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I was wanting to know if anyone out there knows of a working Boot Screen Animation Changer for the A70/101IT that can successfully change the boot screen without crashing over and over?? It would also be even greater if anyone knows of one that also allows you to download new boot screens within the same app too!?
Lastly, if it really is possible to change the boot screen animation on the A101IT to something different... what is a good site that has them AND what file format ending (like .gif or whatever) should I look for? Also, are all custom boot screens for other Android devices (like Android cell phones) compatible with the A101IT?
spicy_puerto_rican said:
Lastly, if it really is possible to change the boot screen animation on the A101IT to something different... what is a good site that has them AND what file format ending (like .gif or whatever) should I look for? Also, are all custom boot screens for other Android devices (like Android cell phones) compatible with the A101IT?
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Yes it's possible to change the boot screen animation. See here
And yes most boot screen animations from other devices will work.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=android+boot+screen+animation
Awesome, thanks a ton! You rock! You're very helpful and informative! Much appreciated.
This is cool thanks. Will this work on the 70 as well . Also, Would you happen to know the dimensions for the images. I doubt that the bootanimations from a phone will have the right size images. If someone knows what size they need to be for the 101 and the 70 that would be some good info.
saprano614 said:
This is cool thanks. Will this work on the 70 as well . Also, Would you happen to know the dimensions for the images. I doubt that the bootanimations from a phone will have the right size images. If someone knows what size they need to be for the 101 and the 70 that would be some good info.
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Any size smaller than the display size will work. I believe the images are automatically scaled down to fit the screen but not scaled up. Some tests need to be done to find a good size.
This may help http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/56647-boot-animation-gallery.html
wdl1908 said:
Some tests need to be done to find a good size.
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OK so this works great on the 70. I used 800x480 for the images and they fit perfect.
You 101 users should try 1024x600. this is the resolution of the 101 screen. that is how i came up with the size for my 70 so it should work.
I read somewhere on here the size of pics needed for the A101IT needs to be 1200x1024 for the best quality but i have yet to test those exact dimensions. When I read about it from somewhere in here like 3 other people all confirmed the 1200x1024 dimensions as well.
(It may be the same for the A70IT too but probably not due to the 70 and 101 size difference)?
As a side note, getting bach to the bootscreen animation, how would I go about applying a new bootscreen because I downloaded a new one and thought it would apply itself but didnt, any ideas?
spicy_puerto_rican said:
I read somewhere on here the size of pics needed for the A101IT needs to be 1200x1024 for the best quality but i have yet to test those exact dimensions. When I read about it from somewhere in here like 3 other people all confirmed the 1200x1024 dimensions as well.
(It may be the same for the A70IT too but probably not due to the 70 and 101 size difference)?
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1200x1024 is the size of the wallpapers the max size of the boot animation should be 1024x600 for A101IT
spicy_puerto_rican said:
As a side note, getting bach to the bootscreen animation, how would I go about applying a new bootscreen because I downloaded a new one and thought it would apply itself but didnt, any ideas?
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copy bootanimation.zip to /data/customization/
Ahhh, I see! Very much appreciated (wdl1908) for all your help! You know your $hit, thanks!
While searching around I found this site with a lot of boot screen animations http://cid-11d05b676a3170c4.office.live.com/browse.aspx/.Public/Android/bootanimations
Enjoy.
does anyone know if you can add sound to the animation? and if so how?
Here is the bootanimation i made for my 70.Just rename it to bootanimation.zip and paste in the /data/customization folder. (if that folder does not exist then just make it) I have more if you would like them let me know.
To Saprano614, WDL1908, or anyone else....
How do I apply a new custom boot screen animation??
I've tried numerous times putting new bootscreen animations in .zip folders in the /data/customization folder I had to create and I'm confused with how it's supposed to be applied?! Do I put it in the /data/customization folder and reboot... because I've done exactly that, time and time again but I still get nothing and it still loads the same boring factory bootscreen? Do I need to do something different or additional?? = ( Also, do I extract the bootscreen out of the zipped folder and put it in the /data/customization folder or just keep it zipped and copy there?
spicy_puerto_rican said:
To Saprano614, WDL1908, or anyone else....
How do I apply a new custom boot screen animation??
I've tried numerous times putting new bootscreen animations in .zip folders in the /data/customization folder I had to create and I'm confused with how it's supposed to be applied?! Do I put it in the /data/customization folder and reboot... because I've done exactly that, time and time again but I still get nothing and it still loads the same boring factory bootscreen? Do I need to do something different or additional?? = ( Also, do I extract the bootscreen out of the zipped folder and put it in the /data/customization folder or just keep it zipped and copy there?
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you leave the zip as it is, but you have to edit a line and put a line in
/init.rc
first (in init.rc) undocument
Code:
# export ANDROID_BOOTLOGO 1
to
Code:
export ANDROID_BOOTLOGO 1
then, after this existing lines
Code:
service media /system/bin/mediaserver
user media
group system audio camera graphics inet net_bt net_bt_admin net_raw
ioprio rt 4
insert ( or in the newer uruk versions, undocument) the lines
Code:
service bootanim /system/bin/bootanimation
user graphics
group system audio graphics
disabled
oneshot
this gives you the animation after message "switching to rootfs" till the homescreen appears
its also possible to remove the urukdroid logo, but therefore initramfs.cpio.gz has to be edited
(/etc/scripts/init_lib.sh in initramfs)
the second part of uruk animation is in
/system/bin/show_logo.sh
it also can be deactivated by editing the file (but do not delete it, because its used for other things too)
I use the app su file manager & terminal. Conect you tab to your pc paste the bootanimation.zip to the root of your sdcard. Then unplug the usb. Then with su file manager or another superuser permited file browser copy thr bootanimation.zip and then browse to the /data/customization folder. Make sure that it is in the correct /data folder. There is one on the sdcard and one on the device. if u use the file browser I do then hit back button till it asks if you want to exit but hit cancel. Then look for the Data file. That is the one you need. Then reboot. Again must be in the /data/customization folder not the /sdcard/data/customization folder.
woti23 said:
you leave the zip as it is, but you have to edit a line and put a line in
/init.rc
first (in init.rc) undocument
Code:
# export ANDROID_BOOTLOGO 1
to
Code:
export ANDROID_BOOTLOGO 1
then, after this existing lines
Code:
service media /system/bin/mediaserver
user media
group system audio camera graphics inet net_bt net_bt_admin net_raw
ioprio rt 4
insert ( or in the newer uruk versions, undocument) the lines
Code:
service bootanim /system/bin/bootanimation
user graphics
group system audio graphics
disabled
oneshot
this gives you the animation after message "switching to rootfs" till the homescreen appears
its also possible to remove the urukdroid logo, but therefore initramfs.cpio.gz has to be edited
(/etc/scripts/init_lib.sh in initramfs)
the second part of uruk animation is in
/system/bin/show_logo.sh
it also can be deactivated by editing the file (but do not delete it, because its used for other things too)
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Ok this is only needed if you are using uruk. If have rooted using churli's method then my above instructions are all yoi need.
saprano614 said:
I use the app su file manager & terminal. Conect you tab to your pc paste the bootanimation.zip to the root of your sdcard. Then unplug the usb. Then with su file manager or another superuser permited file browser copy thr bootanimation.zip and then browse to the /data/customization folder. Make sure that it is in the correct /data folder. There is one on the sdcard and one on the device. if u use the file browser I do then hit back button till it asks if you want to exit but hit cancel. Then look for the Data file. That is the one you need. Then reboot. Again must be in the /data/customization folder not the /sdcard/data/customization folder.
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i followed these instrustions yet i still cant get the animation to work im new to all of this but i have done well with my evo lol it cooperates much better than this 101 does though lol please help.
you have root? make sure to copy the .zip file to the /data/customization folder. also it must be named bootanimation.
I did this as well but still no boot screen I'm wondering if the kernel I'm using doesn't support custom boot animations PR if that has anything to do with it at all
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dalton1091 said:
I did this as well but still no boot screen I'm wondering if the kernel I'm using doesn't support custom boot animations PR if that has anything to do with it at all
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA Premium App
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nothing to do with the kernel, you must edit the /init.rc and enable the bootanimation, as written above
I have the Call of Duty boot animation, but for some reason the audio wont work. I also have tried the Xbox 360 boot animation. Even that, will not play the audio. but the FinalThunder.mp3 still plays fine.
Ive checked permissions, file names...rhetorically everything. Anyone got an idea what i might be doing wrong?
which rom are you using.....I'm finding the same problem using CM7 and the Bios boot animation. Haven't really looked into it yet though as I just loaded it this morning.
Will post back if I find anything.........
Stock. I rooted fully. Rootchecker says im fine, and the animation works, but no sound
What I have found that works is you have to have the folders within bootanimation.zip set up the same way as the stock one: android, progress and VZW. I haven't look that far into but it seems like the boot sound is triggered when a certain folder is started. If this is so, replacing the boot animation with another one that isn't structured the same and renaming the mp3 to FinalThunder won't work.
Like, wat do you mean? only thing i got is the bootanimation.zip and FinalThunder.mp3, and its int he same place, as in /system/customize/resource/
Superthrust said:
Like, wat do you mean? only thing i got is the bootanimation.zip and FinalThunder.mp3, and its int he same place, as in /system/customize/resource/
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There's a folder structure inside bootanimation.zip. I'm not talking about where the zip file stored on the phone. More than like the Call of Duty zip has two folders in it, android and part2. Link me to where you got the boot animation and I'll fix it for you.
zhp pilot said:
There's a folder structure inside bootanimation.zip. I'm not talking about where the zip file stored on the phone. More than like the Call of Duty zip has two folders in it, android and part2. Link me to where you got the boot animation and I'll fix it for you.
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Ill try to attach the ones i have.
Looking inside them both, stock bootanim has no folders. But the COD one does. As for the audio, FinaltHUNDER works but cod-finalthunder wont. (no, i didnt name it that lol)
As i said before, the boot animation works PERFECTLY, just the audio is not working
Try this. Works with sound on my phone. http://www.mediafire.com/?2fvuc65eqdcfdp3
testing. will post with results.
Also, could you maybe tell me what you did? I really want to learn. I have some others i'd like to get working, as well as some ideas I am building with some friends. They know the stuff, but they are in classes and doing finals..I don't have the luxury of college.
Also, is there a way i can adb into my phone and auto-achieve r/w on my system folder? Right now, i have to use RootExplorer and mount as R/W since adb always tells me "unable to push, blah blah, read only filesystem"
It works. Perfectly. Cept the audio is unsynched but that will be easy for me to fix. Thank you so much. What did you change, my awesome savior?
Superthrust said:
testing. will post with results.
Also, could you maybe tell me what you did? I really want to learn. I have some others i'd like to get working, as well as some ideas I am building with some friends. They know the stuff, but they are in classes and doing finals..I don't have the luxury of college.
Also, is there a way i can adb into my phone and auto-achieve r/w on my system folder? Right now, i have to use RootExplorer and mount as R/W since adb always tells me "unable to push, blah blah, read only filesystem"
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All I did was set the folder structure the same way the stock one is, with android, progress and VZW and made sure desc.txt was formatted properly.
If you are using adb, instead of using Root Explorer to mount system, try command
Code:
adb shell sysrw
Of course this command all depends on how the ROM is set up that you are using.
So, say im using a new bootanimation. Copy/pasta the desc text file, and make sure the structure inside is the same way?
adb shell sysrw says permission denied. im using rooted stock.
Superthrust said:
So, say im using a new bootanimation. Copy/pasta the desc text file, and make sure the structure inside is the same way?
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Simple break down: android folder contains the first image of the boot animation; the one some people thinks is a second splash screen. VZW folder contains the actually boot animation images and progress is the last image display at the phone is booting. Place your boot animation images in these folders accordingly. I would suggest just putting a plain black image in the android folder and name the image the same as the stock "second splash" screen.
Use the desc.txt file from the boot that I sent you. The only thing you will need to change is the frame rate to make it work with other boot animations. So if a boot is supposed to be displayed at 10 fps, change the 30 to 10 and save.
Once you have everything the way you want it, zip all three folders and desc.txt using the store, or no compression, option. Now you are ready to go. Like you mentioned earlier, you may need to edit FinalThunder.mp3 to make it sync correctly.
About adb sysrw command; stock RUU is not up for that command. Not sure what the syntax would be for stock root or if you can even mount the system as R/W through adb.
dont think i can. and i thnk i gotta lower the fps a little ont he animation
zhp pilot said:
Simple break down: android folder contains the first image of the boot animation; the one some people thinks is a second splash screen. VZW folder contains the actually boot animation images and progress is the last image display at the phone is booting. Place your boot animation images in these folders accordingly. I would suggest just putting a plain black image in the android folder and name the image the same as the stock "second splash" screen.
Use the desc.txt file from the boot that I sent you. The only thing you will need to change is the frame rate to make it work with other boot animations. So if a boot is supposed to be displayed at 10 fps, change the 30 to 10 and save.
Once you have everything the way you want it, zip all three folders and desc.txt using the store, or no compression, option. Now you are ready to go. Like you mentioned earlier, you may need to edit FinalThunder.mp3 to make it sync correctly.
About adb sysrw command; stock RUU is not up for that command. Not sure what the syntax would be for stock root or if you can even mount the system as R/W through adb.
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I tried changing the FPS and i hit save. I saved it also in the .zip and now the boot animation wont work period. What did i do wrong? Only thing i did was change 30p to 27p
Superthrust said:
I tried changing the FPS and i hit save. I saved it also in the .zip and now the boot animation wont work period. What did i do wrong? Only thing i did was change 30p to 27p
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Did you open it from within the zip file and save it? If so, when you saved it, the zip was updated and probably changed the compression ratio to the default of whatever program you are using.
zhp pilot said:
Did you open it from within the zip file and save it? If so, when you saved it, the zip was updated and probably changed the compression ratio to the default of whatever program you are using.
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so what compression method do i have to use to make this work correctly? Cause i need to fix the audio again.
Superthrust said:
so what compression method do i have to use to make this work correctly? Cause i need to fix the audio again.
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None. Use store option or no compression.
Hey guys, I'm looking for and audio thread that would help with a GB lockscreen, I have ran across one or know if there is one but I found this one and may one of you could help me?
I want to change or I should say make an audio sound for when I unlock my GB Rom. Is that possible? I also wanted to combined in two audio sounds. Any help would be great and appreciated. Thanks
*WALK in the WORD*
I've tried following instructions for replacing the boot animation that say to go to system\media and replace bootanimation.zip. This doesn't seem to do anything. First, I don't have a bootanimation.zip file in that directory, just qmg files. And when I put bootanimation.zip in that file it has no effect.
Is there something I'm missing? I'm rooted, running the stock rom.
Legion6789 said:
I've tried following instructions for replacing the boot animation that say to go to system\media and replace bootanimation.zip. This doesn't seem to do anything. First, I don't have a bootanimation.zip file in that directory, just qmg files. And when I put bootanimation.zip in that file it has no effect.
Is there something I'm missing? I'm rooted, running the stock rom.
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I believe you need a kernel which supports custom bootanimations. Try ChainFire's kernels on XDA.
ChainFire's Kernels
Legion6789 said:
I've tried following instructions for replacing the boot animation that say to go to system\media and replace bootanimation.zip. This doesn't seem to do anything. First, I don't have a bootanimation.zip file in that directory, just qmg files. And when I put bootanimation.zip in that file it has no effect.
Is there something I'm missing? I'm rooted, running the stock rom.
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Questions = Q&A
Bootanimation stock is QMG
To add a custom boot animation you require a kernel that supports it .
You would be far better off reading the FAQS and Guides before attempting to do stuff that may brick your phone and leave you with no warranty .
jje
meh, not worth the trouble to replace the kernel. It's strange that the four tutorials I looked at that detail how to install a custom boot animation never even mention needing anything other than root access. No mention of kernels or custom roms, etc.
Did anybody ever figure out the qmg format? I saw a couple threads on it, but they're from 2010 and never seem to get beyond decoding the file header.
No free editor found for QMG files .Though at least one modified QMG posted on XDA .
jje
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Hey Folks,
Lately, I've been searching for a boot animation which has sound in it and produces sound during boot. Recently my friend gave me one boot animation which has sound in it, I have tested this animation on my MOTO G 2014 (TITAN) and it does produce sound during boot.
Tested this animation on AOSP Extended 3.0 & 3.1 ROMs & Resurrection Remix 5.8.1 for TITAN and in both the ROMS it worked fine
Here is what I found when I manually opened "bootanimation.zip" file with WinRAR, it contains part0, part1, part2 directories and a file named desc.txt which normally bootanimations have, but what I found new was that each part folder contains trim.txt which later I found that it contains data for coordinates of image to be placed on the screen while running boot animation.
The another thing which I found in the part2 folder was an audio file named "audio.wav". This file contained the audio which gets produced when the part2 of boot animation gets executed. Later I manually converted some random song to .wav and renamed it to "audio.wav" and put that file in part1 instead of part2, when I installed the boot animation, it worked
So in order to have sound on boot animation read How to do this below
HOW TO DO THIS:
1. You need a working boot animation which has frames and folders like "part0, part1, part2" and a desc.txt file. (This may also work on some STOCK ROMS, but I'm not sure).
2. Convert your favorite audio into WAVE (.wav) format and rename it to "audio.wav"
3. Put your "audio.wav" into any of the part folders i.e. in part0 or in part1, it doesn't matter because when boot animation runs that part it will produce sound
4. Compress the part0,part1,part2 & desc.txt to a zip file with no compression i.e. 0 compression and name it "bootanimation.zip"
5. Copy your modified "bootanimation.zip" to /system/media (Make sure to backup your original one)
6. Change file permissions to ( rw- r-- r--) and reboot your phone.
Tadaaa Now You'll Have a Bootanimation With SOUND.
I don't know the duration or length of audio to put inside boot animation, let me know if you find this, till then enjoy boot animation with sound
I've attached a link of a bootanimation. This one is same as AOSP Extended ROM's BootAnimation but with sound :laugh:
DOWNLOAD:
BootAnimation.zip (Google Drive Link)
Resurrection Remix 5.8.1 (BootAnim)
WARNING: CHANGING BOOT ANIMATION CAN LEAD TO BOOTLOOP OR DEVICE BRICKED, DO THIS ON YOUR OWN RISK, I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BRICKED DEVICES
Great finding it works bro
Zip given by you works :good:, but when i tried to do with other ones the bootanimation didn't display, device started without any animation:
Can you add the black bootlogo too?
Coz i currently have the white one and it feels odd. THANKS!
saurabhkashyap said:
Zip given by you works :good:, but when i tried to do with other ones the bootanimation didn't display, device started without any animation:
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Umm Ok.. Please make sure that the audio file is in .WAV format, no other file format works. Secondly make sure to compress zip file using PC, files compressed in android create problems. I've used WINRAR to make zip files and that works for me fine and make sure to have ZERO compression, if using winrar, I've attached screenshots.
If none of the above works, then compress the file using Boot Animation Factory you can download it and also learn how to use it from HERE
teckgiik101 said:
Can you add the black bootlogo too?
Coz I currently have the white one and it feels odd. THANKS!
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Bro, This one is black boot animation, you asked for bootlogo, are you referring the boot logo which comes before this animation, i.e. the one that appears first thing when you start the phone?
Are you referring to the logo which I attached here with attachment
pkdon123 said:
Bro, This one is black boot animation, you asked for bootlogo, are you referring the boot logo which comes before this animation, i.e. the one that appears first thing when you start the phone?
Are you referring to the logo which I attached here with attachment
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yes. i mean the "bootlogo" which replaces the bootloader unlocked warning!
teckgiik101 said:
yes. i mean the "bootlogo" which replaces the bootloader unlocked warning!
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Alright bro, here you go, THIS IS NOT A FLASHABLE ZIP, and this is compiled for XT1068 whose resolution is 720x1280, to use this, extract the zip file, reboot your phone into bootloader mode and using fastboot flash the file, use the command:
Code:
mfastboot.exe flash logo logo.bin
MFASTBOOT is used for motorola phones to flash files in fastboot mode I don't know the reason, but in my case fastboot worked too
I MUST WARN YOU USE AT YOUR OWN RISK BUDDY, ALL THE BEST :good:
pkdon123 said:
Alright bro, here you go, THIS IS NOT A FLASHABLE ZIP, and this is compiled for XT1068 whose resolution is 720x1280, to use this, extract the zip file, reboot your phone into bootloader mode and using fastboot flash the file, use the command:
Code:
mfastboot.exe flash logo logo.bin
MFASTBOOT is used for motorola phones to flash files in fastboot mode I don't know the reason, but in my case fastboot worked too
I MUST WARN YOU USE AT YOUR OWN RISK BUDDY, ALL THE BEST :good:
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Well.. I was looking for the black "Google" logo. but THANKS !:good::good:
teckgiik101 said:
Well.. I was looking for the black "Google" logo. but THANKS !:good::good:
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Hahah, I thought U wanted Motorola Logo, If you provide me with white logo, I'll make it black
pkdon123 said:
Hahah, I thought U wanted Motorola Logo, If you provide me with white logo, I'll make it black
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Here you go!
teckgiik101 said:
Here you go!
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Here You Go
pkdon123 said:
here you go :d
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wow, thanks!
Nice!
pkdon123 said:
Hey Folks,
Lately, I've been searching for a boot animation which has sound in it and produces sound during boot. Recently my friend gave me one boot animation which has sound in it, I have tested this animation on my MOTO G 2014 (TITAN) and it does produce sound during boot.
Tested this animation on AOSP Extended 3.0 & 3.1 ROMs & Resurrection Remix 5.8.1 for TITAN and in both the ROMS it worked fine
Here is what I found when I manually opened "bootanimation.zip" file with WinRAR, it contains part0, part1, part2 directories and a file named desc.txt which normally bootanimations have, but what I found new was that each part folder contains trim.txt which later I found that it contains data for coordinates of image to be placed on the screen while running boot animation.
The another thing which I found in the part2 folder was an audio file named "audio.wav". This file contained the audio which gets produced when the part2 of boot animation gets executed. Later I manually converted some random song to .wav and renamed it to "audio.wav" and put that file in part1 instead of part2, when I installed the boot animation, it worked
So in order to have sound on boot animation read How to do this below
HOW TO DO THIS:
1. You need a working boot animation which has frames and folders like "part0, part1, part2" and a desc.txt file. (This may also work on some STOCK ROMS, but I'm not sure).
2. Convert your favorite audio into WAVE (.wav) format and rename it to "audio.wav"
3. Put your "audio.wav" into any of the part folders i.e. in part0 or in part1, it doesn't matter because when boot animation runs that part it will produce sound
4. Compress the part0,part1,part2 & desc.txt to a zip file with no compression i.e. 0 compression and name it "bootanimation.zip"
5. Copy your modified "bootanimation.zip" to /system/media (Make sure to backup your original one)
6. Change file permissions to ( rw- r-- r--) and reboot your phone.
Tadaaa Now You'll Have a Bootanimation With SOUND.
I don't know the duration or length of audio to put inside boot animation, let me know if you find this, till then enjoy boot animation with sound
I've attached a link of a bootanimation. This one is same as AOSP Extended ROM's BootAnimation but with sound :laugh:
DOWNLOAD:
BootAnimation.zip (Google Drive Link)
Resurrection Remix 5.8.1 (BootAnim)
WARNING: CHANGING BOOT ANIMATION CAN LEAD TO BOOTLOOP OR DEVICE BRICKED, DO THIS ON YOUR OWN RISK, I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BRICKED DEVICES
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Thank you so much! :good:
I found the file where boot animation is stored on the pixel 4a. It's not under system/media it's in product/media. None of the boot animation apps work. And the magisk module for changing animation doesn't seem to work on my device. When I try to physically put a new bootanimation.zip in /product/media it won't let me says my root directory is 100% full. I always like using a custom animation. Does anyone have any ideas how to get this done?
floydster1708 said:
I found the file where boot animation is stored on the pixel 4a. It's not under system/media it's in product/media. None of the boot animation apps work. And the magisk module for changing animation doesn't seem to work on my device. When I try to physically put a new bootanimation.zip in /product/media it won't let me says my root directory is 100% full. I always like using a custom animation. Does anyone have any ideas how to get this done?
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So far I'm thinking adb terminal and push file to folder root file managers will not let with the way android 11 is ,haven't tested it
floydster1708 said:
I found the file where boot animation is stored on the pixel 4a. It's not under system/media it's in product/media. None of the boot animation apps work. And the magisk module for changing animation doesn't seem to work on my device. When I try to physically put a new bootanimation.zip in /product/media it won't let me says my root directory is 100% full. I always like using a custom animation. Does anyone have any ideas how to get this done?
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I have looked into this quickly. I created a magisk module to replace my boot animation but it failed. The internal format of the actual ZIP file is different to previous versions of android.
As for directly changing the file, I have only got this phone recently, but from my understanding, newer devices can not nount their system partitions as RW, so Magisk will be the only way.
When I get a chance, I will be converting my old boot animation to mimic the new format, and give that a go. If that works, I will be including/updating my app TeMeFI to be capable for my/our device.
DiamondJohn said:
I have looked into this quickly. I created a magisk module to replace my boot animation but it failed. The internal format of the actual ZIP file is different to previous versions of android.
As for directly changing the file, I have only got this phone recently, but from my understanding, newer devices can not nount their system partitions as RW, so Magisk will be the only way.
When I get a chance, I will be converting my old boot animation to mimic the new format, and give that a go. If that works, I will be including/updating my app TeMeFI to be capable for my/our device.
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The magisk module failed for me as well. If you do end up figuring it out would greatly appreciate your insight.
yeah im extremely interested in a solution to this.
it used to be so so so much easier to change the boot animation and boot logo etc. these newer phones are crazy locked down.
I looked into this also a few weeks ago now. I havent tried the latest magisk, and I know previously on an older magisk in oreo, it would play half the original animation then switch to the new one. Super weird. So, maybe if its brought to @topjohns attention (in giothub I think), it could get a fix.
On my previous Oreo phone, I had created a working boot animation change, so I thought it would be a simple task to do the same for A11. Not so... It didn't work. And yes, I noticed the changed location, and also converted the zip file to the new format
So, the weird thing, which kind of confirmed I was probably doing it correctly is that I had a crash which caused a soft-reboot, and on that reboot, the replaced boot animation worked! But, onnay cold boot, it failed and played the normalone. Also, if I went into /product/media on a live system and tried opening (either zip), they would be my replacement boot animation.
DiamondJohn said:
on an older magisk in oreo, it would play half the original animation then switch to the new one.
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Magisk loads after userdata is mounted so you get the stock anim until then. I have modified system directly but the anim still "plays" twice. Not this phone, not android 11.
a1291762 said:
Magisk loads after userdata is mounted so you get the stock anim until then. I have modified system directly but the anim still "plays" twice. Not this phone, not android 11.
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You are not understanding.In Oreo, the changed boot animation plays from start to finish. It worked perfectly.
You do not need to modify the system location directly on Oreo.
DiamondJohn said:
You are not understanding.In Oreo, the changed boot animation plays from start to finish. It worked perfectly.
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Well you did mention half old, half new?
Before I had this phone, I had a Mi A2 Lite and it played the boot animation twice. Once before userdata was mounted (but not to the end), then again once userdata was mounted. Magisk modules could affect the second one but not the first (since Magisk files live on the userdata partition). I only really ran Android 9 and 10 on that phone, and they both did it.
I suppose the system could have just left the static splash on the screen until userdata was mounted, but for whatever reason, that's now what my old phone did.
I haven't actually watched the Pixel booting closely enough to spot if it's doing the same thing or not
Back to the issue at hand...
I have a read-only device /dev/block/dm-2 mounted at /product but I also see something Magisk-related mounting a directory called product but the path is ... whack.
/dev/B9z84Wq/.magisk/block/product on /dev/B9z84Wq/.magisk/mirror/product type ext4 (ro,seclabel,relatime)
dm-0 is /
dm-1 is /vendor
dm-2 is /product
dm-3 is /system_ext
All of these are (apparently) ext4. Probably these are all "files" on the super partition (ie. the new dynamic partitioning). That Magisk thing makes me think a module should be able to replace files in there... but maybe the bootanimation.zip is loaded before Magisk gets a chance to do that?
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Well you did mention half old, half new?
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But if you read that post, I also explicitly say it was an old magisk. A newer version of Magisk changed that, and it played the new one from start to finish.
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Back to the issue at hand...
I have a read-only device /dev/block/dm-2 mounted at /product but I also see something Magisk-related mounting a directory called product but the path is ... whack.
/dev/B9z84Wq/.magisk/block/product on /dev/B9z84Wq/.magisk/mirror/product type ext4 (ro,seclabel,relatime)
dm-0 is /
dm-1 is /vendor
dm-2 is /product
dm-3 is /system_ext
All of these are (apparently) ext4. Probably these are all "files" on the super partition (ie. the new dynamic partitioning). That Magisk thing makes me think a module should be able to replace files in there... but maybe the bootanimation.zip is loaded before Magisk gets a chance to do that?
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I didnt check to see if there were other locations. I only replceased /product/* and /system/product/* Although I dont hold much hope, I will check to see if there are other partitions I could replace it into.
I'm on derpfest a11. The first time I boot after flashing I get the derpfest boot animation (a colorful flashing owl) any time after that first boot it shows the Google logo then just the words android screen goes black then the word android again. I know this isn't a derp thread I just thought it was weird that the custom boot logo shows on first boot but not after that. When I check /product/media it's the derp-bootanimation so not even sure where the android logo is being loaded from.
Looking at the zips of the files in product/media, the files are different from normal boot-animation zips. The desc file is different, and there trim.txt files in the part folders. I haven't played with it yet, but would be nice to change change the G one.
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I'm on derpfest a11. The first time I boot after flashing I get the derpfest boot animation (a colorful flashing owl) any time after that first boot it shows the Google logo then just the words android screen goes black then the word android again. I know this isn't a derp thread I just thought it was weird that the custom boot logo shows on first boot but not after that. When I check /product/media it's the derp-bootanimation so not even sure where the android logo is being loaded from.
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tcat007 said:
Looking at the zips of the files in product/media, the files are different from normal boot-animation zips. The desc file is different, and there trim.txt files in the part folders. I haven't played with it yet, but would be nice to change change the G one.
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I have managed to change the boot logo of the stock A11 firmware, I dont have time to get into it too far right now (im on my way ... socially distanced ... out)
1. I modified the bootanimation.zip to match the new format (dont know if the old format works)
2. manually created a magisc module to replace the one in the ROM
3. Added a boot script to do a soft reboot on each start-up/boot. It appears Magisc does not replace the file soon enough, so the old one plays. even though it appears changed in the running OS, obviously after the ORIGINAL had played.; which I coud not find in the ROM But there is 1 second of "Google" before my animation plays.
I also added a step to blur any area below the quick tiles, and also a few other places, such as in the reboot screen
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DiamondJohn said:
I have managed to change the boot logo of the stock A11 firmware, I dont have time to get into it too far right now (im on my way ... socially distanced ... out)
1. I modified the bootanimation.zip to match the new format (dont know if the old format works)
2. manually created a magisc module to replace the one in the ROM
3. Added a boot script to do a soft reboot on each start-up/boot. It appears Magisc does not replace the file soon enough, so the old one plays. even though it appears changed in the running OS, obviously after the ORIGINAL had played.; which I coud not find in the ROM But there is 1 second of "Google" before my animation plays.
I also added a step to blur any area below the quick tiles, and also a few other places, such as in the reboot screen
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Hey thanks a lot for this man. I test it out on my device when I have time.
tcat007 said:
Looking at the zips of the files in product/media, the files are different from normal boot-animation zips. The desc file is different, and there trim.txt files in the part folders. I haven't played with it yet, but would be nice to change change the G one.
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The following is the format docs. But in itself, the location isn't correct. I personally reversed engineered the existing one using my pre-loved boot animation, and then found this doco.
bootanimation format
It also implies sound is supported.
I added my one as an example that works. its the Nexus prime boot animation. But mine plays faster and for a shorter time.
I used to make boot animation for my device, it worked fine on A10(custom rom) but on certain builds it had the same problem as yours like not enough storage or similar error I don't recall but just found out this post and tried the old files I made and working fine on A11(custom rom)
It's a bit large for a boot animation but it's so because of the gradient colours and full resolution compression of the original video file makes the quality worse. Still give it a try if the format works.
Use mixplorer with root and first copy and backup the existing files and then give this file a try. rename the file after pasting in the correct directory. refresh if it shows no files renamed
https://sourceforge.net/projects/drg-custom-bootanimation/files/NokiaX6_gradient%281080x2280%29bootanimation.zip/download
D-Mi said:
Use mixplorer with root and first copy and backup the existing files and then give this file a try. rename the file after pasting in the correct directory. refresh if it shows no files renamed
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We have RO system partitions. You have to use Magisk module to replace it,and have a system UI restart during boot, to enable ir.
DiamondJohn said:
We have RO system partitions. You have to use Magisk module to replace it,and have a system UI restart during boot, to enable ir.
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How to do it .. please explain ..... Everytime i try to edit my bootanimation it says that system ro something ... And the magisk module of boot animation isn't working for me i have OnePlus 7t stock rom Android 11
vamp12 said:
How to do it .. please explain ..... Everytime i try to edit my bootanimation it says that system ro something ... And the magisk module of boot animation isn't working for me i have OnePlus 7t stock rom Android 11
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the answer is in the post below. I had mine working, now I dont bother, so I would have to scan through my history (part of the reason since I have more pressing items to expend time on), and even then, it wouldn't be a drop in magisk module, but a manually built one..
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We have RO system partitions. You have to use Magisk module to replace it,and have a system UI restart during boot, to enable ir.
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Whats up guys, I am actually bringing questions that relate to this topic and not answers for now. Does Android Studio have a tool to access & modify the boot animation directories? Or even a tool from Android Studio that helps when taking on this task?