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[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

can not change boot screen

i have tries using pushbot 2 and using command prompt but no luck i still get sprint boot loading. I rooted phone with unrevoked and i have the [ROM] 10/03/10 | SPRINT LOVERS | 2.2 | Offical 3.29.651.5| what could i be doing wrong

the splash image or the boot animation?

boot animation

I just copy it to the /system/customize/resource folder with root explorer and then set the proper permissions for the file.

martijua said:
I just copy it to the /system/customize/resource folder with root explorer and then set the proper permissions for the file.
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What are the proper permissions?

cfrock said:
What are the proper permissions?
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Set them like this:

martijua said:
I just copy it to the /system/customize/resource folder with root explorer and then set the proper permissions for the file.
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it says i cannot do it, as it is read only?

backdown said:
it says i cannot do it, as it is read only?
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Click on the root explorer "mount r/w" button

and then!
so i just reboot and it works!?
update:
i Rebooted and it worked! i have a new boot animation!
Thanks!~

[Q] Boot animation problem

Running Android Revolution HD 5.1.6 by mike1986​So I downloaded the Call of Android boot animation using the Absolute System app. I copy/pasted into the /system/media/ where it should be using Root Explorer (File Manager) app. So after I pasted it in there, I rebooted and it didn't work.​My question: Is this boot animation compatible with my phone? If it's not, oh well. If it is, did I do something wrong or is there something I didn't do?
Thanks in advance.

Oathdynasty said:
Running Android Revolution HD 5.1.6 by mike1986​So I downloaded the Call of Android boot animation using the Absolute System app. I copy/pasted into the /system/media/ where it should be using Root Explorer (File Manager) app. So after I pasted it in there, I rebooted and it didn't work.​My question: Is this boot animation compatible with my phone? If it's not, oh well. If it is, did I do something wrong or is there something I didn't do?
Thanks in advance.
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Check the android revolution thread and see what it says about boot animation. Make sure that's where its supposed to be for that rom. Also did you rename it to whatever its supposed to be named for that rom. I'm not sure if its bootanimation.whatever but look into that too (rename it to whatever the name of the file was you replaced).

You can replace HTC boot animation with any custom boot animation. Just replace bootanimation.zip in data/local
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So I put it in /data/local and restarted. Nothing :/

Oathdynasty said:
So I put it in /data/local and restarted. Nothing :/
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My bootanimation.zip file needs to be located in system/customize/resource for the ROM in my sig. Dig around for where the file is supposed to be located for your ROM.
Edit: Also what the file name needs to be.

Well mine is in system/media/ and it's bootanimation.zip. I even tried installing it in clockwork recovery.

Oathdynasty said:
Well mine is in system/media/ and it's bootanimation.zip. I even tried installing it in clockwork recovery.
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Just copy the file there using a file manager and re-boot. I don't think you need to flash a boot splash. That's all I do in my ROM. Just make sure the file is named correctly.

Well I put it in there, reboot and after it shows HTC, it goes black until sense loads

[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.

[Resolved] [Q] somewhat of a noobish question (thats why im here)

Im trying to install a custom boot animation on the recently-developed Cyanogenmod 9 ICS beta ROM (4.0.3) by Lupohirp (for my Optimus T) and I used ES file explorer to navigate to the either the /system/media directory or the /data/local directory and are having problems getting it to work.
Is it a ROM dependant issue why it won't show the custom boot animation?
Because when I put the bootanimation.zip file in the /system/media folder, it still defaults to the vanilla Android flashy logo.
If I try to paste it to the /data/local folder, it will come up with an error saying "bootanimation.zip paste failed!"

MDA400 said:
Im trying to install a custom boot animation on the recently-developed Cyanogenmod 9 ICS beta ROM (4.0.3) by Lupohirp (for my Optimus T) and I used ES file explorer to navigate to the either the /system/media directory or the /data/local directory and are having problems getting it to work.
Is it a ROM dependant issue why it won't show the custom boot animation?
Because when I put the bootanimation.zip file in the /system/media folder, it still defaults to the vanilla Android flashy logo.
If I try to paste it to the /data/local folder, it will come up with an error saying "bootanimation.zip paste failed!"
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you need to make sure it's going in the right folder, some ROMs point to different places.
you also need to make sure you've given ES root and r/w mount privilege so it can paste stuff where you want.

orangekid said:
you need to make sure it's going in the right folder, some ROMs point to different places.
you also need to make sure you've given ES root and r/w mount privilege so it can paste stuff where you want.
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It'll take me a bit to ask the creator of the rom since i need 10 posts, but I thought it could be a reason for where the ROM looks for the boot animation.
As for the root and read/write privlieges, i have set ES to request root from SuperUser and know which privileges i need to set (rw-r--r--) as informed by the creator of the boot animation.

Have you tried a boot anim utility?
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Sent from my Dell Streak 7

Hooride707 said:
Have you tried a boot anim utility?
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Sent from my Dell Streak 7
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No, but as soon as you posted that, i googled it and its an actually app. thats pretty cool ill try that.
Note: i tried again yesterday to get a boot animation to work and finally got it to paste into /data/local with rw-r--r-- permissions and even tried pasting it into /system/bin, but it wont work. Just boots up with the white LG logo on a black background, then to the lockscreen.

EDIT: Apparently there is no support for boot animation in this ROM for now, and its clear why it doesn't show one anymore at start up. i guess it did before, but now it doesn't.
Ill just wait to see how its updated in the future, but for now, thread resolved.