Firstly this tutorial is by despotovski01
Introducion
Hi guys!
Today, I'm going to teach you how to make your own boot animations. Please read this thread carefully to the end, in order to succeed in making your boot animation.
Requirements:
-A photo-editing program (GIMP and Photoshop are the best), which can save pictures in .png format
-A text editor (everyone has that)
-An archive-managing program (Power Archiver, WinZip), that is capable of making .zip archives
Tutorial:
1. Create part0 and part1 folders (in this folders, the frames of the boot animation are stored. Usually, there are only 2 parts in a boot animation, but you can add as many as you want. The frames in the part0 folder are usually repeated once, and the frames in part1 folder are usually looped several times, or infinite.)
2. Draw every frame of your boot animation manually (save every frame as you do it. Save the first one as 10001.png, the second one as 10002.png, and so on. Save them in the part0 and part1 folders - the frames in part0 folder will be showed only once, and the frames in part1 folder will be looped. But, you can change that if you want. Changing the looping property will be discussed in the following steps. WARNING: ALWAYS SAVE THE FRAMES IN .PNG OR .JPG FORMAT!)
3. Make a desc.txt file in the directory where the part0 and part1 folders are and edit it as following:
320 480 30
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
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(The numbers 320 and 480 is the resolution of your boot animation. Change them as you want. The number 30 means the speed of the animation. Speed set to 30 is good for me. Then, the "p 1 0 part0" property means that the frames in part0 folder will be repeated once - you point that with the first number in the "p 1 0 part0" property, which in this case is 1. The second number is the delay between loops, and it's expressed in milliseconds (1000ms = 1s). I've set it to 0 because I don't want to be any delay between my loops (p 1 0 part0). And last, but not least, you set the folder with the folder name - in this case is part0. Then, you type the property for the part1 folder - that's "p 0 0 part1". The first "0" means that the folder will be looping infinite times, the second "0" means there's no delay between loops, and then we set the folder to part1. Note: if you have more folders, you'll have to write properties for them too! WARNING: DON'T FORGET TO LEAVE AN EMPTY LINE AT THE END OF THE DESC.TXT FILE!)
4. Compress the folders and the desc.txt file in a zip file (WARNING: MAKE SURE YOUR COMPRESSION METHOD IS STORE! OTHERWISE, THE BOOT ANIMATION WON'T WORK!)
5. Open your new boot animation and check the folders, if there are Thumbs.db files. If there are Thumbs.db files in your boot animation, delete them from the archive.
6. Install your boot animation on your device with one of the following methods:
Root Explorer method:
1. Rename your boot animation to bootanimation
2. Put it on your SD card
3. Open Root Explorer and copy bootanimation.zip to /system/media. This will replace the existing boot animation
4. Reboot your phone
ADB method:
1. Make sure you have downloaded android sdk
2. Put android sdk in C:\
3. Set the directory of command prompt to C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools. Click here for a video tutorial.
4. Rename your boot animation to bootanimation and put it in C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
5. Open cmd
6. Type in order:
-adb remount
-adb push bootanimation.zip /system/media/bootanimation.zip
-adb reboot
7. Enjoy your new boot animation!
Note: It's far easier to create and install boot animations with my program Boot Animation Factory. Oh, and you can preview them on your computer too!
How to add sound:
Originally Posted by hockeyfamily737
0. It's recommended to do a nandroid backup first!
1. Download the "bootsnd.sh" file and put it on the root of your sd card.
2. Download the "android_audio.mp3" file and using root explorer copy it to /system/media
3. Open Terminal Emulator and type the following commands using the stock keyboard. Press enter after each line:
su
cd /sdcard
sh bootsnd.sh
reboot
4. As the device boots up you will be greeted by the "Dolby THX" test sound heard before movies. You are now free to replace the android_audio.mp3 file in /system/media with any .mp3 file you like as long as you rename it to "android_audio.mp3"
5. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO OUTSMART THESE DIRECTIONS OR YOU WILL BE RESTORING YOUR NANDROID BACKUP!
6. Enjoy
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30200380/bootsnd.sh
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30200380/android_audio.mp3
Common mistakes that people make:
-Wrong compression method: you MUST set the compression method to Store!
-Missing empty line at the end of the desc.txt file: an empty line is needed! Otherwise, the boot animation won't work!
-Frames drawn in wrong color mode: you MUST draw your frames in RGB 8bit or RGB 16bit COLOR MODE!
there is a error in this see post#2 for maintain
YOU CAN CLICK THANKS
lemme point out errors here
SGY has a resolution of 240x320 LDPI
so its not 320x480 thats for MDPI/HDPI
p 1 0 part1
p- means string for images
1- means repeat and loop images
0- means dont repeat
30- not nessessarily 30, it is the FPS (Frames-per-second) rate
part[?]- not nessessarily need to be part1 you can also make it "donuts1" just make the folder "donuts1" too, it is where the images are stored
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reduce all images to 320x240 so that it will work otherwise all you see is a black screen
your method is too complicated,
you can do it via adb,
adb remount
adb push [file location in PC]/bootanimation.zip /system/media
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set permissions to rw-r-r via root explorer
the file for soundboot is "poweron.ogg"
found in /system/etc
adb remount
adb push [file location in PC]/poweron.ogg /system/etc
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set permissions to rw-r-r via root explorer
im sorry but i just want to give constructive criticism so you can make this guide better
deathnotice01 said:
lemme point out errors here
SGY has a resolution of 320x240 LDPI
so its not 320x480 thats for MDPI/HDPI
reduce all images to 320x240 so that it will work otherwise all you see is a black screen
your method is too complicated,
you can do it via adb,
set permissions to rw-r-r via root explorer
the file for soundboot is "poweron.ogg"
found in /system/etc
set permissions to rw-r-r via root explorer
im sorry but i just want to give constructive criticism so you can make this guide better
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i dont mind thanks
explodeaamir said:
i dont mind thanks
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sorry posted incorrectly,
its actually 240x320
lol
i'll edit my top post
LOL,Double-thread?
EliTSamsunG said:
LOL,Double-thread?
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yea,
i think the other guide he made was much better with screenshots and the app to make it
deathnotice01 said:
yea,
i think the other guide he made was much better with screenshots and the app to make it
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i also think so.....
thank you
there is errors in bootsnd.sh
how to fix
ramzidjoudi said:
thank you
there is errors in bootsnd.sh
how to fix
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sorry i cant help you
please wait.....
i am out of house
Simple way use bootanimation creator search on android software development with thays stuff u can port and make ur bootanimation in free ways
Just singgle one click and u done with ur bootanimation
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explodeaamir said:
sorry i cant help you
please wait.....
i am out of house
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never mind i found another way to change boot sound
thak's
evanlocked said:
Simple way use bootanimation creator search on android software development with thays stuff u can port and make ur bootanimation in free ways
Just singgle one click and u done with ur bootanimation
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Ya.. why bother so much with codes when couple of button clicks can do the job!!
NeelDroid said:
Ya.. why bother so much with codes when couple of button clicks can do the job!!
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ya with a couple of button u can done it
but the guide is here to give basic element knowledge to user.....
always automaticity is not enough
....
Hi there. Been trying to get boot sound on my phone for a while now. Keep getting this error:
{
"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"
}
Can anyone help
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explodeaamir said:
ya with a couple of button u can done it
but the guide is here to give basic element knowledge to user.....
always automaticity is not enough
....
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I prefer to learn things and so manual way is the best!
Thanks aamir! :thumbup:
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Ghostfreak NB said:
I prefer to learn things and so manual way is the best!
Thanks aamir! :thumbup:
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THNX BRO
I just successfully created a boot animation from scratch. I used a free video to jpg software to create image files from a video file. I then used Samsung theme designer to create qmg files. I however am still unsure of how to figure the correct duration/fps to get the desire animation play out length I'd like. I have the images resized to 1024*768. Id appreciate any direction to find how to figure setting the proper duration/fps settings
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I spend a whole lazy sunday designing a custom boot animation.
It's supposed to look like that (two parts):
{
"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"
}
[Left: part0 - play once] [Right: part1 - loop]
Device: HTC Legend with CyanogenMod 6.1.0 (Android 2.2.1 Froyo).
I created a file bootanimation.zip (not compressed), following this howto I found on addictivetips.com
My Legend is rooted
I use ROM Manager to reboot into Recovery
I move the files to their destion directories with adb commands.
But when I store it in /data/local or in system/media and reboot my phone, only the first part (part0) is played. Then the animation stops, a black screen is displayed for about ten seconds, then the Enter PIN screen appears. I tried almost everything to make part1 visible:
Deleting and re-installing the animation with different parameters
Changing values in desc.txt (below)
Re-processing the .png files (8bit, 24bit, resizing etc.)
Changing the .png file names
My desc.txt:
320 480 24
p 1 10 part0
p 0 0 part1
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Can someone tell me what is wrong with the attached bootanimation_NOTWORKING.zip file?
Have had this problem once too with a bootanimation.
Try renaming the map part0 to android and put everything in one line
For you it should be like this:
320 480 24p 1 0 androidp 0 0 part1
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Tanks matn013, but that's not it. Even if put all frames to one folder, the animation stops playing after frame 12 or 13...
I suppose the issue here might be one of the ff:
Booting time too short (device is fully booted before all frames have played)
Defected .png (animation seems to stop at the same frame)
Memory issues (rendering of animation needs too much memory)
...is there a system log that I can check after the booting process?
EDIT: I found a solution to spot errors and save time when testing. You can use this adb command whilst phone is connected:
adb shell bootanimation
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The bootanimation will run, and in your terminal you can see some error code. Thanks seb93
Solved!
After comparing mine to the original Cyanogenmod bootanimation, I did some more modifications to the animation:
reduced image sizes to 256x384
named files in consecutive order (even across folders) from fair_00000.png to fair_00026.png without leaving out a single number
named the folders android + part1
Which one did the trick? I don't know, but the attached file actually works.
Thanks for your help.
this is cool,use "Boot Animation Previewer" it works perfect,thanks for the boot
nexus s 4g
matn013 said:
Have had this problem once too with a bootanimation.
Try renaming the map part0 to android and put everything in one line
For you it should be like this:
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I don't intend to bring a thread back from the dead, though I know that's exactly what I'm doing, but I have a purpose. Presenting a "known" solution.
I did a Google search 'cause I was having this same problem, and this thread got me on track. The portion of this thread got me thinking in the right direction to resolve this problem.
There needs to be a return line following the sequence presented in the quoted text. It is what I believe solved this issue.
Striker65 said:
I don't intend to bring a thread back from the dead, though I know that's exactly what I'm doing, but I have a purpose. Presenting a "known" solution.
I did a Google search 'cause I was having this same problem, and this thread got me on track. The portion of this thread got me thinking in the right direction to resolve this problem.
There needs to be a return line following the sequence presented in the quoted text. It is what I believe solved this issue.
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I have the same problem as author of this tread. What return line do you mean and in which quoted text? Plz answer. I really want to make my own bootanimation.
AndroidNotMaster said:
I have the same problem as author of this tread. What return line do you mean and in which quoted text? Plz answer. I really want to make my own bootanimation.
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In the "desc.txt" place all the info in it that's required. In my case it was all one line. If you have multiple lines go to the end of the last line and press "enter".
That's what solved my problem.
If that doesn't happen, it won't boot.
Striker65 said:
In the "desc.txt" place all the info in it that's required. In my case it was all one line. If you have multiple lines go to the end of the last line and press "enter".
That's what solved my problem.
If that doesn't happen, it won't boot.
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Wow. Magic. One more line and whole bootanimation is working. Thanks.
Striker65 said:
In the "desc.txt" place all the info in it that's required. In my case it was all one line. If you have multiple lines go to the end of the last line and press "enter".
That's what solved my problem.
If that doesn't happen, it won't boot.
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Thanks, man, just work for me, can't believe it's simple like this!
Striker nailed it! Thanks!
I'd been fighting it for at least a half hour, yet the fix was so simple!
I don't even know how I came across this thread, but if I hadn't, I might have gone insane. I can't believe it was something so stupendously simple.... You are a f***ing lifesaver, broseph.
can't believe it was just that extra line needed!!
Desperatly needed help ... now solved
Hi everyone,
You guys are likly to be my last resort !
I succesfully managed to push my downanimation which works as expected ..
But the bootanimation doesn't
I've tried adding the last line, encoding to ANSI or UTF-8 without BOM (and trying crazy things) but all this was vain
I spent so much time on it, it just drove me crazy and I have now absolutly no idea of what wrong with this
I hope you guys will be able to help :crying:
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The day after ...
I figured out that when you add or replace files into the archive through windows explorer or 7-zip, the archive do not still uncompressed wich leads android to not be able to open the bootanimation zip file.
To sum this up, make sure you create bootanimation.zip from scratch with no compression and once created do not add or replace files directly inside it.
PS: Thank you for pointing out "adb shell bootanimation" command which saved my time a bit.
Holy cow! A simple carriage return and I was foinf crazy with this XDDDD
plz help me guys
i have copied the bootanimation.zip to the system/media then also its not showing the animation. i have set the resolutions also. i have an tab 2 p3100
Schimmerlos said:
After comparing mine to the original Cyanogenmod bootanimation, I did some more modifications to the animation:
reduced image sizes to 256x384
named files in consecutive order (even across folders) from fair_00000.png to fair_00026.png without leaving out a single number
named the folders android + part1
Which one did the trick? I don't know, but the attached file actually works.
Thanks for your help.
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Hey, wow this thread is old. Could you fix my bootanimation.zip? It plays just fine but when i put it in /system/media it wont play. I can email you the part0, part1, desc.txt in a non working bootanimation.zip email me if you can help. [email protected]
Bootanimation not displaying
Facing same prob.Put bootanimation.zip in /system/media/ . However the animation doesnt come.Did you find your solution?
DevMyAndroid said:
Hey, wow this thread is old. Could you fix my bootanimation.zip? It plays just fine but when i put it in /system/media it wont play. I can email you the part0, part1, desc.txt in a non working bootanimation.zip email me if you can help. [email protected]
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Basher51 said:
Facing same prob.Put bootanimation.zip in /system/media/ . However the animation doesnt come.Did you find your solution?
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Nope. No one will help me. : \
Bootanimation not displaying
Ahh,crap....is it something to do with JB? I am using 4.2.2. Are you pushing using adb?
Also, did you try with the bootanimation apps which claim to change the boot anim.If so,any luck??
DevMyAndroid said:
Nope. No one will help me. : \
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It's been a while since I have made one of these - back during the 1st gen MyTouch was hopping.
I made this bootscreen from scratch with the intention of sharing it out with you all and ran into a snag with the animation not appearing. Thanks to a member of our boards, this issue has been worked out and now I can finally toss this out to you all. I added the "(s)" to the title since I hope to throw a few more out there as well. I also have a "MoPho" boot coming soon that I will include in this thread as well.
Special thanks go out to dased14 for his help in getting things resolved.
So here we go....
This should go without saying, but in order to use this:
Download the zip file for the animation you like.
Rename zip file to "bootanimation.zip", if needed
Place zip on phone
Using Root Explorer, Estrongs, etc. Move file to /System/Media/
Reboot and enjoy
** You MUST be rooted **
As with all other contributions. If you like it - Mash the Thanks button.
Boot Particle Animation
{
"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"
}
More Boot Animations
Here is a simple "MOPHO" loop, utilizing the Motorola font and colors. Named mopho_boot.zip
This is an energy wipe, revealing "Powered by Android". Named pba_energy.zip
This is another version of the energy wipe, revealing "MOPHO" >>> "Powered by Android". Named mopho_pba.zip
per request by twospirits
Great job....already posted this in other thread but thought I'd give you props here too.
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Thank you. More will come this week, hopefully.
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Works perfectly, gotta love root explorer
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More boot screens added. Njoy!
bootanimation.zip
Hello. Noob question..
When i try to move bootanimation.zip to /System/Media/ using root explorer, i get a the message cant move system file read only. I am rooted, unlocked , using Alien rom. How can i resolve this? Tried searching but cant find anything.
Thank you
Sorry for post, i figured it out.. thx
Great boot animations! Keep 'em coming!
Thanks a ton! These are great.
charlie2900 said:
Hello. Noob question..
When i try to move bootanimation.zip to /System/Media/ using root explorer, i get a the message cant move system file read only. I am rooted, unlocked , using Alien rom. How can i resolve this? Tried searching but cant find anything.
Thank you
Sorry for post, i figured it out.. thx
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Top right of screen, should read mount r/w. Hit the button and it will say mount r/o..should work then
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pIxiLatEd said:
Boot Particle Animation
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pIxiLatEd said:
Here is a simple "MOPHO" loop, utilizing the Motorola font and colors. Named mopho_boot.zip
This is an energy wipe, revealing "Powered by Android". Named pba_energy.zip
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Have you had a chance to also add sound to the custom bootanimation? If so, could you post examples of where the sound file (e.g. file name format and file extension type) we would need to put in the /system/media folder or where it needs to be?
I tried to add the letter "s" following each line of code and have a android_audio.mp3 file in the /system/media file but the animation works without sound.
For example, I have something like the following in the desc.txt:
540 960 15
p 1 15 Part0 s
p 1 0 Part1 s
p 1 0 Part2 s
Is this correct?
Thanks,
GP
GPhoenix said:
Have you had a chance to also add sound to the custom bootanimation? If so, could you post examples of where the sound file (e.g. file name format and file extension type) we would need to put in the /system/media folder or where it needs to be?
I tried to add the letter "s" following each line of code and have a android_audio.mp3 file in the /system/media file but the animation works without sound.
For example, I have something like the following in the desc.txt:
540 960 15
p 1 15 Part0 s
p 1 0 Part1 s
p 1 0 Part2 s
Is this correct?
Thanks,
GP
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You have to have the sound file in the system/media/audio/notifications folder and the desc it should look kinda like this
540 960 20 < example
p 1 0 part0 < example
s nameofsound.mp3 < put this where you want the audio to start <EXAMPLE
p 0 0 part1 <example
dased14 said:
You have to have the sound file in the system/media/audio/notifications folder and the desc it should look kinda like this
540 960 20 < example
p 1 0 part0 < example
s nameofsound.mp3 < put this where you want the audio to start <EXAMPLE
p 0 0 part1 <example
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Thanks for answering this for me - I have been job hunting/interviewing these past few days so I haven't had a chance to check on this thread.
pIxiLatEd said:
Thanks for answering this for me - I have been job hunting/interviewing these past few days so I haven't had a chance to check on this thread.
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never a problem to lend a hand, good luck on the job hunting
pIxiLatEd said:
Here is a simple "MOPHO" loop, utilizing the Motorola font and colors. Named mopho_boot.zip
This is an energy wipe, revealing "Powered by Android". Named pba_energy.zip
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It would be awesome if these two would be combined into one.
I'm also liking the boot particle one too.
Very nice work.
twospirits said:
It would be awesome if these two would be combined into one.
I'm also liking the boot particle one too.
Very nice work.
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here you go try this
(remove from the named zip and place the bootanimation zip where it goes and rename if need be)
How about I have the same green smoke/wipe reveal "MoPho" then wipe again to reveal the "Powered by Android" bit? Then it will look consistent.
Not sure what this weekend holds for me, but I will make that and have it posted by sometime on Monday.
This past week has had me busy interviewing for work, but I'll have some free time coming soon to make a few more. I'll do the one mentioned above first.
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dased14 said:
here you go try this
(remove from the named zip and place the bootanimation zip where it goes and rename if need be)
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thanks
pIxiLatEd said:
How about I have the same green smoke/wipe reveal "MoPho" then wipe again to reveal the "Powered by Android" bit? Then it will look consistent.
Not sure what this weekend holds for me, but I will make that and have it posted by sometime on Monday.
This past week has had me busy interviewing for work, but I'll have some free time coming soon to make a few more. I'll do the one mentioned above first.
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awesome
TS
pIxiLatEd said:
How about I have the same green smoke/wipe reveal "MoPho" then wipe again to reveal the "Powered by Android" bit? Then it will look consistent.
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twospirits said:
thanks
awesome
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Your wish is granted. Long live Jambi
Updated March 24th, 2013. Process much simpler!
Difficulty: EASY!
Time: Approximately 5 minutes
Tools Req: PC & HP Touchpad
How to make it:
Using Keepvid.com:
1) Rip the mp4 video from any supported video site and save it as "1.mp4". The video must be at least 30 seconds long.
{
"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"
}
Using my custom Touchpad Bootanimation Builder Script:
2) Extract the script files, and paste your video in the folder with the batch script
Warning! Your antivirus might think the zip is dangerous because of the bat file, I can assure you with my kitten's life that is not!
3) Run the run.bat file.
4) Copy the bootanimation.zip file to your device.
How to Install it:
Install method A:
5A) Download and install ROM Toolbox Lite from the Play Store.
6A) Navigate to Interface>Boot Animations>Local> and choose your bootanimation.zip
If your Rom is AOKP (with Rom Control in settings)... you can select it from Rom Control>General UI>Custom Boot Animation
Install method B:
5B) Copy your new bootanimation.zip from to your SDCard into data/local using your File Manager (Root access required, check your File Manager settings)
Install method C: Thanks to MindSplit and TedSamaha.
5C) Store your new bootanimation.zip inside bootanimation_install.zip (Download Here) at "data/local/bootanimation.zip".
The file must be 'stored' using WinRar or 7zip, as it cannot work if its compressed!
6C) Flash bootanimation_install.zip in your recovery.
Easy as pie!
If you want to use the script to make a custom boot animation for different android device, you simply have to edit the .bat file in notepad and change 512x384 to your device's resolution (or half resolution to save space), and as well in desc.txt
Where to get videos:
A good place to start:
http://vimeo.com/groups
Great tut but the process can be simpler
TedSamaha said:
Great tut but the process can be simpler
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Yes, I understand you can push the bootanimation.zip through ADB but that requires the SDK. This method is simple, and works.
As for creating the png files, I wouldn't know how it can be done easier.
Thanks for sharing this. Nice & easy just the way I need it.
G2x
Hi, quick question, how about adding sound to the boot animation? I tried already the steps on another thread but it isn't working for me, thanks for the guide as well!
rhidalgo1973 said:
Hi, quick question, how about adding sound to the boot animation? I tried already the steps on another thread but it isn't working for me, thanks for the guide as well!
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I have yet to try out the sound capabilities of the boot animation. But from my method, you can simply convert your 30 second mp4 into a separate mp3 file in FreeMake Video Converter, and then follow TedSamaha's guide:
Now if you want Sound in the bootanimation:
1) Download "soundatboot.zip" and Flash it via Recovery
2) Download "bootsnd.sh" and place it in /sdcard
3) Then open terminal emulator and type
Code:
su
cd /sdcard (space after cd)
sh bootsnd.sh
4) Reboot
5) Finally rename "bootsound.mp3" to "android_audio.mp3" and copy it to /system/media
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Files: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ei2st8s82ltfwu2/oz8YSXEUqJ
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I have yet to try out the sound capabilities of the boot animation. But from my method, you can simply convert your 30 second mp4 into a separate mp3 file in FreeMake Video Converter, and then follow TedSamaha's guide:
Files: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ei2st8s82ltfwu2/oz8YSXEUqJ
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Thanks for the reply..but this is the guide that I followed and it didn't work, unfortunately TedSamaha doesn't follow his thread I guess cause a few other people also have posted about not being able to get the sound in the bootanimation and he has not replied to their questions. Well I may have just to forget all about it...thanks again.
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Thanks for the reply..but this is the guide that I followed and it didn't work, unfortunately TedSamaha doesn't follow his thread I guess cause a few other people also have posted about not being able to get the sound in the bootanimation and he has not replied to their questions. Well I may have just to forget all about it...thanks again.
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A possible solution could be to push the .mp3 file to /data/local
using adb u can:
adb push android_audio.mp3 /data/local
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A possible solution could be to push the .mp3 file to /data/local
using adb u can:
adb push android_audio.mp3 /data/local
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Thanks TedSamaha, I will try to do that but before I need to go to a hp store to see if they can fix my usb port cause my computer doesn't recognized my touchpad any longer..it is not the computer..it is the port cause it is the same with any computer..and that's why I hadn't done it that way before..but thanks for the tip anyways...:good:
I created a 30 second file. When i split into pngs i geet 721 pngs and then the bootanimation does not at all appear. ?
Just a note to everyone. It is normal if your bootanimation_install file is very big!
I just wrote a super simple script that does all the work for you!
The OP has been updated! Let me know how it works! :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
Nice work man. Thanks again for sharing.
Error copying
Sir when i tried to copy bootanimation file in sys/media it shows copy failed.
it only copies 40.6 MB.
Help Me
BuffMcBigHuge said:
Updated March 24th, 2013. Process much simpler!
Difficulty: EASY!
Time: Approximately 5 minutes
Tools Req: PC & HP Touchpad
How to make it:
Using Keepvid.com:
1) Rip the mp4 video from any supported video site and save it as "1.mp4". The video must be at least 30 seconds long.
Using my custom Touchpad Bootanimation Builder Script:
2) Extract the script files, and paste your video in the folder with the batch script
Warning! Your antivirus might think the zip is dangerous because of the bat file, I can assure you with my kitten's life that is not!
3) Run the run.bat file.
4) Copy the bootanimation.zip file to your device.
How to Install it:
Install method A:
5A) Download and install ROM Toolbox Lite from the Play Store.
6A) Navigate to Interface>Boot Animations>Local> and choose your bootanimation.zip
If your Rom is AOKP (with Rom Control in settings)... you can select it from Rom Control>General UI>Custom Boot Animation
Install method B:
5B) Copy your new bootanimation.zip from to your SDCard into data/local using your File Manager (Root access required, check your File Manager settings)
Install method C: Thanks to MindSplit and TedSamaha.
5C) Store your new bootanimation.zip inside bootanimation_install.zip (Download Here) at "data/local/bootanimation.zip".
The file must be 'stored' using WinRar or 7zip, as it cannot work if its compressed!
6C) Flash bootanimation_install.zip in your recovery.
Easy as pie!
If you want to use the script to make a custom boot animation for different android device, you simply have to edit the .bat file in notepad and change 512x384 to your device's resolution (or half resolution to save space), and as well in desc.txt
Where to get videos:
A good place to start:
http://vimeo.com/groups
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Do I download it on my PC or tablet?
Hey,
I have looked all over my S3, can anyone tell me where the boot animation us stored?
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BeADroid said:
Hey,
I have looked all over my S3, can anyone tell me where the boot animation us stored?
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Root explorer... System.. Media..
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Or you can put it in. /data/local and it will over ride what is in here^^^
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Thanks guys, but that doesn't work for SG3. I have tried both places. And I can't seem to find where the bootanimation is stored. I know it can be changed, since a lot of devs have added the international boot animation. So any help?
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BeADroid said:
Thanks guys, but that doesn't work for SG3. I have tried both places. And I can't seem to find where the bootanimation is stored. I know it can be changed, since a lot of devs have added the international boot animation. So any help?
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Dunno what to tell you, but it is root/system/media. It's the two bootsamsung qmg files. If you rename the extension to .bak like I did you will see you have no boot animations.
Use root explorer and search for boot....zip
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Thanks, I was looking for the old bootanimation.zip. I found this thread at android police on changing. qmg boot files
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...-waiting-for-your-phone-to-turn-on-suck-less/
Haven't tried it all yet. But way different than my other 7 android devices.
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Karl said:
Use root explorer and search for boot....zip
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There is no bootanimation.zip on the vzw gs3. It is bootsamsung.qmg
The only way, I think, to get a custom animation is to flash it in recovery... or figure out how to convert videos to Samsung's proprietary qmg format.
Boot animation files:
/system/media/bootsamsung.qmg
/system/media/bootsamsungloop.qmg
Boot sound files:
/system/media/audio/ui/PowerOff.ogg
/system/media/audio/ui/PowerOn.ogg
QUESTIONS GO IN Q&A, NOT DEVELOPMENT!!.
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mb27 said:
There is no bootanimation.zip on the vzw gs3. It is bootsamsung.qmg
The only way, I think, to get a custom animation is to flash it in recovery... or figure out how to convert videos to Samsung's proprietary qmg format.
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thanks for pointing that out
You dont need to flash anything or change the qmg files. Put the bootanimation.zip into system/media then go to system/bin and find two files named samsungani and bootanimation(no extension on these). delete samsungani and rename bootanimation to samsungani. Must warn tho you have to alter the bootanimation.zip you are using. inside your bootanimation.zip will be a file called desc.txt and it will look something like this
720 1280 30
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
You must change the 0 in the second line to 1 or higher otherwise it will stay on the animation and the phone wont finish booting. it should look like this
720 1280 30
p 1 0 part0
p 1 0 part1
you only have to change that one 0 thats in bold
billard412 said:
You dont need to flash anything or change the qmg files. Put the bootanimation.zip into system/media then go to system/bin and find two files named samsungani and bootanimation(no extension on these). delete samsungani and rename bootanimation to samsungani. Must warn tho you have to alter the bootanimation.zip you are using. inside your bootanimation.zip will be a file called desc.txt and it will look something like this
720 1280 30
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
You must change the 0 in the second line to 1 or higher otherwise it will stay on the animation and the phone wont finish booting. it should look like this
720 1280 30
p 1 0 part0
p 1 0 part1
you only have to change that one 0 thats in bold
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Awesome thanks, I'll give it a try today.
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BeADroid said:
Awesome thanks, I'll give it a try today.
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Any luck? I think I've read about what billard412 posted in another place but I could have sworn someone followed up saying it didn't work for them. Maybe they did it wrong? I'm not sure, but I really hate the factory boot animation so I'd love to know!
billard412 said:
You dont need to flash anything or change the qmg files. Put the bootanimation.zip into system/media then go to system/bin and find two files named samsungani and bootanimation(no extension on these). delete samsungani and rename bootanimation to samsungani. Must warn tho you have to alter the bootanimation.zip you are using. inside your bootanimation.zip will be a file called desc.txt and it will look something like this
720 1280 30
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
You must change the 0 in the second line to 1 or higher otherwise it will stay on the animation and the phone wont finish booting. it should look like this
720 1280 30
p 1 0 part0
p 1 0 part1
you only have to change that one 0 thats in bold
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WorkedForMe.
And thanks for the tip about the final part# not being able to loop infinitely since the phone won't break out of the loop when it's done booting up and you'll be stuck. I just had to test to see if that was the case, and it is, but I made a simple clockworkmod script to delete("/system/bin/samsungani") to fix it for me, which I'm glad worked, since my current clockwordmod version doesn't support either ADB or the external SD. If it didn't work, I would've had to reflash from Odin.
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I haven't created a boot animation in almost 2 years, but made one tonight just to mess around with the higher resolution, and it turned out alright.
And, IN DETAIL, on a rooted stock Touchwiz ROM, this is how you set it up for custom boot animations. You only have to do following setup once:
Code:
$ [B]adb shell[/B]
[email protected]:/ $ [B]su[/B]
[email protected]:/ # [B]mount -oremount,rw /system[/B]
[email protected]:/ # [B]cd /system/bin[/B]
[email protected]:/system/bin # [B]ll sam* boot*[/B]
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 14572 2012-05-21 13:41 samsungani
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 5540 2012-05-21 13:41 samsungpowersoundplay
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 23236 2012-05-21 13:41 bootanimation
[email protected]:/ # [B]cp -a samsungani samsungani.bak[/B]
[email protected]:/ # [B]cp bootanimation samsungani[/B]
If you want to go back to the old samsung bootanimation, just copy samsungani.bak back over samsungani.
Now all you have to do is put your bootanimation.zip in /data/local and you're done.
Code:
$ adb push ../jb2_720x1280_bootanimation.zip /data/local/bootanimation.zip
9010 KB/s (16290715 bytes in 1.765s)
$ adb reboot
And here's a screenshot of one frame in my lame-ish test bootanimation:
{
"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"
}
Doesn't look as good on the phone, though. There's some bad banding, as if it's converting the 16bit pngs to 8bit.
HTH.
EDIT: uploaded this jellybean bootanimation here. I'll be releasing a much better one (of glowing beans filling a jar) down the road when my phone actually gets JB (either official, or CM10).
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WorkedForMe.
And thanks for the tip about the final part# not being able to loop infinitely since the phone won't break out of the loop when it's done booting up and you'll be stuck. I just had to test to see if that was the case, and it is, but I made a simple clockworkmod script to delete("/system/bin/samsungani") to fix it for me, which I'm glad worked, since my current clockwordmod version doesn't support either ADB or the external SD. If it didn't work, I would've had to reflash from Odin.
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Wish I could understand why it doesn't stop looping without the change. Never had a phone do that.
I just want to get rid of the ATT "rethink possible" portion of the animation. On my old phones it was always two different files, is it the same here or is the Samsung and ATT all one animation?
drock212 said:
I just want to get rid of the ATT "rethink possible" portion of the animation. On my old phones it was always two different files, is it the same here or is the Samsung and ATT all one animation?
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If I had to guess I'd say one, but I'm on sprint who makes the whole bootanimation a fukn advertisement for their non-existent LTE. So I can't say for sure. I feel u on the "rethink possible" tho wat a dumbass slogan.
billard412 said:
Wish I could understand why it doesn't stop looping without the change. Never had a phone do that.
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Yeah, haven't run into this before either. Just an annoying Samsung quirk.
FWIW, I uploaded my first jellybean bootanimation here. I'll be releasing a much better one (of glowing beans filling a jar) down the road when my phone actually gets JB (either official, or CM10)
Hello Everyone
Here Is The Tutorial On How to Create Ur Own Boot Animation for U r Mobile...
Requirements :
1) Windows OS
2) BootAnimation Factory
3) Image Resizer (To change the resolution of the images)
4) Image Editing Software ( Your wish)
(A)Photoshop (B) GIMP
5) 7Zip
6) Notepad++
What Is BootAnimation??
The Android boot animation is contained within a an uncompressed zip file called bootanimation.zip that can be found in the media folder of the system partition i.e. /system/media on the internal memory of the device. This single file contains all the information required to play the boot animation, and is loaded automatically when the device boots.
What a Bootanimation.zip Contains??
. If you extract the contents of the bootanimation.zip file to your computer, you will see:
1) A desc.txt file
2) A part0 folder (Contains PNG images named in incremental numbers)
3) More part1, part2 etc. folders (May or may not be present)
As you can see, bootanimation.zip merely contains one text file and one or more folders with PNG images. The animation is played simply by displaying the images in a sequence, and the text file defines how they are to be played. In essence, first the PNG files in the part0 folder are displayed one after the other and afterwards, those in the part1 file – if it exists – are displayed, again one after the other, and so on. All of this is defined in the desc.txt file.hence desc.txt file is vital file for creating a bootanimation.
Now Will See What Each Files And Folder Does:laugh:
Imp : I Am Taking The Example Of My Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 SM-G7102 whose Resolution is 720x1280. This Guide is applicable to all Andriod Devices Difference u have to make is the RESOLUTION of u r Device.
The folders
{
"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"
}
These contain PNG images named in numbers, starting from something like 0000.jpg or 00001.jpg and proceeding with increments of 1. There has to be at least one folder, and there is no known upper limit to the number of folders.
The desc.txt file
This file defines how the images in the folder(s) are displayed during the boot animation, in the following format:
Width Height Frame-rate
p Loop Pause Folder1
p Loop Pause Folder2
An example of a desc.txt file is:
720 1280 30
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
As you can see, in the first line, 720 and 1280 define the width and height of the boot animation in pixels for this example. This must be the same as the screen resolution of your device for the boot animation to properly play in full screen. 30 is the frame rate in fps (frames per second) i.e. number of images to display per second.
The second and third lines have a same format, start with p, which stands for a part of the animation and end in part0 or part1, which denotes the folder in which the images for that part are present.
The number after ‘p’ defines how many times this part will loop (repeat playback) before switching to the next part (if present). Specifying 0 would make the part loop indefinitely till the phone has fully booted.
The next number is for the pause, and is expressed in the number of frames, which can be translated into time by dividing it by the frame rate. A pause of 15 for example, would mean pausing for the time it takes 15 frames to play and since the frame rate is 30 frames per second, 15 frames would take half a second.
Translating all of this in case of the above example, the boot animation will play at a resolution of 720 by 1280 pixels, at a frame rate of 30 fps, starting with the contents of part0 folder and after playing them in one loop, switching to contents of part1 folder and playing them continuously till the device fully boots.
Steps To Create Ur Own Bootanimations
1) Download All The Necessary Tools U need To For This.
2) Install The Necessary Softwares.
3) Go through the entire Inside the bootanimation.zip File Which I will attach at the end of this guide.
4) Plan how your boot animation will run. This includes how many distinct parts it will have, how long will each part play and what will be the sequence of the parts.
5) Make a new folder at any convenient location on your computer, and name it bootanimation.
6) In this folder, create a folder for each part of your boot animation, named part0, part1 and so on.
7) In the image editor of your choice (Adobe Photoshop,GIMP), make all the image files for each part of your boot animation with the proper dimensions equal to your phone’s screen resolution, and save them in the respective folder for each part, in PNG format. Up to 32 bit PNGs are supported.
Note: In case you are converting an existing boot animation to fit your phone’s screen, simply extract the images from it and resize each of them to your device’s screen resolution.
8) Make sure the images are named in numerical format and in proper sequence, i.e. the images in the first part should start with let’s say 00000.jpg and go on till 00075.jpg, and the images in the second part should then start off with 00076.jpg and go on till – for instance – 00123.jpg.
9) Now open the Boot Animation Factory Tool.
10) Click on “Create a New Boot Animation” Button.
11) There will be 2 options Asking for Source (1)From folder and (2) From GIF. Since In This Guide I have used Folder Method, Select Folder and click OK
12) Click On Choose folder and Select The bootanimation folder were u had stored all the necessary folders and images.
13) At the Right Hand Side You Can see the tab were the Resolution of The pics will be displayed..You can edit it and change the resolution and FPS too. Let the setting be “Don’t Repeat”
14) click on add loop button.
15) Select The Folder Ex: part0 . For this folder Set THE LOOP to 1 and TIME DELAY to 0 ( You Can Put your Custom delay if u wish) and Click ADD button.
16) Repeat the Step 15 but here Select the next part In Folder Ex : part1
17) If U have more part folders select the respective part and repeat the Step 15.
18) For last folder ( Ex : If part1 is last folder ) the SET THE LOOP to 0 . So that it Repeats
19) You can PREVIEW your bootanimation before saving by clicking on PREVIEW Button.
20) Click Save Boot Animation Button and name it has “bootanimation”
You Have Done A Bootanimation Successfully..:laugh::laugh:
How To Put It In Your Device?
File browser method (Rooted devices only):
1) Connect your phone to your computer via USB and mount the storage card for file transfer.
2) Copy the bootanimation.zip file that you want to install, to your SD card.
3) Unmount USB storage and launch the file browser of your choice on your phone.
4) Browse to /system/media, copy the existing bootanimation.zip file from there and paste it somewhere safe on your SD card.
5) Browse to the location on the SD card where you copied the new bootanimation.zip and copy it.
6) Browse to /system/media and paste the bootanimation.zip file there.
7) If you are using Root Explorer App, you will have to Touch ‘Mount R/W’. This will make your system partition writeable.
8) Check if the permissions are rw-r—r—. If not, change them to that.
9) Reboot And Enjoy Your New Bootanimation Done by You:laugh:
Credits :
despotovski01 for his AWESOME BOOTANIMATION FACTORY....
FOR SAMPLE SEE ATTACHEMENTS
:laugh:IF IT HELPED YOU KINDLY PRESS THANKS BUTTON SO THAT I WILL KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE BENEFITED FROM IT:laugh:
You missed to refer not to use notepad to edit the .txt file
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mobihack said:
You missed to refer not to use notepad to edit the .txt file
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Ya you cannot use Notepad but u can use Notepad++ for editing the folder part no.. and my link is Notepad++ not Notepad...
Bro isnt there any process to make boot animation without pc?? I mean isnt there any way to do it with any app?
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Hy guys, someone knows a bootanimation like asus rog for s3
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mauriziocasciano7 said:
Hy guys, someone knows a bootanimation like asus rog for s3
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Didn't get your question..:what:
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Hey plz tell me how to use the boot animations app
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Anirban921 said:
Bro isnt there any process to make boot animation without pc?? I mean isnt there any way to do it with any app?
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Sorry Bro But No right now no way coz for one or the other u need PC for it
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Anirban921 said:
Hey plz tell me how to use the boot animations app
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boot animations app???:what:
Which one??? This guide uses PC software....
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great.. it worked