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change boot animation

Hi guys,
Is it easy to change the boot animation? I have root and all that and would like to change the 02 boot animation.
Is there a guide anywhere or would someone be so kind to type up a quick how to?

steste01 said:
Hi guys,
Is it easy to change the boot animation? I have root and all that and would like to change the 02 boot animation.
Is there a guide anywhere or would someone be so kind to type up a quick how to?
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yes it is very easy to change the boot animation
but do not change anything else as it could brick your device
1.download the zip of the animation that you need & put it on your sd card
2.get es explorer or any other file manager(root explorer)
3.rename the zip file as bootanimation.zip
4.if you are using es file explorer press menu button>settings
select root explorer & mount file system
5.click on the first button on the top(it looks like a sd card)
6.go to system/customize/resource
7.delete the boot animation.zip file in there & replace it with the copied zip(the one that you put on the sd)
thats it,now you have a new boot animation
please use the search function next time

Thanks for that.
But it didnt work - I got the stock one from another thread but the o2 animation remains!

thanks a lot for these

Eastnorth said:
thanks a lot for these
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did it work for you?

steste01 said:
Thanks for that.
But it didnt work - I got the stock one from another thread but the o2 animation remains!
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Are you definitely asking for help with the boot animation or do you want to change the white splash screen ?

There are guides already in themes and applications forum
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neomis said:
Are you definitely asking for help with the boot animation or do you want to change the white splash screen ?
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yeah its the animation. Im happy with the htc splash screen. After that I get an "O2 Welcome" animation. Its that im trying to change.

steste01 said:
yeah its the animation. Im happy with the htc splash screen. After that I get an "O2 Welcome" animation. Its that im trying to change.
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Ok, then ben_pyett has a point: theme & app section is your goal

I fugured it out. there was a zip file called 02_Ul_Boot.zip or something like that. I replaced that with the one I wanted and it worked a treat

[BOOT ANIMATION] V2.0 - Retrograde Sensation (Hero is back...)

Like some people, I missed the little 'droid boot animation from my HTC Hero.
So I've made one for my Sensation...
As you can see from the YouTube clip above, it's a re-work of the original Hero boot
It's available to download from here : https://sites.google.com/site/techbobbins/home/articles/retrograde-sensation
It also incorporates the black HTC "quietly brilliant" graphic already available on XDA (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193798&highlight=black+htc) - so credit where that is due (mexxxico)
Just put the .zip & .mp3 into /data/local (or just the .zip if you don't want the noise!)
NOTE: This animation was created for use (initially) with ARHD 1.1.8 - if your bootanimation.zip goes elsewhere, put it (and the mp3) in the relevant location.
splash.img is obviously just the splash image, and instructions for getting that up are here...
UPDATE: I have now (30/08/2011) released V2.0, in which I have :
updated the main animation to be reflected (although I have not yet made the 'droid character reflect!)
reduced the .zip by 176K (size matters!)
amended the timings slightly to (IMO) better match the sound
removed the 'non-reflected' splash image - only the reflected one is available now
NB: Someone noted the reflected text is hard to see - it's as close as I could get it to the Hero one, and thus is very faded - if you tilt the top of your phone toward your eyes and "look down" on the phone, you'll definitely see it
Hope you like it

pushed the bootanimation only, it works great and looks great! thanks so much!

Welcome
When I get some more time, I'll add the faded mirror text under Sensation (like it was on the Hero originally) - but for a first stab, I'm happy

Ow, so lovely Thanks you made this, mate! That was the only thing I missed about my Hero!

Great work! Best boot animation for sensation so far!
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Great work! Thanks

this works on 2.3.4?

I can't get different boot animations to work. I place them in the /data/local folder, but nothing changes when I restart my phone. Also tried placing them in the /system/customize/resource folder... But nothing. Anyone know what gives?
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kurtis.austin2 said:
I can't get different boot animations to work. I place them in the /data/local folder, but nothing changes when I restart my phone. Also tried placing them in the /system/customize/resource folder... But nothing. Anyone know what gives?
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Did you change the permissions? ("owner" read&write ticked, "group" only read ticked and "others" only read ticked)

BladeKnight said:
this works on 2.3.4?
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It should, but as I'm running ARHD, I've not (yet) gone to 2.1.0 to try it.

Axefield said:
Did you change the permissions? ("owner" read&write ticked, "group" only read ticked and "others" only read ticked)
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If you are rooted (which you presumably are), get an adb shell up and run
Code:
find / -name *animation.zip
It will return any file ending animation.zip (such as bootanimation.zip) with the full path. If you have a TMOUS for example, I believe they put their file in the resource dir, whereas ARHD lives in /data/local
Find your existing one, and put your chosen ones in that location with the same name - just backup the old one first

hey guys does i need to root my phone to change the boot animacion please tell me cous i want to get rid off the stupid vodafone logo

ice_lander said:
hey guys does i need to root my phone to change the boot animacion please tell me cous i want to get rid off the stupid vodafone logo
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Yes you do - start here. Post all support related questions in the Q&A forum or in that linked thread.

mp3 file
hi,ive got the bootanimation to work but im finding it very very hard to get the sound working also,ive tried putting it in data/local didin't work...ive now got bootanimation in system/customize/resource and works PERFECTLY,i've tried puttin the mp3 file in system/media/ringtones........NO JOY........i've set permission to RW-R-R. Please could u tell me what i've done wrong........THANKS

It seems some custom roms vary.
Mine (ARHD) is quite happy in /data/local - called android_audio.mp3
Try calling it android.mp3, and putting in the resource directory.
Also, you don't need to reboot to try it, you can simply run adb shell, and run "bootanimation" from the # prompt
This thread (here) shows the anim being renamed as well, so it's a bit rom dependant!
Happy hunting though!

ptruman said:
UPDATE: There is now a second splash image (splash_reflection.img) which has the Hero-style reflected text. I've yet to update this to the rest of the animation but it'll be coming...
Hope you like it
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Very good boot. Any plan to update?
If you do, any chance you can modify the splash/boot so that when transition is smoother?
Also, the Quitly Brilliant "Sound" is a little late compared to the animation.

Does the build.prop determine default file name and location for resources like splashes and boot animations?

omar302 said:
Very good boot. Any plan to update?
If you do, any chance you can modify the splash/boot so that when transition is smoother?
Also, the Quitly Brilliant "Sound" is a little late compared to the animation.
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Can't modify the splash/boot transition timing...
The splash.img is a ROM item (BMP converted directly from one of the JPGs in the anim), and the 1st graphic frame of the animation is the same dimensions/image (barring reflection) - it's how the phone O/S cuts over....
I should be able to work on the sound/sync - it's the exact audio file from the Hero, which I don't want to play with - so I may be able to shorten (or speed up ) the Sensation fade out so the audio is in quicker.
re: updating in general - I do plan to, but am a bit busy atm!

halftonehero said:
Does the build.prop determine default file name and location for resources like splashes and boot animations?
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Nope! I don't know where it's defined, other than in the OS.

Thank you much!
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[Script] Updater Zip for the HTC One X

This zip is for those of you that have recovery installed on your one x and would like to push files, make themes, ect via recovery vs pushing them in adb.
Just open the zip, drop in your files and flash away.

XsMagical said:
This zip is for those of you that have recovery installed on your one x and would like to push files, make themes, ect via recovery vs pushing them in adb.
Just open the zip, drop in your files and flash away.
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fix for the updater script.. Great news! +1

I had it fixed as soon as i flashed the recovery but i was busy working on roms lol. So i figured id share what i can and get the ball rolling here. I would love to see some themes!

Gracias Boricua...
This will be very useful!!

XsMagical said:
I had it fixed as soon as i flashed the recovery but i was busy working on roms lol. So i figured id share what i can and get the ball rolling here. I would love to see some themes!
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Me to! so now when opening rom manager and it tells us to install CWM can do that now with no issue or leave rom manager alone?

eraste said:
Me to! so now when opening rom manager and it tells us to install CWM can do that now with no issue or leave rom manager alone?
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I would just go into recovery, I've never used Rom manager
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XsMagical said:
This zip is for those of you that have recovery installed on your one x and would like to push files, make themes, ect via recovery vs pushing them in adb.
Just open the zip, drop in your files and flash away.
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Sorry for the noon question... Do I just download the file on my phone?? Do I install in com? What do I do? Lol Sorry..
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It's just a tool, download it and place files you want to flash in the proper folders. It has data and system folders
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XsMagical said:
It's just a tool, download it and place files you want to flash in the proper folders. It has data and system folders
Swyped from my Nocturnal'd ONE X
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Oh on my comp. Ok thank you
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XsMagical said:
It's just a tool, download it and place files you want to flash in the proper folders. It has data and system folders
Swyped from my Nocturnal'd ONE X
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Just to test I made a bootanimation and stuck it in there then put the entire file on my sdcard, didnt rename it or anything kept the OneX_Nocturnal_Updater.zip, then went to apply zip from sd card. Didnt change bootanimation. hmm its ok to keep the name or do we have to rename it update.zip etc?

Awesome. Thank u
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eraste said:
Just to test I made a bootanimation and stuck it in there then put the entire file on my sdcard, didnt rename it or anything kept the OneX_Nocturnal_Updater.zip, then went to apply zip from sd card. Didnt change bootanimation. hmm its ok to keep the name or do we have to rename it update.zip etc?
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Did you edit the cid xml files? Rename the bootanimations the same as the ones in my zip
Tiffany84 said:
Awesome. Thank u
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Welcome, now where are my themes
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XsMagical said:
Did you edit the cid xml files? Rename the bootanimations the same as the ones in my zip
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No edit to cid files, renamed to ATT_bootanimation.zip instead of just over writing the ones you had, oops that was probably the issue.
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Yea, I just made the generic so we could just use them all with out adding the htc_ or att_ before the name
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XsMagical said:
This zip is for those of you that have recovery installed on your one x and would like to push files, make themes, ect via recovery vs pushing them in adb.
Just open the zip, drop in your files and flash away.
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Thanks dude, much appreciated!

That's what its all about, the sooner we get the mods out there the sooner we will have a better phone.
Swyped from my Nocturnal'd ONE X

Hey XsMagical I use this updater script for my bootanimations etc as stated before. I never tried a downanimation until yesterday. The script worked and pushed the downanimation.zip to system/customize/resource but it didnt "stick". Once I turned phone off the old animation played.
Stumped as to what could have happened I went over everything and made sure it was ok. Finally I just renamed the pushed downanimation.zip to hTC_downanimation.zip and it stuck then.
Is there something missing in the script that would allow the downanimation.zip to be used instead of having to rename it?
The bootanimation.zip works fine flashes over to phone and sticks. The downanimation.zip however has to be renamed to hTC_downanimation.zip for it to stick.
Thanks

eraste said:
Hey XsMagical I use this updater script for my bootanimations etc as stated before. I never tried a downanimation until yesterday. The script worked and pushed the downanimation.zip to system/customize/resource but it didnt "stick". Once I turned phone off the old animation played.
Stumped as to what could have happened I went over everything and made sure it was ok. Finally I just renamed the pushed downanimation.zip to hTC_downanimation.zip and it stuck then.
Is there something missing in the script that would allow the downanimation.zip to be used instead of having to rename it?
The bootanimation.zip works fine flashes over to phone and sticks. The downanimation.zip however has to be renamed to hTC_downanimation.zip for it to stick.
Thanks
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Whatever its named is what it needs to be named to overwrite it. In the code its looking for a particular name so if u name it something other than what the original is named it won't recognize it. So obviously the script is ok because it pushed it there but the name was wrong. Try using the original name and see if it over writes it. Hope that made sense.
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Tiffany84 said:
Whatever its named is what it needs to be named to overwrite it. In the code its looking for a particular name so if u name it something other than what the original is named it won't recognize it. So obviously the script is ok because it pushed it there but the name was wrong. Try using the original name and see if it over writes it. Hope that made sense.
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Yea it made sense lol. I asked because in the zip I can leave bootanimation.zip that name even though the name on phone is ATT_bootanimation.zip, when flashed it will place the bootanimation.zip in the right location and make ATT_bootanimation void not replacing it but both zips in same location. Phone then will use the bootanimation.zip instead even though both are still there.
With the downanimation.zip in the updater zip it has to be renamed to hTC_downanimation.zip thus replacing the existing zip to work.
No major problem was just wondering y the phone would recognize and use bootanimation.zip over the still existing ATT_bootanimation.zip that doesn't get replaced but not the downanimation.zip
Thanks for your help
Ross.
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Thanks for this, been looking to try my hand with some dev stuff and this will certainly help out.
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(REQ) CM10 Boot Animations - Reverse Landscape

Can anyone get these done for me? My tab is mounted in my cars dasboard, in a reverse landscape manner. I need it this way so I can reach the power button and SD card when needed easily.
I've looked and have only seen portrait and landscape.
Thanks ahead of time. Thanks will be given for helpful posts.

Anyone? Perhaps someone could help me figure out how to do it myself?
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RED ZMAN said:
Anyone? Perhaps someone could help me figure out how to do it myself?
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Extract the bootanimation.zip using winrar>>>>>>>>after extraction two folders(part1,part0) and one desc.txt are created>>>>> open part0>>>>select all images>>>right click and then select rotate counterclockwise >>>>>do the same for part1>>>>>and then select all the folders(part0 and part1) and also the desc.txt file>>>>>right click>>>select add to archive>>>>select the option "ZIP">>>>set the compression method to "STORE">>>>Leave everything else as it is>>>>and name the file bootanimation.zip>>>>paste it in system/media>>>>>ENJOY
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This should work.......nah...... must work
If it doesn't then please inform

Wow... Why the hell didn't I think of an easy way?
Which size is right for us?
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RED ZMAN said:
Wow... Why the hell didn't I think of an easy way?
Which size is right for us?
Blasted from my HTC Rezound (Zone23s Newtified 3.2.1)
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keep that default......in that bootanimation it's 480X480......
if that doesn't do well inform me....

Thank you, probably won't be able to get to it till next week. Going on vacation.
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To modify the boot animation, extract the ROM, open system/media, extract bootanimation and use fastone photoresizer to modify it. Then zip the folder, zip the ROM and sign it using zip signer and flash it.
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Okay, tried the above. Renamed the old bootanimation.zip to boot animation.zip.bak , and pasted the file using ES File Explorer to the same folder.
Rebooted, and instead of the CM10 animation, I got the "ANDROID" animation from way back when, still rotated for portrait...
I rebooted into recovery, fixed permissions, and got the same thing.
I did exactly what you said above, and it looked like everything was right. Changed the Archive Format to .zip from .rar, and Compression Method to Store. Copied it to my SD card, moved it in ES File Explorer after renaming the original file.

GOT IT!
Fixing Permissions didn't do it, I had to manually go in and fix them to match the original file.
Worked perfectly, and looks great. MUCH faster than the SAPIR animation.
Thank you!

For anyone else needing to do this, the correct permissions are...
RW
R
R

nothing happened... where do i wrong?

Can someone find Boot Ani HTC

Does anyone have a HD HTC cool boot animation? Maybe one for our m8?
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big70tom said:
Does anyone have a HD HTC cool boot animation? Maybe one for our m8?
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I have a pretty cool one that is made for the M8 that follows a Matrix theme with the falling letters. I know the Matrix is old school but it looks pretty cool. Let me know if you want to take a look and I'll throw it up on dropbox. Of course it has the obligatory HTC stuff in it as well.

Heck yes. Is it flashable?
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big70tom said:
Heck yes. Is it flashable?
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No it is not flashable. You just copy it to the appropriate directory.
It is going up now and is a 19meg file but it is gorgeous.
File is named vzw_bootup.zip That is what the boot animation file is called on my verizon M8.
Look in the system/customize/resource folder. There are a few other boot animations in there but the one my M8 from Verizon uses is named as stated above.
Steps.
1. Using ROOT Explorer or similar file browser locate old boot animation in folder system/customize/resource Rename the file just adding a .bak extension (Old animation will now be named vzw_bootup.zip.bak
This will keep you a copy of the original.
2. Copy the downloaded zip file to the same directory. Maintain the vzw_bootup.zip file name. Change the directory back to RO and reboot.
Let me know how you like it.
Link is below.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/58524495/vzw_bootup.zip
MD5:E30CFB9CDCAEDEDD65B1A6AA55BF1E03
Note: I didn't make this boot ani. I snagged it from somewhere.
Original name is Digital_Rain_Blue

85gallon said:
No it is not flashable. You just copy it to the appropriate directory.
It is going up now and is a 19meg file but it is gorgeous.
File is named vzw_bootup.zip That is what the boot animation file is called on my verizon M8.
Look in the system/customize/resource folder. There are a few other boot animations in there but the one my M8 from Verizon uses is named as stated above.
Steps.
1. Using ROOT Explorer or similar file browser locate old boot animation in folder system/customize/resource Rename the file just adding a .bak extension (Old animation will now be named vzw_bootup.zip.bak
This will keep you a copy of the original.
2. Copy the downloaded zip file to the same directory. Maintain the vzw_bootup.zip file name. Change the directory back to RO and reboot.
Let me know how you like it.
Link is below.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/58524495/vzw_bootup.zip
MD5:E30CFB9CDCAEDEDD65B1A6AA55BF1E03
Note: I didn't make this boot ani. I snagged it from somewhere.
Original name is Digital_Rain_Blue
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I am running the green version of this, with sound.
My name's Harold and I'm a flashaholic....

85gallon said:
No it is not flashable. You just copy it to the appropriate directory.
It is going up now and is a 19meg file but it is gorgeous.
File is named vzw_bootup.zip That is what the boot animation file is called on my verizon M8.
Look in the system/customize/resource folder. There are a few other boot animations in there but the one my M8 from Verizon uses is named as stated above.
Steps.
1. Using ROOT Explorer or similar file browser locate old boot animation in folder system/customize/resource Rename the file just adding a .bak extension (Old animation will now be named vzw_bootup.zip.bak
This will keep you a copy of the original.
2. Copy the downloaded zip file to the same directory. Maintain the vzw_bootup.zip file name. Change the directory back to RO and reboot.
Let me know how you like it.
Link is below.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/58524495/vzw_bootup.zip
MD5:E30CFB9CDCAEDEDD65B1A6AA55BF1E03
Note: I didn't make this boot ani. I snagged it from somewhere.
Original name is Digital_Rain_Blue
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is this just a boot up ani or boot down one as well? and what do you mean it has the obligatory htc stuff in it in your post above?

mikey2487 said:
is this just a boot up ani or boot down one as well? and what do you mean it has the obligatory htc stuff in it in your post above?
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It is only boot up. The boot down is in the same directory.
When I say obligatory HTC stuff, I mean that it is made for the HTC phone. If starts off the animation with "HTC" then does the blue rain whille zooming in "One M8" then the android loge. Then it ends with an animation of it typing out "HTC quietly brilliant"

85gallon said:
It is only boot up. The boot down is in the same directory.
When I say obligatory HTC stuff, I mean that it is made for the HTC phone. If starts off the animation with "HTC" then does the blue rain whille zooming in "One M8" then the android loge. Then it ends with an animation of it typing out "HTC quietly brilliant"
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FWIW, this doesn't say M8, just One. Also, the variant I am running says "quietly root" at the end.
The thread for those animations is at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357926.
My name's Harold and I'm a flashaholic....

Harold,
Thank you. Once I switched to Root explorer from es it was easy. Where can I get the black one in this format?
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big70tom said:
Harold,
Thank you. Once I switched to Root explorer from es it was easy. Where can I get the black one in this format?
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Last one down in this post is "black.".
My name's Harold and I'm a flashaholic....

For some reason all those links are broken
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big70tom said:
For some reason all those links are broken
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This one is a flashable version for the green variant, and includes the audio. This is a non-flashable blue variant (rename vzw_bootup.zip and place in \system\customize\resource). That's all I can find.

Thanks
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HTC One*>*One Themes and Apps*>*[BootAnimation] Digital Rain (Matrix) UPDATE 12/19/13 - new audio, colors, flashable*> Post #193 here is a post link for the blue non flashable.

Hey guys anyone have a flashable zip of the new Android animation? I have an insecure boot kernel and I put the files in the right spot but I only get a black screen