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[HOWTO] Custom Boot screen for Evo

Hey guys, I was reading the Incredible custom boot screen and thought I mess around with Evo and I found this.
There are 2 files that compose of the animation.
1. bootanimation.zip (/system/customize/resource)
2. SPC_animation_final.mp3 (/system/customize/resource)
These are played with you boot up the phone with Sprint 4g animation and its sound.
Now I went and look at the bootanimation.zip and see what it is, and it turns out within the zip archive contains a desc.txt that tells the firmware what to read and at point to display what...etc. There's also a folder named "android" which contains all the pictures and each of them represent 1 frame of the animation (I think). I also looked at the property of the images and they are 480x800 dimension and depth of it is 8bit (update: it can be a 24bit too).
So to look at the end animation, simply go to the last picture in the android folder.
So if we can create some animations to same specs and slice it into frames like that then we are good to go.
I included sample files from Incredible.
UPDATE: CONFIRMED that it works...what I did
I went to /system/media and saw there was a default HTC animation will the 2 files and did a adb pull
1. bootanimation.zip
2. android_audio.mp3 - I renamed this to SPC_animation_final.mp3
I then reboot into recovery and do an adb shell, mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system, then exit out of the shell, now I'm back in windows command prompt. Typed "adb push c:\bootanimation.zip /system/customize/resource/" and "adb push c:\SPC_final_animation.mp3 /system/customize/resource". Now do adb reboot and the HTC - quite brilliant showed up.
UPDATE 2: I found an Android Bios like boot from the net thought I post. Tested on my EVO and worked great. It's like a PC bios boot with Droid in matrix like style, pretty cool.
UPDATE 3: Added the Nexus One boot, it's a little stretched but looks cool nonetheless.
UPDATE 4: Instructions on how to mount and copy files.
1. Having phone fully powered up and plug it into the USB.
2. you should already have ADB installed and working. If so, then to verify your device is connected, do "adb devices" in a command prompt. You should see like "List of attached devices" and right underneath it, you'll se HTCxxxxx listed.
3. If step 2 is good, then do "adb reboot recovery". This will reboot your phone into recovery mode.
4. You will see a red triangle with an exclamation mark, this is when phone is now ready in recovery mode. To verify, go back to command prompt and type "adb devices" and you should see the same thing as in step 2 only difference is it'll say "recovery" next to the device name.
5. Once that is good, go into your evo-recovery folder and run the recovery-XYZ, where XYS is the os type. So for windows you would right-click on the "recovery-windows.bat" and select run as administrator (if you are running in Vista/7).
5. If step 5 runs will you'll see a series of line output, and final line should be "No hup" or something like that. Now look over to your phone, you should see a menu. Do NOT touch anything on the phone.
6. Open up a new command prompt, cd into the android sdk/tools folder, and issue "adb shell". You will drop into your phone shell now and all you will see is "#" sign.
7. Type "mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system", you should now see the '#" again.
8. Type "exit", and now you are back into your command prompt like "C:\...>".
9. Type "adb push my_new_animation.zip /system/customize/resource/bootanimation.zip" {ENTER}. You'll see that your file will be uploaded.
10. To verify, type "adb shell" and you should be back into your phone shell with "#"
11. Type "ls /system/customize/resource/bootanimation.zip" and you should see the "bootanimation.zip" listed.
12. Now just reboot the phone by typing "reboot" at the "#" prompt.
EDIT 5: Added Droid X animation
Preview here http://www.droid-life.com/2010/06/24/download-droid-x-boot-animation/
EDiT 6: To quickly test the boot animation on your phone do this:
1. adb push the file to /data/local/
2. at the command prompt on your computer with the phone connected, type:
adb shell bootanimation
Now watch your phone for the animation, and hit Ctrl+C on your PC to cancel out.
EDIT 7: Added boot from latest 83 build froyo. This is a rip from EvoX V9 so all credits are due to the builder of that ROM.

Write to /system = fail
You know if i could there would already be a dancing Droid on our screens...

wrx4memp said:
Write to /system = fail
You know if i could there would already be a dancing Droid on our screens...
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Umm... recovery mode?

wrx4memp said:
Write to /system = fail
You know if i could there would already be a dancing Droid on our screens...
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Please see my updated notes, you need to boot into recovery and mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system to gain rw access and make changes.

bump updated.

AssassinsLament said:
Umm... recovery mode?
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... yeah ... I guess ... I just push my files to where they need to go ... always been easier for me ... building update.zip never worked when I made them...

Ok you got me going now... ill boot up my PhotoShop... see you in a bit... png's or try gif like we did on heros?

ill just make a gif... and try that... 2.1 hero is close enough to 2.1 evo... i hope...

vboyz103 can you hit me back on gtalk? wrx4me.mp i got some files to send to test out a custom boot... ?

I'm trying my Nexus one, and an MP3 file I got laying around.. I'll update when done.
BTW I notice both my nexus and the EVO have the files in /system/media/
The nexus does not have a /system/customize folder.
The OP is right that the /system/media file is where the stock stuff is. Sprint has it set to look in the /system/customize/resources folder.
It seems to me that the SPC_animation_final.mp3 needs to be specific in size or bitrate. the stock one is 64kbps.
****Update****
My nexus one boot animation worked. It is one pulled from a cyanogenmod unit. It is a 512 x 256 according to the desc.txt.
***Update****
I can not get the sound to play now. I had put in a mp3 and then cut it down to 5 sec and 64kbps just like the stock but it still would not play. Now I have pushed the original back in and it too doesn't work.

If you just delete the two files in /system/customize/resource will it fallback to the default ones in /system/media without having to copy them over? If I wasn't headed to work in a few minutes I'd check it out myself.

datajosh said:
If you just delete the two files in /system/customize/resource will it fallback to the default ones in /system/media without having to copy them over? If I wasn't headed to work in a few minutes I'd check it out myself.
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theory sounds good to me. either revert to the files in /system/media, where a bootanimation.zip does exist, or /data/local i think is the other default bootanimation.zip location?

wrx4memp said:
vboyz103 can you hit me back on gtalk? wrx4me.mp i got some files to send to test out a custom boot... ?
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Invite sent!
Or you can email the file to me at vboyz10[at]msn.com

joeykrim said:
theory sounds good to me. either revert to the files in /system/media, where a bootanimation.zip does exist, or /data/local i think is the other default bootanimation.zip location?
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Yeah I was thinking we had figured that out on the Moment and I assume it would work here too, might try on my lunch break if no one else does first.

Upped the android bios animation.

vboyz103 said:
UPDATE 2: I found an Android Bios like boot from the net thought I post. Tested on my EVO and worked great. It's like a PC bios boot with Droid in matrix like style, pretty cool.
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how did you test for the attached Android BIOS bootanimation.zip? adb push to /system/customize/resource/ or /system/media ?

doubble post

vboyz103 said:
Invite sent!
Or you can email the file to me at vboyz10[at]msn.com
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didnt get the invite for some reason... i sent you the files via email... can you do me a fav try that and if it works this way ill make something better than that... that was more of a sampler... i guess...
EDIT: postmaster returned as undeliverable... ? mailbox unavailable... ?

nvm figured it out.

datajosh said:
Yeah I was thinking we had figured that out on the Moment and I assume it would work here too, might try on my lunch break if no one else does first.
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Yes you are right! I renamed the bootanimation.zip and it defaulted to the one in /system/media. The same with the audio.
I noticed the same thing with HtcLockscreen.apk in the stuff to remove section. If you remove it it defaults to the standard android one. but it doesn't display right.

[Boot Screen] Custom EVO animation

Hope this isn't against protocol. I posted this in the "HOWTO" thread, but in the event there are people that don't venture into that area...I think it looks pretty nice and it's customized for the Evo.
Here's what I'm using...
I had to cut it down significantly from my original plan because of the boot speed...but this lines up pretty perfect on my Evo. Here are the links if anyone wants to download themselves:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/jadhnz2m3my/bootanimation.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/wmnz2ntnxry/SPC_animation_final.mp3
Pretty sure you have to be ROOTED for this to work (I am).
adb remount
adb push bootanimation.zip /system/customize/resource
adb push SPC_animation.mp3 /system/customize/resource
adb shell reboot

ocelot4ark said:
Pretty sure you have to be ROOTED for this to work (I am).
adb remount
adb push bootanimation.zip /system/customize/resource
adb push SPC_animation.mp3 /system/customize/resource
adb shell reboot
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Good Morning, This was pretty cool so I thought i would do it. Just one thing to add about your adb instructions. Pushing the mp3 is missing "_final".
It should read
adb push SPC_animation_final.mp3 /system/customize/resource
Again thanks

Can this be installed without adb? And if so how please?
I love it so cool. Can the sound be taken out as well tho?

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rjmjr69 said:
Can this be installed without adb? And if so how please?
I love it so cool. Can the sound be taken out as well tho?
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I don't believe it can be done without adb. Unless you found a way to navigate to /system folder.
and by not pushing the sound file(.mp3) the sound will be taken out.
I love this nice job!

you can use root explorer if you like..
Besides the fact that it says Droid I like it..it may be my ROM but I had to change the sound file to android_audio.mp3 to get it to play.
Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk

papaskispartan said:
Good Morning, This was pretty cool so I thought i would do it. Just one thing to add about your adb instructions. Pushing the mp3 is missing "_final".
It should read
adb push SPC_animation_final.mp3 /system/customize/resource
Again thanks
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Ooops! Nice catch and thanks for pointing that out!

MrDSL said:
you can use root explorer if you like..
Besides the fact that it says Droid I like it..it may be my ROM but I had to change the sound file to android_audio.mp3 to get it to play.
Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk
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Hmmm that is weird...The actual mp3 was just edited from an incredible boot up when the file WAS named android_audio.mp3. Glad that you got it figured out, though.

please help
i dont know what im doing wrong but every time i try to push the bootanimation.zip i get
cannot stat 'bootanimation.zip' :no such file or directory
and i have both the bootanimation.zip and the mp3 file in my tools folder and help would be greatly appreciated thanks in advanced

rjmjr69 said:
Can this be installed without adb? And if so how please?
I love it so cool. Can the sound be taken out as well tho?
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Terminal Emulator app in the market will do this.
su
cat /sdcard/download/bootanimation.zip > /system/customize/resource/bootanimation.zip

Tried that using beterterminal and I get an access denied error read only???
From adb I get cannot stat no such such file or directory "bootanimation.zip"

rjmjr69 said:
Tried that using beterterminal and I get an access denied error read only???
From adb I get cannot stat no such such file or directory "bootanimation.zip"
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I have never used beter terminal. Try the terminal emulator from jack palevich. It is in the market place for free.
Denied access, read only in the emulator sounds like you didnt put in 'su' first. Once you enter type su in the prompt should change to #
your adb error sounds like you need to either mount the sdcard or change it to charge only.

I put the files in there but the damn SPRINT animation which I hate with a passion keeps playing. I can adb shell into my phone and see the files in /system/customize/resource but it doesn't pick it up automatically. Is there anything else I need to do to get rid of the SPRINT one?
I am rooted using the 2 root safe versions of the OTA updates, but otherwise stock build. I have also tried using the boot animation replace utility someone else on here developed ... it says it worked as well ... but then the stupid sprint one plays. Any ideas? I have a bunch of stuff in my resource folder I also have these files in my customize folder:
AAInfo.txt
COMMON.xml
cid_map.xml
resource
1_00_sample.xml
CID
mccmnc.xml
MNS
default.xml
mns_map.xml
I didn't know if maybe one of these tells it to point at the sprint boot instead of the custom one I put in... ?

what would be cool is if at the end when it says droid the word evo falls from the top and crushes the droid word. lol just a suggestion.

**EDIT** Problem resolved.
By the way I got mine to work, I had to boot into recovery and adb mount /system in order to get it working...
My favorite is the decepticon one but it is too small and I couldnt get it to work after resizing the png's and modifying the text...
timkdodson said:
I put the files in there but the damn SPRINT animation which I hate with a passion keeps playing. I can adb shell into my phone and see the files in /system/customize/resource but it doesn't pick it up automatically. Is there anything else I need to do to get rid of the SPRINT one?
I am rooted using the 2 root safe versions of the OTA updates, but otherwise stock build. I have also tried using the boot animation replace utility someone else on here developed ... it says it worked as well ... but then the stupid sprint one plays. Any ideas? I have a bunch of stuff in my resource folder I also have these files in my customize folder:
AAInfo.txt
COMMON.xml
cid_map.xml
resource
1_00_sample.xml
CID
mccmnc.xml
MNS
default.xml
mns_map.xml
I didn't know if maybe one of these tells it to point at the sprint boot instead of the custom one I put in... ?
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Does this work with Froyo? Sound also?

ocelot4ark said:
Hope this isn't against protocol. I posted this in the "HOWTO" thread, but in the event there are people that don't venture into that area...I think it looks pretty nice and it's customized for the Evo.
Here's what I'm using...
I had to cut it down significantly from my original plan because of the boot speed...but this lines up pretty perfect on my Evo. Here are the links if anyone wants to download themselves:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/jadhnz2m3my/bootanimation.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/wmnz2ntnxry/SPC_animation_final.mp3
Pretty sure you have to be ROOTED for this to work (I am).
adb remount
adb push bootanimation.zip /system/customize/resource
adb push SPC_animation.mp3 /system/customize/resource
adb shell reboot
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It would be better without the Droid part! Can you do one?
**EDIT**
Never mind, i just deleted the EYE folder and edited the .txt, but now i have one question,where is the original botanimation.zip located? i push yours to /system/customize/resource using root explorer (since i hate adb shell) and it didn't ask for overwrite so...it wasn't there.

This has potential to ber the best boot animation around but I don't like how it says droid. That's the only thing keeping me from switching right now.

Dredge said:
This has potential to ber the best boot animation around but I don't like how it says droid. That's the only thing keeping me from switching right now.
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I pushed it without the mp3

ummm when using adb do i transfer the zip file to the root in sdcard? im new at this, i know how to open shell but i just dont know exactly where to put the file after i download it.

mikevillarroel said:
I pushed it without the mp3
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I dont mean literally "says" I mean the text...

[MOD] Sense 2.06 BootAnimation from /data/local

A mod that you apply to a flashed rom then the boot animation runs from /data/local and can be replaced manually or using boot animation changer.
Flash after any Sense rom that normally has bootanimation in /system/customize/resource
It will delete the 2 files in /system/customize/resource
Flash my own custom bootanimation.zip & android_audio.mp3 to /data/local/ (Only to make sure it works)
create the required symlinks that survive reboot's.
You can then just replace the files in /data/local/ as needed.
Thanks to lambrospower for the idea
[edit]
BootAnim_Restore added, restores the default htc bootanimation.zip & android_audio.mp3 to /system/customize/resource

i am greatly thank you for all the support you gave me...very nice MOD although i integrated it into my rom...very good for all the others that do not bake their roms!!!!
there is a slight renaming typo....bootA[m]i[N]_to_Data

This works on Official froyo/sense ROM but I have one question. How can I edit the path in the ZIP file to \data\local\ when I change the boot animation in your ZIP file. The reason is because I have tried various bootanimation.zip file but none seem to change from yours and boot animation lite doesnt have the one I want.

It's already /data/local,
Just use ADB or a file manager and replace the one this zip install's in /data/local/

Klutsh said:
It's already /data/local,
Just use ADB or a file manager and replace the one this zip install's in /data/local/
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I know the file path is already there but when I replace the bootanimation it also deletes the path. It doesnt keep it.
I am looking to avoid ADB as I dont understand it and when I view the SD card I can see a folder called data but there is no local folder.

These do not go on the SDcard, but on internal memory.
You can replace the zip file inside the zip I attached then flash it turning signature check off.

Will disabling signature check put the bootanimation.zip in the correct place?
As I said, i tried simply changing the bootanimation.zip in the archive but when I do that it deletes the path that the file has to go to ie, \data\local\.

Thank you so much for this!
I can finally have a good bootanim.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Shetlander said:
Will disabling signature check put the bootanimation.zip in the correct place?
As I said, i tried simply changing the bootanimation.zip in the archive but when I do that it deletes the path that the file has to go to ie, \data\local\.
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try after updating the zip not to change its mode....keep it to store...do not use any compression...it might be this the problem

Finally sussed out how to replace the bootanimation.zip file and retain the correct path. All good now.
Thanks Klutsh for a usefull little tool.

Brilliant!
Thnx!

BootAnim_Restore added to the first post, restores the default htc bootanimation.zip & android_audio.mp3 to /system/customize/resource

How did you end up managing to do it as I too can't find a local folder in my data folder...
when i ran the bootamin_to_data zip my phone changed boot animation to a gentleman with text saying DeLite (or similar) but still I couldn't find a local folder in my data folder, nor could i find wher this delite image was stored, so i ran the restore.zip and am now back to where I started...

After the change files are stored in /data/local/

Now this is brilliant!!
Ever since the Froyo came out for the desire it's been very hard to put custom bootanimations to the desire. NOT ANYMORE!!!!
Thanx a bunch mate!

ok, can someone tell me where to push the Bootanimation files to?
Presumably if they're on the phone i cannot navigate to the file using a pc & USB?
Should i use ADB in which case, can you tell me the script for the ADB command
Or should i transfer to the SD and use rootexplorer / astro to move it to the data/local file?
OK Sorted it, i just put bootanimation.zip in Android/tools, then use ADB command
C:\androidSDK\tools>adb push bootanimatino.zip data/local

[Q] Droid X BootAnimations

I been trying to change my boot animation and I cant seem to get it right
I have downloaded "Boot Animation Changer LITE" and tried to change it. Now i have a different Droid boot animation that I do not want.
How can I change my boot animation with out these apps??
Also how to i revert to my old boot animation, I have a backup
ps. Im rooted on the Droid X 2.2

Bump. I would like to know this as well. I wonder if it is the same as the first Droid. Just replacing the bootanimation.zip file. Can anyone second?

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I think the easiest way to do so is to flash an update.zip...
Point me in the direction of your original boot anim and I might be able to fashion up an update.zip for you.
Unless I'm missing something, the Droid X doesn't have read/write access to /system while the phone is on in Android...Is that still the case?

Here is the really cool DroidX/Incredible bootanimation. I could not install it, though.
I got permission denied.
Please do fashion an update.zip!!
And try this, maybe it works for you. It's supposed to work, but it didn't for me.
Instructions
1. Download bootanimation.zip
2. Put it on the root directory of your SD card
3. Open the terminal app and enter:
su
cp /sdcard/bootanimation.zip /data/local/
reboot
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Maltadev, here are the two boot animations you requested. They are in the same order as you posted.
Tell me if it works for ya.
Just to be safe, do a Nandroid backup before you flash these. You could probably use ROM Manager too, but IDK.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/gq8w5whz17gnkk0/bootanimation1-signed.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/9unu01nddwm5eoc/bootanimation2-signed.zip

Thanks, I managed to get it running, on eclair 2.2, and it looks HELL cool
I did this:
1. Paste bootanimation.zip to sd card.
2. Open a terminal and put in these commands
su
mount -o remount ,rw /system/
rm /system/media/bootanimation.zip -f
cp /sdcard/bootanimation.zip /system/media
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and reboot. Worked for me
I will flush those updates for you though, just to see if they work =)

I tried renaming it to androidupdate.zip, but when I select "Install Update" in the menu it keeps looking for an "androidupdate.tar", and says "File not found".
Could you recompress it to .tar?

In rom manager or clockwork recovery?

Ahh sorry I misunderstood you - I didn't install any 3rd party programs, I just put the file in /andboot folder and when I rebooted I held the centerdpad and hit "Install Update"...

Do you know how to boot into recovery? That is what I'm talking about.
These bootanimations should be flashable via recovery. You need to manually select and update.zip like bootanimation1-signed.zip and confirm. It shouldn't throw any errors. If it works, reboot and watch your new animation.

[Q] remove bootanimation

Hey people,
I had the transformers bootanimation installed in my unrooted transformer using the adb push to data/local. I wish to remove the same and revert back to the default.
I tried deleting the bootanimation in the data/local, but even now, the transformers bootanimation still comes up.
On reading the various related posts in the forum, I was led to believe that just the deletion of the bootanimation in the data/local folder should cause a reversal to the default boot animation.
Also, upon checking if the bootanimation.zip in the system folder, I saw that it contained the default bootanimation only.
Could anyone direct me towards how do I go about correctly reverting the bootanimation to the default?
Thanks.

Yes deleting the bootanimation.zip from data/local should revert to the bootanimation.zip in system/media. Maybe you have the same bootanimation in system/media?

baseballfanz said:
Yes deleting the bootanimation.zip from data/local should revert to the bootanimation.zip in system/media. Maybe you have the same bootanimation in system/media?
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Sorry, but the bootanimation in system/media is the original ASUS one... I even copied and pasted that one to data/local, but no luck..

what method did you use to delete the file from data/local?
obviously since you're not rooted you must beusing adb correct?
what's the command you're using?
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

baseballfanz said:
what method did you use to delete the file from data/local?
obviously since you're not rooted you must beusing adb correct?
what's the command you're using?
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk
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I actually used the inbuilt file manager and deleted using that..
Ohh. So do I have to remove the file using adb too? If thats the case, could you tell me the command please?
Thanks

I didn't realized you could access rootfolder without root.
Anyway try
Code:
adb shell rm -r /data/local/bootanimation.zip

baseballfanz said:
I didn't realized you could access rootfolder without root.
Anyway try
Code:
adb shell rm -r /data/local/bootanimation.zip
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Thanks,.. that worked...
Actually, you are right.. Before, when I did not get where data/local was present, i had created a folder with the same name in the storage. I had put the .zip file in that. After that, I did the adb push method to actually get the boot animation to work. And i forgot abt that.