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For anyone wondering how to replace your bootanimation, just mount your system partition either with Clockwork Recovery or root explorer and push a bootanimation.zip to /system/customize/resource/TMUS_bootanimation.zip
Here are a couple you can use:
My Evo 4g Bootanimation Thread - Sorry some say Evo 4g.
SamJamz BootAnimation Thread
Basically any bootanimation from a phone that is 480x800 should fit just fine.
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For anyone wondering how to replace your bootanimation, just mount your system partition either with Clockwork Recovery or root explorer and push a bootanimation.zip to /system/customize/resource/TMUS_bootanimation.zip
Here are a couple you can use:
My Evo 4g Bootanimation Thread - Sorry some say Evo 4g.
SamJamz BootAnimation Thread
Basically any bootanimation from a phone that is 480x800 should fit just fine.
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Do you push the file while in recovery mode? Kinda confused about that part.
Edit: Got it, yep, you have to be in recovery to accomplish this.
Can this be done on non rooted phones? I know it was done on the nexus
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696193
quick google search made me find my new boot animation
can anyone elaborate on this i am having trouble getting the file to replace the stock one
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can anyone elaborate on this i am having trouble getting the file to replace the stock one
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Our phones are a little bit different... our bootanimation is located at system/customize/resource and renamed bootanimation.zip to TMUS_bootanimation.zip I did all this thru root explorer no adb required!
just incase, I also copied the original file I was replacing to my sdcard (if ever I wanted to go back)
Hope this helps
Here's one of my favs, R2d2 boot animation. It's already named correctly, just use root explorer, and make sure the permission is right. Ahh, can't upload zip from the app, I will when I get to my cpu
Thanks for this!
I now have a sweet Android (Cyanogen theme - in prep for CM release ) boot animation in place of the lame stock "my" scribble.
Now all I'd like to do for boot is change the stock splash screen. I've found one to use, but the instructions for applying are for the Evo and not sure I want to risk jacking something up if it's not right. It states to use fastboot to flash the splash screen onto the phone, replacing the stock. To those who know - does that sound right? Where is the stock splash located so I can back it up to my sdcard first?
Any pointers appreciated!
it looks like it u have to be permarooted for the changes to stick :-\
can anyone else confirm??
A|G said:
it looks like it u have to be permarooted for the changes to stick :-\
can anyone else confirm??
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That's probably the case bro, after reboot, everything goes back I believe
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it looks like it u have to be permarooted for the changes to stick :-\
can anyone else confirm??
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Confirmed.
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I am trying to paste the renamed zip file into the folder but I keep getting the error when using root explorer "you cannot paste here because the file system is read only"
I am full rooted. What am I doing wrong?
***EDIT*** Nevermind, I got it to work, I forgot to click mount up top. DOH!
lghorn said:
Thanks for this!
I now have a sweet Android (Cyanogen theme - in prep for CM release ) boot animation in place of the lame stock "my" scribble.
Now all I'd like to do for boot is change the stock splash screen. I've found one to use, but the instructions for applying are for the Evo and not sure I want to risk jacking something up if it's not right. It states to use fastboot to flash the splash screen onto the phone, replacing the stock. To those who know - does that sound right? Where is the stock splash located so I can back it up to my sdcard first?
Any pointers appreciated!
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Ditto - animation was easy, but have not found right info for the splash screen.
itmustbejj said:
For anyone wondering how to replace your bootanimation, just mount your system partition with Clockwork Recovery
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How is this done??
Edit: Sorry stupid me. I thought it said through ROM manager. I'll try it through recovery
Beast84 said:
How is this done??
Edit: Sorry stupid me. I thought it said through ROM manager. I'll try it through recovery
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Maybe I'm stupid, but I couldn't get system to mount through Clockwork, so just copied the zip to my sd card and replaced the stock file using Root Explorer.
Worked fine, though I backed up the stock one first.
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how did u guys managed to use root explorer? I am rooted and i made sure by checking S- off in hbot and su works in terminal. But i am unable to mount the system as rw.......
any help.....
never mind i got it....... it looks NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BUUUT - splash screen ????
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BUUUT - splash screen ????
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Dunno yet. Several are asking about the splash screen, but no confirmation of proper process to replace. There's a specific thread for that now...
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OneBadLT123 said:
I am trying to paste the renamed zip file into the folder but I keep getting the error when using root explorer "you cannot paste here because the file system is read only"
I am full rooted. What am I doing wrong?
***EDIT*** Nevermind, I got it to work, I forgot to click mount up top. DOH!
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I am also in root explorer and went thru the needed folders till I got to bootanimation folder. How do you paste the renamed animation into that folder? (don't want to screw it up) copy from my sd card and paste it into the folder? Do i paste it into the folder and then tap on (mount rw)? Or do I tap on (mount rw) then hit paste. Rookie worried I might screw it up if do it wrong.
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Vinny
is it possible to pull a boot animation from another Rom? if so how do i do it?
Yes you can do it. I won't get too in depth cause there are several threads explaining how, but copy whatever bootanimation you want to SD card first. Then depending on what ROM you have the bootanimation could either be in /data/local, /system/media, or in stock ROM i believe /system/customize/resource. Rename the stock bootanimation to bootanimation.zip.bak in case you want to revert then copy your new bootanimation to same folder and make sure the filename is bootanimation.zip and the permissions match what the previous one was which is (rw-r--r--). Reboot and your done. Same thing can be done with the downanimation also.
Thanks found an animation from another ROM I liked and wanted to put it on ROM I like using
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Yes you can do it. I won't get too in depth cause there are several threads explaining how, but copy whatever bootanimation you want to SD card first. Then depending on what ROM you have the bootanimation could either be in /data/local, /system/media, or in stock ROM i believe /system/customize/resource. Rename the stock bootanimation to bootanimation.zip.bak in case you want to revert then copy your new bootanimation to same folder and make sure the filename is bootanimation.zip and the permissions match what the previous one was which is (rw-r--r--). Reboot and your done. Same thing can be done with the downanimation also.
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Thank you! worked perfectly. other than verizons bootanimation is named VZW_bootanimation.zip. worked great!
So I wanted an appropriately shiny boot animation for my newly Fresh-rommed Evo, and I found this page:
http://droidmodderx.com/galaxynexus/how-to-install-100s-of-bootanimations-for-your-galaxy-nexus (Full of previews, will bog your computer down!)
That phone has the same screen resolution, 720 x 1280, so most of these seem to work for me. I didn't bother with flashing them from recovery, as the bootanimation.zip file can be easily extracted and placed in /system/media using Root Explorer. Your mileage may vary. I am using Spyro at the moment, nice ICS-ish colors.
SOME of them did not work, or rather they worked, with intermittent flashes of a white screen..I am not sure but suspect it's something to do with frame rate? Anyone?
Updates.................
Directories: Your individual rom maker may have put the animation package in one of several locations. These include:
/system/media
/system/customize/resource
/data/local
I have seen still other locations used on my old EVO 4G (and new roms are coming out all the time), so if you just cannot find anything, try doing a search for 'animation.zip' from the root level, with your file browser.
Filenames: Your rom maker may have used one of several slightly different name variants for the bootanimation.zip package; it really depends on what they started out with as a base. Sense-based roms, for example, will tend to change things up. You might have an 'HTC_bootup_one.zip' instead of a 'bootanimation.zip'. You can't go wrong by naming your new package the exact same thing, and putting it in the same folder. (BUT you also have the option of deleting all oddly named animation packages you find in odd locations on your phone, and just using the standard 'bootanimation.zip' and putting it in /system/media. This is the Android standard location, and it will almost certainly look there if it can't find it elsewhere. Note that if you do this and fail to find and delete the other package, it will still use the other instead.)
Permissions: You shouldn't need to change permissions on the package file, at least that's never been an issue for me. If you are having problems there, I'd suggest trying the standard 644 setting one usually finds in the system folder, or RW-R--R--. (As long as the file is Readable by the owner, I would think that it would work.)
I can't delete or change these files! You may be using ES File Explorer, which is not the easiest app to drive. It requires root permission being set in its settings, and if you don't do that, hilarity can ensue. (I again recommend Root Explorer by Speed Software, which is not free but gives the most straightforward file browsing experience you can imagine, a big plus if you're new to rummaging around in your phone's innards!)
You absolutely cannot play with this stuff without root, so don't even try, okay? And when you want to change anything in a root-level folder, you will need to remember to set that folder RW (read/write), and then remember to set it back to RO (read only) when you are done, yes? You smart folks already know these things, I just want to make this post as complete as possible.
But I need MORE animations! I found the link above by googling 'bootanimation.zip 720x1280' so have at it!
If you've any more questions, please ask..
Worked great for me, thanks!
-Mike
What about activating sound?
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What about activating sound?
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Well, if you want sound and the animation doesn't include it, it is possible to add any fairly short sound in .ogg format to the same /system/media folder, and call it with an edit to the bootanimation.zip file. (You'll need to call it from the desc.txt file inside the zip.)
Say you have a sound picked out and converted, and it's called evoboot.ogg. Your desc.txt will need to include the line:
s evoboot.ogg
There are some tutorials on building these animations from scratch, if you look around on here, like http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420991
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You can also use this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321360
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I have been wanting to change Boot Animations - and I have done it on other phones and ROMS I have used - but I am a little confused - I went to my system/media folder and there isn't a boot anmiation file in that folder now - The Rom I am using (Charmeleon or something like that) has a boot animation of some kind - but it must be in a different folder - any suggestions?
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I have been wanting to change Boot Animations - and I have done it on other phones and ROMS I have used - but I am a little confused - I went to my system/media folder and there isn't a boot anmiation file in that folder now - The Rom I am using (Charmeleon or something like that) has a boot animation of some kind - but it must be in a different folder - any suggestions?
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I use the same rom. The file is in system/customize/resource. You have to rename the bootanimation to hTC_bootup_one.zip. Also don't forget to make the permissions match.
I am very much looking forward to trying some of these out tomorrow when I get off of work!! I've read through the two guides on making your own and implementing your own sound files. These sound very exciting as well, but I feel they are over my head still. I am going to pace myself a bit and wait to try them.. but soon I will try.. But for now there are just so many to choose from.
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I use the same rom. The file is in system/customize/resource. You have to rename the bootanimation to hTC_bootup_one.zip. Also don't forget to make the permissions match.
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Could you expand on how to make permissions match. I found two files in that directory that has me confused. One is hTC_bootup.zip and one is SPC_bootanimation.zip. Which do I change? Also it seems that I can't delete the spc one to put the zip I downloaded in its place. Am I making this harder than it really is?
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Could you expand on how to make permissions match. I found two files in that directory that has me confused. One is hTC_bootup.zip and one is SPC_bootanimation.zip. Which do I change? Also it seems that I can't delete the spc one to put the zip I downloaded in its place. Am I making this harder than it really is?
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Got it. Thanks.
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Got it. Thanks.
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Got what? Can anyone elaborate?
I'm wanting to know this too, because I tried some other boot animations from an HTC ONE series phone, and it didn't work.
These were mentioned here on the boards earlier, and I tried to use a flashable "beats" BA, but it did not work. Also tried the "suckerpunch" BA manually by going into system/customize/resource, and THAT did not work either.
A guide would be greatly appreciated, and a sticky should be made for boot animations, as well as splash screens.
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Got what? Can anyone elaborate?
I'm wanting to know this too, because I tried some other boot animations from an HTC ONE series phone, and it didn't work.
These were mentioned here on the boards earlier, and I tried to use a flashable "beats" BA, but it did not work. Also tried the "suckerpunch" BA manually by going into system/customize/resource, and THAT did not work either.
A guide would be greatly appreciated, and a sticky should be made for boot animations, as well as splash screens.
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Where did those animations come from that you mentioned? Cause i doubt the names are correct for this phone
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Okay. First go download the boot animation that you like from:
http://tinyurl.com/co9ulfv Not sure if you can post the full links here but at least this one is clickable?
(One of the bootanimations I clicked on was bogus so use your brain. The next three brought me right to the file download without visiting a website first.) Then go into ES file explorer and go into settings and make it writable by placing a check next to Root Explorer and Mount File System. Next I found the downloaded file and clicked into it and clicked Data then local and found the actual boot animation zip and copied it to the root of the SD card so it would be easy to find. After that I renamed that file to SPC_bootanimation.zip. Now you go into system/customize/resource and delete the file labeled as SPC_bootanimation.(I saved a copy first and this must be done before you copy the file you're pasting in there. Don't know why but once I copied I couldn't delete the stock _bootanimation.zip file). Then I went back to the sd card and copied the renamed SPC_bootanimation file and pasted it in the resource directory where i deleted the original. Bingo, reboot and you will see your new animation. I did all of these steps in ES File Explorer.
Your folder may be in system/media depending on which rom you're using. I am on stock/ ultra smooth lscape Rosie by flex360.
P.S. the way I was messing up first was I was trying to rename the file I downloaded to spc_bootanimation not the bootanimation.zip file located inside of that original download in the Data/Local directory.
Also, I'm not an English major by any means, so if something is spelled incorrectly or the proper grammar wasn't used, sorry. I'm not looking for a lesson just looking to help out. heck if it's bad enough, just click on the donation tab next to my name and maybe I can afford some classes.
I'm using the bluplazmall boot animation. Looks really good.
http://gunnermike53.com/Themers/jaekar99/Galaxy-Nexus-403/BluPlazmaII-403-Nex.zip
I updated my post, does it answer your questions? If not, or if you would like to correct a point, let me know.
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Where did those animations come from that you mentioned? Cause i doubt the names are correct for this phone
Sent From My Sweet Ass EVO LTE
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they are correct when your running a one x rom port. thats what hes referring to joelz rom.
thanks, I can't stand the stock animation and haven't found much so far for the EVO LTE. Lots of stuff out there for the G Nex!!
what you looking for?
Ok maybe I'm just retarded, or just a little rusty on my adb. Tried this in RootExplorer, didn't work. Tried it using adb, didn't work either. It's saying /system is mounted as Read-Only. I tried an app called SUFBS and made sure that it was mounted as Read-Write, and it failed. In adb, I'm navigating to the correct folder, "adb devices" to make sure it's showing up, "adb remount" which is succeeding, then "adb push SPC_bootanimation.zip /system/customize/resource/" and it's giving the Read-only error. I'm running ViperRom 1.2.1 and am S-Off. Anybody got any pointers? Oh and btw, I did extract the bootanimation.zip from the .zip file I downloaded from the website in the op.
I am curious what root explorer is saying when in that directory..does the button at the top allow you to set it RW?
It's not showing an icon for rw or anything. May be a different, crappier version? It's the one that came with ViperROM. That SUFBS app is very similar, and I chose rw in it, found the bootanimation.zip file on my sd card, moved it to /system/customize/resource, and it showed it moving the file, but it never showed up.
Edit: It's RootBrowser. Nonetheless, SUFBS is essentially the same thing. I'm curious though why I can mount as read-write in that app, yet adb says its read-only.
HELLO XDA I WHANTED TO CHANGE MY BOOT ANIMATION FOR ONE CALLED RESIDENT EVIL IM RUNNING A CUSTOM [ROM/MOD][The Collective] Seraphim - Mesosphere - REMIX![IMM76L] AOSP/CM9 6/15/12 69 Attachment(s) AND I CAN CHANGE THE BOOT ANIMATION IVE TRYD FLASHING IT IN CWM IVE TRYED IN THE FILE EXPLORER ROOT METHOD AND IT WHONT WORCK PLEAS HELP
Boot animations must be placed in /system/media and the file must be named bootanimation.zip
Just copy/paste the bootanimation.zip to /system/media using ES File Explorer (make sure Root Explorer is enabled).
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boot animations must be placed in /system/media and the file must be named bootanimation.zip
just copy/paste the bootanimation.zip to /system/media using es file explorer (make sure root explorer is enabled).
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i joust tryed it brow and it did not worck
Try putting it in data/local as well
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What boot animation are you getting on startup? Make sure you delete the existing one(if there is one).
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What boot animation are you getting on startup? Make sure you delete the existing one(if there is one).
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I rename the original to OGbootanimation.zip then I copy the new on into the folder. That way I can delete the experimental file and name the original back if the experimental file won't work. It saves a few steps.
Make sure you're moving the zip file and don't extract it or use CWM on it.
Hm, is it boot animation.zip or sanim.zip?
Have you tried searching the Seraphim thread?
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Like others have said, you just need to rename the zip to bootanimation.zip and place it in your system/media folder using ES File Explorer (what I use) or Root Explorer. Then reboot and wallah.
It's never not worked for me. I'm currently running Unofficial CM9, and I replaced the Cyanogen boot with the Galaxy Nexus ICS boot animation, to keep Android tasting Vanilla...
Make sure the permissions are rw-r--r--
it whont worck by anyway man i deleted the samsung boot animation from the seraphim rom and tryed all the methods you guys sayd and still nothing now im only geting the original samsung boot sound
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it whont worck by anyway man i deleted the samsung boot animation from the seraphim rom and tryed all the methods you guys sayd and still nothing now im only geting the original samsung boot sound
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make sure u have the correct kernal that allows bootanimation, another is to unzip it and rezip as store, there should not be any compression with a bootanimation.zip., if u want to upload it, i will test it.
i have an 3.0.8-perf-i717uclc5-cl281649 kernel and how can i upload the bootanimation.zip so you can test it??
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i have an 3.0.8-perf-i717uclc5-cl281649 kernel and how can i upload the bootanimation.zip so you can test it??
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Dropbox is really easy to share from.
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mediafire.com also
heres the linck to share it via dropbox hope you can help me i really whant this boot animation http://www.dropbox.com/s/jpg5dx5luw5kjz4/ResidentEvilBootAnimation1CWM.zip
is anyone going to help me
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is anyone going to help me
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Like I said, have you tried also putting it in local/data ??? Put it in both system/media and local/data
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i think i found the issues, i am going to fix it then i will reupload and let me know if it works, i am also going to resize it too
Yes already put them and did not worck also eliminated the stock bootanimation and now im only getting sound a black boot screen dont know what seems to be the problem i havent had this problem on my other phones
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I hope you manage to make it worck let me know send me a pm or post it here
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CM10 Bootanimation
Just downloaded the latest nightly, has the new bootanimation that fits perfectly on our device, thought I'd share it for anyone that wants it but doesn't want to download the whole ROM or update for some reason or aren't even running CM10!
Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?2o06igj8pcc0wzk
Note: This is not a flashable, push/pull/punch/kick it to system/media.
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CM10 Bootanimation
Just downloaded the latest nightly, has the new bootanimation that fits perfectly on our device, thought I'd share it for anyone that wants it but doesn't want to download the whole ROM or update for some reason or aren't even running CM10!
Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?2o06igj8pcc0wzk
Note: This is not a flashable, push/pull/punch/kick it to system/media.
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Dude!! THATS SICK!! also diggin the background beat. what's it called?
Just an FYI. Instead of pushing to /system/media you can push it to /data/local and set permissions correctly and viola!! you have your CM10 (or any BA) to test out whether or not you like it. This leaves your original Bootanimation safe and unadulterated in /system/media.
Don't like the CM10 one and want to put a new one on your phone. Just delete the one in /data/local and either replace it with a new one or leave empty, as your original in /system/media will still be where it should be.
setting permissions
May I ask . . .
How do I correctly set permissions??
Thanks!
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Just an FYI. Instead of pushing to /system/media you can push it to /data/local and set permissions correctly and viola!! you have your CM10 (or any BA) to test out whether or not you like it. This leaves your original Bootanimation safe and unadulterated in /system/media.
Don't like the CM10 one and want to put a new one on your phone. Just delete the one in /data/local and either replace it with a new one or leave empty, as your original in /system/media will still be where it should be.
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This is a great animation The slight problem I have is that when it is installed (as stated) on my Htc dhd the phone does not automatically reboot.
Pls let me know what the correct permissions are, in case that might be the problem.
I'm running CM V11-20140619-Unofficial-ace
4EXTRecovery touch v1.0.0.6 rc3
and update the rom quite often.
If I use CMRecovery there are no problems but I prefer to use 4EXT. Any help would be appreciated.
Zawisza said:
This is a great animation The slight problem I have is that when it is installed (as stated) on my Htc dhd the phone does not automatically reboot.
Pls let me know what the correct permissions are, in case that might be the problem.
I'm running CM V11-20140619-Unofficial-ace
4EXTRecovery touch v1.0.0.6 rc3
and update the rom quite often.
If I use CMRecovery there are no problems but I prefer to use 4EXT. Any help would be appreciated.
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They are 644.
Just open something like Root Explorer and give Owner, Group, Other all Read permissions and then just Owner: Write and Execute permissions. Basically the whole first column down and the whole top row across need to be checked.
One thing that you might want to make sure you are doing is to extract the zip down and find the bootanimation.zip. That is the one that you want to push to /data/local and not the entire downloaded zip file. If you push it to /data/local, you should not need to flash anything in recovery.
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They are 644.
Just open something like Root Explorer and give Owner, Group, Other all Read permissions and then just Owner: Write and Execute permissions. Basically the whole first column down and the whole top row across need to be checked.
One thing that you might want to make sure you are doing is to extract the zip down and find the bootanimation.zip. That is the one that you want to push to /data/local and not the entire downloaded zip file. If you push it to /data/local, you should not need to flash anything in recovery.
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Many thanks Woody,
I had assumed that the zip was just to be placed in /data/local. Not realizing one has to extract the outer zip.