I have tried to edit the desc file to 1280 x 800 and also 800 x 1280 but it wont work. It is either distorted or all I get is a black screen while the boot sound is played....im using a seperate boot ogg file.
Here is the link to the boot animation file
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701574&page=12
Thanks in advance and a large cookie to whoever does it :laugh::silly:
theres an app called Absolute System that can do it, Unfortunately it is a paid app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...EsImNvbS5jYW52czIzMjEuYWJzb2x1dGUuc3lzdGVtIl0.
EDIT: found this, I think its what you need
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1234611
thanks il give it a try.
Would i just copy the bootanimation.zip to my phone then run it through this programme?
yes, once the program has created it, move it to your phone and replace the original one with the one you made
What about ones someone else has made but just need resizing?
I should imagine it would be the same as creating your own, Just edit the resolution and let the program generate it ??
Ive never actually used the program i just remember seeing it one time, and when you asked about it i remembered
Curious did it work for you
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Curious did it work for you
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Im just about to try it buddy, just finishing off on Fleabay then its prodding tiime....Ill post back laters.
unfortunatley it wont work for me I keep getting FC's with it...so im back to the drawing board.
I have just used the other app ( boot animation creator ) and bongo worked perfectley. top advice thank you.
if the animation comes in typical zip file, you should be able to unpack it and just resize all the pics,
or am I missing something? (sorry, now unable to check the file by myself)
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ITs ok bud i managed to sort it out
can someone resize this
I have this bootanimation but its small so i want to resize to fit the screen of my nexus 5 pls