You will need to download the android-sdk located www.android.com
I do not take credit for any of this at all, I discovered this on the www.androidforums.com This may help a few of you.
This tutorial should help you get your own custom bootanimation on your Droid incredible. Here is a "PREVIEW" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9erbdb7sOo&feature=player_embedded
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1st)Go to http://www.flexjunk.com/2010/05/01/installing-htc-incredible-android-sd-drivers/ This will help you setup your Droid Incredible to be recognized on your computer. After do this step it will tell you to reboot your computer.
(If your droid is is already setup to be recognized skip step 1)
2nd)Run terminal or (command prompt), point it to your (<sdk>directory)
3rd)With you Droid Incredible-
: go to settings, applications, development, *(Check) USB Debugging*
: plug in your Incredible to the usb, select "disk drive" option
: inside terminal (or command prompt) run
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adb devices
if it doesn't not recognize your device then you did something wrong.
(tips- reboot computer, make sure adb debugging is checked, reboot phone)
4th)Download any custom bootanimation.zip you want and place it inside your 'tools folder' located in your SDK
(you can find many custom bootanimations inside many custom roms <located inside /system/media>)
5th)Now type
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adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local
: If you also want audio to play with your boot animation find the mp3 audio file you want and type this
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adb push android_audio.mp3 /data/local
: If the command worked, you should see a prompt with "bootanimation.zip filesize 4,470 kB" or some file size (yours will be different)
6th)Now type
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adb shell reboot
Please Note: not any audio or bootanimation.zip will work-no one is responsible for your actions. Hope this helps enjoy!!!
*ID*
If I missed any steps please post your problems and we will try our best to help you.
Thanks for this. Will update on how well it works when i finish making my animation.
not sure what im doing wrong i have androidsdk saved as c:androidsdk. but when i run cmd i get this
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Chris>androidsdk
'androidsdk' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
IncredibleDoes said:
If I missed any steps please post your problems and we will try our best to help you.
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This is very cool ID, I was j/w if you had any tutorial/example boot animations... I will check out the ones that come with the SDK, that may be enough to learn from (I'm very interested in creating my own, not just using other people's work without understanding it) for the Incredible. If there is a tutorial in the SDK, feel free to say "RTFM", lol, my phone is 15 miles away but I won't be able to get it until next week =/, but I want to be prepped to go at it before then.
thanks for this, been wanting to put the nexus boot animation on my phone for awile now
I cannot get any mp3 to sound during boot up. Anyone have any ideas. I figured it was because of the size of the mp3 but I even tried a small one and still no luck.
More than likely you'll need an ogg file for sound. I'm about to change mine so I'll let you know.
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android_audio.mp3 works as the file name
edit: sorry for the double post
moosc said:
not sure what im doing wrong i have androidsdk saved as c:androidsdk. but when i run cmd i get this
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Chris>androidsdk
'androidsdk' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
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your missing a very important command
cd foldername/tools then hit enter (make sure that your files "bootanimation.zip" and "android_audio.mp3" are in the tools folder or this won't work it will you give you an error)
then type
adb devices
it will list whats connected
then type
adb push bootanimation.zip data/local
hit enter
adb push android_audio.mp3 data/local
hit enter
your done!
restart your phone and enjoy your new boot screen
here's a how to video of how i figured mine out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIBk1-NB_ZM&feature=player_embedded
and here's my result! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SnsXKFvGQs i had some help with the audio syncing, Santod from PPC helped with that part since it was off by a few seconds
Note: this is NOT my boot animation, it was made by a member on Phandroid forums, i'm sharing the files i used to get my result nothing more.
DO NOT unzip the bootanimation.zip to put onto your phone
UNZIP the android_audio.zip to the tools folder where you need to have both files stored to do the file push to your phone
Edit: Just to clear up some confusion, make sure the following files are in your Tools folder for the SDK
bootanimation.zip
android_audio.mp3 (be sure to unzip the zip file to the same directory as the bootanimation.zip file or this will not transfer)
haha, that's awesome m8. Now I am really inspired to create my own Bootanimation from scratch, but first I am going to work on something a little easier (working on 2 different live wallpapers atm... might put them up on the marketplace if they turn out as good as I envision them in my head... anything I make for the Android platform will of course be free to XDA Senior Members/Moderators/etc).
sorry for the noob question but how do i remove the boot sound after I installed it via ADB in the instructions? i really dislike the one i put on...
thanks for any help
you can just remove it from the the directory, rm "file name" But i am still not able to get my sound to work during boot up. Any one have this problem
dincodee said:
you can just remove it from the the directory, rm "file name" But i am still not able to get my sound to work during boot up. Any one have this problem
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Dincodee..
Make sure you unzip the audio file and drop only the .mp3 into your sdk tools folder then push the mp3. Worked for me this way.
parkson...
I believe you can just push another mp3 named the same and it will write over the existing. If I'm wrong someone correct me pls.
is there any way to do this via terminal emulator or astro on the phone itself? ADB does not work for me
BootAni Loaded - Now What?
Hi there - so I get the whole process - piece of cake. However, Where does this data now reside on the phone? Using AndExplorer to view the directory structure, but can't seem to locate where the zip file contents are pushed to, or the *.mp3 file is residing. What if I'd like to revert to the old (and boring) Verizon Wireless boot ani?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Also, kudos to all who posted this.
~Justin
BootAni Loaded - Now What?
Hi there - so I get the whole process - piece of cake. However, Where does this data now reside on the phone? Using AndExplorer to view the directory structure, but can't seem to locate where the zip file contents are pushed to, or the *.mp3 file is residing. What if I'd like to revert to the old (and boring) Verizon Wireless boot ani?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Also, kudos to all who posted this.
~Justin
NCX Designs said:
your missing a very important command
cd foldername/tools then hit enter (make sure that your files "bootanimation.zip" and "android_audio.mp3" are in the tools folder or this won't work it will you give you an error)
then type
adb devices
it will list whats connected
then type
adb push bootanimation.zip data/local
hit enter
adb push android_audio.mp3 data/local
hit enter
your done!
restart your phone and enjoy your new boot screen
Works Great!
thanks for the instructions team!
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i followed the direction directly but when i reboot i get no boot animation at all, just a black screen until my phone actually boots to the homescreen. whats going on?
Thanks this really helped a lot. Also just resently leaded adb so this was a great start for me o learn
Sent from my Droid Incredible
Hi!
I want to make nandroid backup on my rooted XT720 (stock firmware 2.1). I have OpenRecovery-1_42 and also tried with OR-GOTmod_v2.01. Unziped and put update.zip and OpenRecovery directory in sdcard. Then I booted in Android System Recovery and instantly got the information "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command". I check apply sdcard:update.zip and get this:
-- Install from sdcard...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:E0CD marker occurs after start of E0CD
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
What to do now? I tried many times but I have this everytime.
Try Open Recovery 1.46. Instructions & download link
HTH
3rdstring said:
Try Open Recovery 1.46. Instructions & download link
HTH
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same thing :|
still getting "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command"
any more suggestions?
Make sure u downloaded and are following instructions on the xt720. There are many did vairents. Works for me everytime. I could not get it to work without a similar card tho wouldn't go to recovery image. Did work with similar tho. I can try to make a video if the proccess if us like
I followed XT720 instructions, it's sure.
Do you mean it could be a matter of sdcard? I may try with the other one... should I format it or make some special partitions (FAT32, EXT2/3, etc.)?
Are you installing open recovery via the adb script after copying the openrecovery folder/files onto your sd card?
This works a charm for me
Has nothing to do with sdcard I ment sim card not similar card. Stupid predictive text. But just make sure u have open recovery folder at root of sdcard which would /sdcard/OpenRecovery. And make sure openrecovery.zip is in root of sdcard also /sdcard/openrecovery.zip and retry the script. Dont install zip
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Are you installing open recovery via the adb script after copying the openrecovery folder/files onto your sd card?
This works a charm for me
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I don't know what's adb script :| I input commands via Windows' terminal (cmd)... Is it ok?
I'm sure OpenRecovery directory and zip file are in root of sdcard. I'm not doing anything with zip file. Just put both things into sdcard after unpacking OpenRecovery_v1_46_STR.rar.
demanche said:
Are you installing open recovery via the adb script after copying the openrecovery folder/files onto your sd card?
This works a charm for me
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I don't know what's adb script :| I input commands via Windows' terminal (cmd)... Is it ok?
I'm sure OpenRecovery directory and zip file are in root of sdcard. I'm not doing anything with zip file. Just put both things into sdcard after unpacking OpenRecovery_v1_46_STR.rar.
Yea the Cmd prompt. When u type adb devices in the cmd prompt u should see your serial number if not u dont have adb set up. I can make a tutorial video after work if u would like
I don't see any serial number. I guess I need that video... if that's not a problem..
I used the emulator method.... >>
1. Download Recovery 4.0.0.9 from Modaco's website
2. Using Root Explorer, find the file in your downloads folder on the sdcard.
3. Paste the recovery img file into your phone's /data/local folder.
4. In terminal emulator, first type "su" and then type "'dd if=/data/local/doubleshot.clockworkmod.4.0.0.9.modaco.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21" and let it transfer the recovery file.
its goes thru no problem ...everything seems to go ok i can boot into recovery but none of the back up files i create work...i cleaned out 3gigs of space on my sdcard so it wouldn't run out of space during the back up process but still none of the back up files work....had to use a back up file i made with Revolutionary 4.0.0.8....
any thoughts on what the problem could be?
bump......
I have created a batch file to edit new roms I download. Basicilly the batch file takes the rom extracts it, then deletes all the apk's etc I dont want and then zips it up again as update.zip.
Once it has done this, it then copies the update.zip to my SD card and then uses the adb commmand to reboot the phone into the recovery menu.
This all works fine. The problem I have is when I go to flash the zip I get error aborted. I found that when it creates the zip file it doesn't add the META-INF folder as uppercase in the update.zip file.
As linux is cse sensitive I think this is my problem. Is there any way to use 7za.exe to add it as upper case into the update.zip and all the other folders as lower case?
The command I use to create the zip is: 7za a -tzip update.zip *
Any ideas on how to zip the file in dos and preserve the uppercase folders?
Fixed it needed to use the -r switch with 7za. Now when I get a new rom I can fully extract it, delete all the files I want zip it transfer it to the phone and reboot the phone!
Not sure what happened during a ROM flashing, however, all in all, I can only boot my phone into Bootloader and recovery...nothing else, it says *error mounting /sdcard*So I can't restore or flash a previous backed up ROM. So I guess it would be called a soft brick. Any way of getting out of this? I tried to adb push, doesn't work. Tried the All in One kit, still nothing.
For anyone who can help me with my phone, I will compensate you for your time and knowledge.
If all else fails, I will just have to call and have the phone replaced.
Thanks in advance.
dont panic try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459
I got as far as being able to mount my sdcard, now I can't push any files on to my phone?
put the rom in your adb folder, Use the command
adb push nameofrom.zip /sdcard
then in CWM it should appear
Check here for a full guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667929
C:\androidsdk\tools>adb push ROM.zip /sdcard/ROM.zip
cannot stat 'ROM.zip': No such file or directory
This is what it says when I try to push the ROM
and the rom is in the tools folder ?
you also naming it right ?
don't add the rom.zip after sdcard
i think that means you are pushing it to a rom.zip folder already on card--not 100% sure though
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C:\androidsdk\tools>adb push ROM.zip /sdcard/ROM.zip
cannot stat 'ROM.zip': No such file or directory
This is what it says when I try to push the ROM
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Could also be you're not typing the path to the file correctly.
Do this, on your PC navigate to the folder where you have the ROM.zip file (in your case the tools folder in androidsdk.
Hold down the SHIFT button while right clicking on the "tools" folder
A drop down menu will appear and chose "Open Command window here"
You should get a CMD window with the correct path.
Also for me it's always "platform-tools" folder that I put my file to be push in.
hey BBF nice to see still around--loving my 1s
sorry for off-topic guys