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[Q] HELP wanted to install custom boot animation after doing SRE root

Can someone please help me out? I am wanting to install a custom boot animation. I downloaded one from this forum and renamed it to bootanimation.zip. I place on my memory card then used Root Explorer to move it to /system/media. I rebooted the phone but no animation comes up.

gotsomekorn said:
Can someone please help me out? I am wanting to install a custom boot animation. I downloaded one from this forum and renamed it to bootanimation.zip. I place on my memory card then used Root Explorer to move it to /system/media. I rebooted the phone but no animation comes up.
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Galaxy S phones don't use bootanmation.zip they use a proprietary format QMG or something.

Thanks for the quick reply.

any luck??? I have been all over different forums trying to figure this out with zero luck....

aceman0455 said:
any luck??? I have been all over different forums trying to figure this out with zero luck....
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negative.. Gunnyman stated it perfectly.. I researched for hours trying to figure out how to decode the QMG format into frames.. and met with no success.

I'm digging into QMG tonight. If there are mac tools for editing them I'll work on it.

please do, I would really like the boot animation from jh2 (not the S breaking into pieces and rebuilding, but the blue and purple shine that runs though it a couple of times.
super sexy imo.

gunnyman said:
I'm digging into QMG tonight. If there are mac tools for editing them I'll work on it.
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I'm sure you could purchase the tools for several thousands of dollars from the proprietor, Quram Soft.
The price isn't even available on their web site, http://quramsoft.com/solution_e/qmage.asp
The name of the QMG format is Qmage, I've been unable to ascertain if our phones use Qmage or Qmage - F.
See Topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=736412 for all the information that we have on boot animations, shut down animations, and sounds.

actually, you can do the bootanimation.zip, one of my co-workers was messing with it today... you probably need to set the permissions on the zip correctly.
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adding this to SRE right now

When will it stop. Every time I get a new version of are you release another one!
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designgears said:
adding this to SRE right now
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Please tell me your not messing with us. That would be amazing, being able to flash any boot image?

Dani897 said:
When will it stop. Every time I get a new version of are you release another one!
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i know how you feel my poor phone is only 4 days old. day one 1.2.2a, day two 1.2.3, day 4 1.2.3a lol

[Q] Flashing Boot Animation

Hey heres the rundown.
Captivate running Andromeda3 with the Ursa Minor kernel. I just downloaded the new Nexus Prime boot animation from the link below. Flashed it through CWM but now when I boot it just plays the Andromeda boot animation. Am I missing out on something here?
Link to the BA: http://www.droid-life.com/2011/10/08/download-nexus-prime-boot-animation/

It installed it to the wrong directory.
That script flashed it to /data/local
For our phones bootanimation.zip is installed to /system/media.
Use a root file explorer and paste it in the aforementioned location.

studacris said:
It installed it to the wrong directory.
That script flashed it to /data/local
For our phones bootanimation.zip is installed to /system/media.
Use a root file explorer and paste it in the aforementioned location.
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Cool. Thanks for the help. But one more thing, how did you know that? Im asking so in the future I can troubleshoot little problems like this on my own.

The link you gave says where it installs to right in the paragraph...
I know where boot animations go, and that wasn't it.
I mean this in the nicest possible way but please read everything you're about to flash BEFORE you flash it or you could very possibly brick your phone.

studacris said:
The link you gave says where it installs to right in the paragraph...
I know where boot animations go, and that wasn't it.
I mean this in the nicest possible way but please read everything you're about to flash BEFORE you flash it or you could very possibly brick your phone.
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The boot animation from the Nexus Prime aka Galaxy Nexus that was teased to us earlier in the week is now available for everyone to play with. The instructions we have are for flashing in Clockwork Recovery, but if you aren’t rooted, you will have to do it the old fashioned way by extracting and moving the bootanimation.zip into /data/local or wherever your particular phone pulls media from.
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I read it, I just didnt know that our phones pull media from another folder. Also the way it is worded kind of confused me. I appreciate the warning though. Been on here a little over six months now and havent managed to brick yet because I typically do more reading than posting. Thanks for the help.

Lollipop boot animation

I may be in the minority but I like the original Kitkat boot animation that carried on to Lollipop 5.01. Also I would like to keep that original boot screen and animation in case something goes wrong and I need to return the phone on the extended warranty I have. Now when I load the custom rooms, I get another boot logo and animation, a new M and colored dots running about the screen instead of the world thing that normally animates. How can I extract the animation sequence and either flash it back with TWRP or manually change it in my phone. Thanks.

Tel864 said:
I may be in the minority but I like the original Kitkat boot animation that carried on to Lollipop 5.01. Also I would like to keep that original boot screen and animation in case something goes wrong and I need to return the phone on the extended warranty I have. Now when I load the custom rooms, I get another boot logo and animation, a new M and colored dots running about the screen instead of the world thing that normally animates. How can I extract the animation sequence and either flash it back with TWRP or manually change it in my phone. Thanks.
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Place bootanimation to system/media and set permissions to rw-r-r

Tonal4Nagual said:
Place bootanimation to system/media and set permissions to rw-r-r
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Thanks a million for that. I looked all over and couldn't find it.

Tonal4Nagual said:
Place bootanimation to system/media and set permissions to rw-r-r
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After putting it in there and deleting the old bootanimation, making sure it was set for rw-r-r, and booting umpteen times, I have no animation at all now. I can open it up and run the animations inside it, so I know it's good. I did a search, and it's the only bootanimation.zip on my device but it still won't show when I boot. When I start up, all I see is the new "M" with the "by Lenovo" under the "M" and no animations. I don't know where that new "M" is coming from but it's not in the system/media directory.

I thought you are on stock rom but you flashed different bootanimation and you want old one.
I think video bootanimation works only on stock or the stock based rom. On which ROM you are ?
I am not sure , but I think that CM based rom dont support video mp4 bootanimations.
I read somewhere that some changes in the system / bin /bootanimation can help but I did not try.
Anyway if it is for waranty purposes as you said you can allways flash stock rom and you will have stock bootanimation.
But unlocked bootloader is generally no waranty

Tonal4Nagual said:
I thought you are on stock rom but you flashed different bootanimation and you want old one.
I think video bootanimation works only on stock or the stock based rom. On which ROM you are ?
I am not sure , but I think that CM based rom dont support video mp4 bootanimations.
I read somewhere that some changes in the system / bin /bootanimation can help but I did not try.
Anyway if it is for waranty purposes as you said you can allways flash stock rom and you will have stock bootanimation.
But unlocked bootloader is generally no waranty
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Yeah, I think you're right. I'm using Shawn's Titan Prime and his animation is a series of "png" files that I would have known if I'd looked at it.. I'll go back to the Rom's original one now. Thanks for the help.

You can try with instructions on this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/xda-university/guide-set-video-bootanimationtesters-t2915445
But backup first your original bootanimation binaries from system/bin and bootanimation zip from system/media.
Many people who have tried say it works.

Tonal4Nagual said:
You can try with instructions on this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/xda-university/guide-set-video-bootanimationtesters-t2915445
But backup first your original bootanimation binaries from system/bin and bootanimation zip from system/media.
Many people who have tried say it works.
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It worked, Boot time is much faster now also. Thanks

Shutdown Animation

Does anyone have the stock shutdown animation in a flashable zip? I want to get rid of the carrier shutdown animation on my Note5. It's driving me insane. I was able to flash the stock Marshmallow boot animation and that works so I imagine the shutdown animation from any Note5 variant works well on my SM-9208. Thanks!

Check this themes and apps thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/themes-apps/mod-enable-zip-bootanimation-aroma-boot-t3205323
He has multiple boot and shutdown animations all preloaded. Not sure if it has the stock one you're looking for but it has a bunch to choose from. Check it out.

HNIC215 said:
Check this themes and apps thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/themes-apps/mod-enable-zip-bootanimation-aroma-boot-t3205323
He has multiple boot and shutdown animations all preloaded. Not sure if it has the stock one you're looking for but it has a bunch to choose from. Check it out.
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Thank you. I saw that after I started the post but wasn't certain whether the Sammy animation in his preview was the official one that comes with the non-carrier versions. Do you know if it is?
Update: I tried it. Doesn't work. Oh well. I guess I'll have to root around a bit more.

jpbl1976 said:
I tried it. Doesn't work. Oh well. I guess I'll have to root around a bit more.
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What didn't work? I had it up and running on my phone. I deleted the file after I chose my animations (Marshmallow boot, CRT Shutdown), so I can't go and check if they had the Samsung shutdown animation.
It should work though, so long as you're rooted.

HNIC215 said:
What didn't work? I had it up and running on my phone. I deleted the file after I chose my animations (Marshmallow boot, CRT Shutdown), so I can't go and check if they had the Samsung shutdown animation.
It should work though, so long as you're rooted.
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I'm rooted. I still have my carrier boot animation on shutdown. It might be a quirk of my carrier's ROM. I understand it doesn't work on some other carrier-branded ROMs too.
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why would you need a flashable zip if you are rooted? Just delete shutdown.qmg or whatever that file is called, and replace it with the shutdown animation you want.
Maybe your carrier has a different name for the animation file, but the process should still be the same - just rename the shutdown animation file to match whatever the original one was called.

Kalm_Traveler said:
why would you need a flashable zip if you are rooted? Just delete shutdown.qmg or whatever that file is called, and replace it with the shutdown animation you want.
Maybe your carrier has a different name for the animation file, but the process should still be the same - just rename the shutdown animation file to match whatever the original one was called.
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I have 6 files -- bootsamsung.qmg, bootsamsungloop.qmg, bootsamsungmini.qmg, bootsamsungmini2.qmg, bootsamsungmini2loop.qmg and bootsamsungminiloop.qmg.
I also have crypt_bootsamsung.qmg and crypt_bootsamsungloop.qmg.
I'm not certain which of those is the one I should be renaming. That's why I wanted the zip. I wanted to take it apart to see which one it is so I don't accidentally do something to my device that I'll regret.
Also, I don't actually have the animation from the non-carrier SM-9208 so I don't have anything to replace the QMG file with.
EDIT: I found it!! It wasn't any of those. My carrier hid it in another folder. Just renamed it and now it's gone. Thank goodness. Their stuff was garbage.

jpbl1976 said:
Also, I don't actually have the animation from the non-carrier SM-9208 so I don't have anything to replace the QMG file with.
EDIT: I found it!! It wasn't any of those. My carrier hid it in another folder. Just renamed it and now it's gone. Thank goodness. Their stuff was garbage.
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I am having a hard time changing start up and shut down. Would one of you be willing to walk me through it?
Update: successfully installed both. Sorry for the 20 questions. Where do i put the sound files for the boot and shut down animations? Thank you in advance, and thank you for your hard work developing this.

Any custom boot animations / boot images available for v30

Looked but didn't see anything in the appropriate places for any boot images or boot animation compatibility. Anyone have any suggestions and/or method suggestions for creating and applying new looks?

rayjr13 said:
Looked but didn't see anything in the appropriately places for any boot images or boot animation compatibility. Anyone have any suggestions and/or method suggestions for creating and applying new looks?
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I've tried the magisk module for it, but it doesn't work.
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The Play store apps have mentioned such catastrophicc results I have not considered those either. Anyone seen any how to examples maybe from the v20? I'll keep looking

rayjr13 said:
The Play store apps have mentioned such catastrophicc results I have not considered those either. Anyone seen any how to examples maybe from the v20? I'll keep looking
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Doesn't substratum do custom boot animations? I'm pretty certain it does although I've only used that on my Nexus 6p. I'll be trying out substratum on my V30 here soon. So I can let ya know.

KUSOsan said:
Doesn't substratum do custom boot animations? I'm pretty certain it does although I've only used that on my Nexus 6p. I'll be trying out substratum on my V30 here soon. So I can let ya know.
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Tried a substratum boot animation from the domination app. But nothing happened as far as I saw. Same lg image followed by Verizon animation. Hadn't used a oms substratum boot image so I could have done something wrong. But I was pretty sure it was select and ..reboot lol.

I've been using an app from the play store called Boot Animations for Superuser on my H932 running the Dirty Unicorns Pie ROM and it works fine.

Jsh1972 said:
I've been using an app from the play store called Boot Animations for Superuser on my H932 running the Dirty Unicorns Pie ROM and it works fine.
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Yes that's the one with the reviews I was referring. Only review for my device in review option is a 1 star about having to get a new device after lol. Sheesh
I'm on VS996 stock rom btw

Also its possibile to delete bootloading on/off animation ZIP file from media folder to get a stock android animation ( i do it on any roms also on stock LG rom)

Well for Bootanimations all you have to do is scour XDA for Bootanimations with the same display size in mind and manually replace them with a Root/File Manager.

rayjr13 said:
Looked but didn't see anything in the appropriate places for any boot images or boot animation compatibility. Anyone have any suggestions and/or method suggestions for creating and applying new looks?
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@runningnak3d has answered this before, and I always mess up repeating what he said -- but it's basically you can brick your phone if you don't know exactly what/where you are replacing. On North America V30, people have gotten rid of the annoying unlocked bootloader animation (which is really just a "picture" -- so it's a boot logo) by REPLACING the entire partition with Verizon VS996 "Resources" and Resources_bak" -- which gives you a few seconds of black. But to actually flash a NEW boot logo (something of your own choice) is entirely different and harder.
And @runningnak3d can clarify/correct anything I just said.
Ah, found it:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/help/lg-bootloader-warning-screen-t3768590
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If you want to figure out the format of the raw_resources partition, that is where all the images are stored. It is possible to change them, but if you mess up, then your phone is a brick since abl will not load -- which is why the risk just wasn't worth it for me.
They are RLE so they have no header. There is an index that gives the name and offset for the location of the image, but not the size (either they are all the same size, or the size is stored somewhere else).
-- Brian
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On the VS996 flash zip I no longer have the bootloader warning splash but I do still have the v30 boot logo instead of the v30+. Kinda like to have the v30+ one from the US998U/LS998.
As far as the animations go the Verizon has a boot animation (2part) bootanimation_decrypting (2part) and shutdown animation all in the system/bin/media folder.
Just recently updated the G7 on the Verizon OTA 10f and now it uses the same decrypting animation at boot.
I'll check out that link, I don't have a burning desire for the boot logo but I backed up my boot animation and may do it the old fashioned adb way in recovery. If it goes well I may change the shutdown animation as well.

ChazzMatt said:
@runningnak3d has answered this before, and I always mess up repeating what he said -- but it's basically you can brick your phone if you don't know exactly what/where you are replacing. On North America V30, people have gotten rid of the annoying unlocked bootloader animation (which is really just a "picture" -- so it's a boot logo) by REPLACING the entire partition with Verizon VS996 "Resources" and Resources_bak" -- which gives you a few seconds of black. But to actually flash a NEW boot logo (something of your own choice) is entirely different and harder.
And @runningnak3d can clarify/correct anything I just said.
Ah, found it:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/help/lg-bootloader-warning-screen-t3768590
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Wait so does this risk just pertain to the unlocked bootloader warning or for the power on and off animations as well? Cause before on my V20 all I had to do was basically replace the boot animation and shut down animation zips or rename them to .bak so they don't load at all. So as long as I don't mess with the one labeled decrypting then there shouldn't be a risk right?

check out the app Bhootie
you can easily download and convert and stretch animations
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syndre said:
check out the app Bhootie
you can easily download and convert and stretch animations
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Been dying to check out a Bhootie app
KUSOsan said:
Wait so does this risk just pertain to the unlocked bootloader warning or for the power on and off animations as well? Cause before on my V20 all I had to do was basically replace the boot animation and shut down animation zips or rename them to .bak so they don't load at all. So as long as I don't mess with the one labeled decrypting then there shouldn't be a risk right?
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I presume it pertains to attempting to edit the boot logo (boot splash image) as it is not just a static image file in the system subdirectories.

rayjr13 said:
Yes that's the one with the reviews I was referring. Only review for my device in review option is a 1 star about having to get a new device after lol. Sheesh
I'm on VS996 stock rom btw
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I'm on stock LG v30 ROM.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.apps.boot.animations
That review that you and I saw, just forget it. The person did something totally different.
I first tried that app on my LG V20 stock ROM. I then deleted boot animation zip and shut down boot animation zip.
My LG V20 was fine.
I then installed it on my LG V30 since I was comfortable at this point. It works fine. I backed up the Zips. Deleted the boot animation zips from root - system - media. Stock boot animation is very very plain.
So I used that app I linked. There is no shut down boot animation zip. Which semi sucks. I deleted it since I HATE the T-Mobile Logo.
That app is fine though.
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BROKEN1981 said:
I'm on stock LG v30 ROM.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.apps.boot.animations
That review that you and I saw, just forget it. The person did something totally different.
I first tried that app on my LG V20 stock ROM. I then deleted boot animation zip and shut down boot animation zip.
My LG V20 was fine.
I then installed it on my LG V30 since I was comfortable at this point. It works fine. I backed up the Zips. Deleted the boot animation zips from root - system - media. Stock boot animation is very very plain.
So I used that app I linked. There is no shut down boot animation zip. Which semi sucks. I deleted it since I HATE the T-Mobile Logo.
That app is fine though.
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I downloaded it and looked at the zip it created. It sets the right permissions and placed the animation in the right location. Easy enough to take that zip and swap in a shutdown animation file and rename the permission setting line in the updater script to make one for shutdown animation. I was sitting here over breakfast thinking about swapping the two out on my device. Just for all that work I may as well just use the terminal in twrp and make the chmod changes myself.
And that bhootie site......sheeeeesh that's a lot of porn, and it's shutting down soon as well. I have no idea why ?

If anyone likes Superman, here is gif animations.
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rayjr13 said:
I downloaded it and looked at the zip it created. It sets the right permissions and placed the animation in the right location. Easy enough to take that zip and swap in a shutdown animation file and rename the permission setting line in the updater script to make one for shutdown animation. I was sitting here over breakfast thinking about swapping the two out on my device. Just for all that work I may as well just use the terminal in twrp and make the chmod changes myself.
And that bhootie site......sheeeeesh that's a lot of porn, and it's shutting down soon as well. I have no idea why ?
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FYI, you don't need to set permissions if using
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.solidexplorer2
Just copy over the files and it will auto set permissions for you. No need to reboot in less you want to see how it looks of course.
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I see my shutdown boot animation is an LG logo that appears like a gif. I will try the recommendations in here.
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syndre said:
check out the app Bhootie
you can easily download and convert and stretch animations
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Can't find Bhootie in the play store

One of the interesting things I found is that this phone boots so quickly. I ramped up the frame rate on my phone to decrease the start time. The Verizon boot animation is looong.
I was going to change the shutdown animation too to a different LG but I realized I was just trying to be different (modding addiction) and when I'm shutting the phone (which is never) I don't pay it any attention.
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And that bhootie site......sheeeeesh that's a lot of porn, and it's shutting down soon as well. I have no idea why ?
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CCJ22 said:
Can't find Bhootie in the play store
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