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Anyone like this bootscreen////anyone willing and able to port it?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=648555
Looks pretty epic if I say so myself. I dont even care about the ending animaions, but the award bios bootup is pure winz.

this should be under the theming section

If you just want it as a bootscreen, I'll make a zip. Gimmie a few.

I lied. I can't get it to work...Could be cause I need sleep. Maybe someone else can or I'll try again later.

Sporkman said:
this should be under the theming section
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I couldnt decide where to post this...maybe since I was tired because of finals. But, your right and it should have been obvious that this belonged in themes vs here. I went ahead and reported this, so maybe a mod will move it.
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I lied. I can't get it to work...Could be cause I need sleep. Maybe someone else can or I'll try again later.
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Thanks for trying, let me know if you get a chance to try again

Ohh
Woww, that would be nice if we can get that to work on the Hero

I actually tried them out a few days ago, I'm not the best w/ graphics, but all someone has to do it resize the images and it will work. runs fine, just too big.

It's made for 2.1 roms. Follow the instructions in the thread it should just work. The guy says it was pulled from villain Rom which is a gsm hero Rom. If you're already running a 2.1 Rom and have problems rename the zip bootanimation.zip and copy it to /system/media using root explorer or push it through adb and reboot.

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Got it working it's attached.
Push the GIF to /system/media/bootscreen/
I think I need to mess with the lenght still its begins to loop again.
Not sure hwo to fix that.
But I think that is what the Part 1 folder is for.
I renamed it dancing.gif before I pushed it so I wouldn't ahve to mess with the XML file, but you guys do what you will with it.
Works fine on my phone other than the Fresh boot music doesn't match and it begins to loop a second time LOL.

Kcarpenter said:
I looked at it and maybe I don't know enough about the boot screens, but I thought our Boot Images where animated GIFs. The zip he has here is a series of PNG's. I would be more than happy to play with it if someone can confirm this is how 2.1 boot screens work.
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they work the same way, this is just another way to do it. If there is no /system/media/bootscreen folder, it defaults to using the bootanimation.zip
either way works.
I looked for the villain rom one, couldn't find it.

regaw_leinad said:
they work the same way, this is just another way to do it. If there is no /system/media/bootscreen folder, it defaults to using the bootanimation.zip
either way works.
I looked for the villain rom one, couldn't find it.
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See edits above.
I can't make an update zip I am on my work PC. Probably get yelled at in a few for runing Gimp instead of PS. They like to spy. LOL

i'm making an update zip. hopefully it works.
edit. ok i have all pngs resized to 320x480 now trying to animate. 90+ images surprised not more really.

Moved to theming as this is not related to rom development.

egzthunder1 said:
Moved to theming as this is not related to rom development.
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Thanks for the move!

sdotcarlisle said:
i'm making an update zip. hopefully it works.
edit. ok i have all pngs resized to 320x480 now trying to animate. 90+ images surprised not more really.
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Did you resize one by one? Gimp lets you open them all as layers and then resize all of them at once.

ok my pc is sucking it up. i have the 90 some individual images resized and everytime i go to save it photoshop just closes out so i have yet to make the gif.

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Did you resize one by one? Gimp lets you open them all as layers and then resize all of them at once.
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no i made an action in photoshop and resized them all. i'm having problems trying to make the animation.

here's the right one
the first one doesn't loop, just reload or right click and view image
edit: see next page for download

sdotcarlisle said:
no i made an action in photoshop and resized them all. i'm having problems trying to make the animation.
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Sooo 90 images is a little much for PS to handle at once. I am not infront of mine right now BUT there should be an Import as Layers options some where. Gimp is "Open as Layers". When you take all 90 images in as layers each layer is a new frame of the animation.
Once they are all in one gif, then resize the whole gif instead of all of them individually. This will take the strain off PS.
Then on mine, the animation needed to be brought out a little bit longer.
You can either do this or just take my gif I posted a few posts above. It needs the timing played with though.
I have a feeling that even when it is set to Not Loop, the boot screen will loop it regardless. I distinctly remember telling it not to loop but it did any way. That or GIMP is jacked up.

danaff37 said:
here's the right one
the first one doesn't loop, just reload or right click and view image
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Is this ready for the Hero and already resized????

easier way of making bootscreen??

Ok so im porting over some bootscreens and im using photoshop cs4. i was shown how to do this by a friend using layers and copying and pasting the png's into each layer. Im looking for an easier way of doing this cause there are over 300 png's to be put into layers. is there an easier way or not? If so then please post a link explaining how or explain yourself thanks

Download a program like PS called Gimp. You can open the a folder as layers. So as long as the are in saved in consecutive ending numbers ie 1, 2, 3 it will put them in the correct order and all you have to do is save it as an animation and you are good to go.

notasimpleway said:
Download a program like PS called Gimp. You can open the a folder as layers. So as long as the are in saved in consecutive ending numbers ie 1, 2, 3 it will put them in the correct order and all you have to do is save it as an animation and you are good to go.
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yeah i figured that out after i posted but im having a problem cause its over 300 png's and when i save it as an animation it doesnt show all the layers or the colors. its all in black and white and looks horrible.

Okay. Start fresh. Open all the pngs in Gimp. If you did anything other than crop in PS it will not play nice. And I hope you have lots of RAM. Make sure you saved as indexed and 256 colors.

Or post the gif and I will fix it.

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Or post the gif and I will fix it.
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alright i give up. im gonna post the pngs i want to put into a gif. i have the gif already made but it keeps comming up as black and white and dont understand why.

I'll see what I can do.

notasimpleway said:
I'll see what I can do.
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thanks. im gonna take the link down now cause i dont want others to snag it just yet lol

cbarlan said:
thanks. im gonna take the link down now cause i dont want others to snag it just yet lol
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I got it. So go ahead.

Do you have Google Talk logged in? [email protected] So, I can ask a question.

Is the one red png in the folder by itself the last frame?

I will work on this tomorrow at the office. My computer there has more RAM. My laptop just won't handle it.

notasimpleway said:
I will work on this tomorrow at the office. My computer there has more RAM. My laptop just won't handle it.
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Hey sorry got late and passes out. I do have Google talk. Under cbarlan. And yes that is final frame for loading.

if you're coming up black and white for the gif in gimp, you have to change it to rgb then save as animation, then it will ask to index the colors, and give you option of gray scale or color
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danaff37 said:
if you're coming up black and white for the gif in gimp, you have to change it to rgb then save as animation, then it will ask to index the colors, and give you option of gray scale or color
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Can I change it to rgb after gimp layers all the pngs or do I have to change each PNG before I layer them. Only asking cause there are a bunch of pngs. Like 330 of them.

you apply it once all layers are loaded. It does all at once. You can do this with color type, scaling size, and changing hue. Great for theming
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Okay. Well, I finished your bootscreen. It's booting and playing. I will email you the zip. Let me know if any problems.

Sega Genesis + PS1 + Dreamcast ...bootanimations

Original SEGA
PS1
Made these for request, hope you like them. If you feel the need to donate please feel free so i can continue development for android, if not, enjoy the boots. If you have a req let me know.
Also there are two variations of ps1 boot because they have different speeds.
EDIT: Just added originalSEGA.zip, as its named its from the sega genesis boot, the other file is the anniversary edition boot.
EDIT: Added Dreamcast per request.
EDIT: Uploaded a higher res Dreamcast bootanimation per request.

previews please...... thanx abunch.

are these flashable or do we need to push them to the correct location

Would be awesome to have the Sega Saturn or Dreamcast boot animations

Using now, I have a friend that is going to wildly jealous.
How do you do the call outs for the sounds in a bootanimation.zip?
I have attempted to make my own and they never come out right.

+1 on Dreamcast! One of my all time favorite systems....Thanks for your work.

I'll make a dreamcast one tonight.
EDIT: Done!

dowmace said:
Using now, I have a friend that is going to wildly jealous.
How do you do the call outs for the sounds in a bootanimation.zip?
I have attempted to make my own and they never come out right.
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not sure what you mean

kpkimmel said:
not sure what you mean
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I can't figure out how to make the bootanimation play the sound.

This is awesome!! I can't wait to try these out

Nice work man
Keep it up
Would be great if you could post a preview or animated preview
I'll make one once I get to my pc

Great work, I'm going to give these a shot on cm7 to see if they work.
Edit: Actually I couldn't flash I kept getting an error message that said can't find updater script.
~d3rk

dirkyd3rk said:
Great work, I'm going to give these a shot on cm7 to see if they work.
Edit: Actually I couldn't flash I kept getting an error message that said can't find updater script.
~d3rk
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Just take the bootanimation and spc out of the file and push to your system/media folder, i think for cm7 you have to change the name of the spc file, not sure maybe android_sound maybe.

kpkimmel said:
Just take the bootanimation and spc out of the file and push to your system/media folder, i think for cm7 you have to change the name of the spc file, not sure maybe android_sound maybe.
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Cool man ill try that now!
~d3rk

Here's a super high quality version of the boot..
If you can add white around it, it will hopefully be the correct aspect ratio and not squish it together.
NOTE: This is not a bootanimation, but a mp4 of it.

New Higher res Dreamcast boot animation is posted per request. Thanks Freeza

STUPID QUESTION ALERT
All I have to do is flash one of these files through recovery and it will override the boot animation from the ROM I'm using?

no you have to push them via adb

If you have request let me know.

Is there a way to get the ps1 non stretched

Bootanimations

Ok so I made a bootanimation but when I put it in the right folder my boot up is just black the .png images are 480x800 and the image number starts at 00001 can u please help I think it might be the desc.txt file oh and the pictures are 8-bit
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Post your files and I will take a look at it. Also include the information for what rom you are trying to use it with.

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Post your files and I will take a look at it. Also include the information for what rom you are trying to use it with.
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ok thanks ill upload the file on late Saturday because I won't have access to a computer until then thank you and its for rooted stock Rom for HTC inspire
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Ok. Just attach the file to your post. Try to include the name, such as Cleardroid rom or Android Revolution, etc. It can make a difference sometimes as to where the boot animation is supposed to go.

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Ok so I made a bootanimation but when I put it in the right folder my boot up is just black the .png images are 480x800 and the image number starts at 00001 can u please help I think it might be the desc.txt file oh and the pictures are 8-bit
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After you put it in the correct folder did you make sure you set the correct permissions? I did this and it took me a while to figure that out. You have to have every box checked except for the three on the bottom, I forget what they say. If that doesn't work I'm not sure.
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here you go the file it is suppose to go in is /system/customize/resource/ because it is a att sense stock rooted rom.
and what are the permission setting and how do i set them.

I just took a look at your file and I found your problems. I will redo your text file and check if it will work with the current image frames which I don't think it will. I will let you know after I test it.

Ok, try this first. Use this naming method for all of your files. An example would be "bootanim_480x800_00000", "bootanim_480x800_00001", and so on. Always start with 00000 and it goes up from there and the second folder would continue where the first one left off. The first part is not important as to what name you use. It could be "bootanim" or "Joe" or whatever. The other parts are important. Leave them as they are except of course the numbers for the frames are changing just like you have now. The second problem is that you are trying to run this at 7 fps and the phone does not know how to read that. It likes 15fps, 24fps, and 30fps. You are going to have to add more frames to your animation because it will be too fast as is. Easiest way without creating new images would be to double the sets and add one extra so that you can come out with 15 frames per second. Also just to make sure, when you add this to a zip file named ATT_bootanimation, make sure you are not using any compression. Use a program such as 7_zip and when you make this into a zip file set the compression to "Store". I have rezipped your file and included a new text document already inside of the zip file and as an extra. You should just need to rename and create more frames now. (As far as what myphoneisbroken was referring to, I am not sure. He may have meant to make sure to use a program such as Root Explorer which would have root access to write to system folders. If that is not what he meant then he would have to elaborate a little more.)

Ok ill rename them all and how many frames do you. suggest I make
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Well that depends on how smooth you want it to play. It will take a bit of experimentation on your part. If you go for 15fps to keep the image count down then you are just going to have to check your timing. If your animation played out smoothly before, just remember you have two seconds of animation as it stands right now before you get to the boot loop. You may want to do at least 3 to 4 or even more seconds depending on how fast it plays through. Just watch the total size of the file so that it does not grow too large. Even the smoothest animation may not always play out on the phone perfectly because the phone is loading stuff and sometimes causes it to stutter. The easy way would be to simply double each of your images, but again, you have to experiment and see what looks the best. You may have to create the inbetweens.

Ok I renamed the pictures to what you said iput it in the boot folder and when it boots up it skips folder part0 and goes looping part1
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Something has to be wrong with a part of the name or something in the first folder if it is only showing the second part. The text document is correct and was tested. If it was incorrect you would have a black screen again. Re post your file and I will look at it again.

yeah sorry but here you go and thanks ( i also hit the button)

I got the revised file and I am going through it now.
Edit: You are correct. Only the second part is playing even though everything looks correct in the first folder. I am going through each image to see if I can find the problem.
Edit # 2: I believe I found the problem. I am re doing your images and will test to make sure it works. I will let you know what the outcome is in a while.

Ok thanks can you please give a description of what it is your doing so I don't have any problems next time I make a bootanimation, and sorry for not pressing the thanks button as you can probably tell I'm doing this on my phone most of the time and I can't find the thanks button on here (if there is one)
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I understand, it was just a hint for the future. As far as the images go, the first folder was not in the correct RGB color mode, (second folder was) so I am re doing them now and I will test when I finish with them to make sure it works.

It works. Attached is your boot animation. Enjoy. (I re saved all of the images in the correct format just to make sure they were all good. Everything should be fine now.) Out of curiosity, what program did you use to make these? Was it Photoshop, paint, or something else?

Thanks for the help ill hit the button when I get on a computer and the program I used for the pictures was paint.net I'm to young to buy PhotoShop
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That's fine. I am happy I was able to help you get it working. I asked about the program because I only use PS and other programs like it so I was guessing that something had gone wrong and that it was probably with a program like Paint. Everything comes with time. Keep working at it. It plays out fast because there is only two seconds of animation there. An easy thing you could do which would be a little bit of a pain is to make copies of each image so that there are doubles and then re number all of them. It would play out a bit slower then. Good luck.

My modified boot animation

Hey everyone, I took some time today to change the default boot animation and sound; here are the results:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkZqLGg8cBA
Instructions can be found at the links under the video. As always, all credit is to those who have made the animation and provided the sound clip!
On a side note: Does anyone know how to change the shutdown animation? I've tried guides online which tell you to change the system/media/video/shutdown files, but that directory (starting from /video) doesn't even exist on the G2X!

Dude those say epic 4g on them, why don't you actually post a version for our phone.
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rubicstrue said:
Hey everyone, I took some time today to change the default boot animation and sound; here are the results:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkZqLGg8cBA
Instructions can be found at the links under the video. As always, all credit is to those who have made the animation and provided the sound clip!
On a side note: Does anyone know how to change the shutdown animation? I've tried guides online which tell you to change the system/media/video/shutdown files, but that directory (starting from /video) doesn't even exist on the G2X!
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You need to edit PowerOff.apk
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Thats pretty nice.

just unzip it and push it to system/media.... through root explorer.....

jose makalolot said:
You need to edit PowerOff.apk
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Ok.. So where the heck is the PowerOff.apk located at? I've searched all over in RE and can't find it..
Also, why don't we just make APKs of boot animation/shutdowns and sounds to go along with them? I mean it seems like it should be easy. Maybe that's just my ignorance of some Android "thing".
Oh there it is, .system/app/PowerOff.apk - went cross-eyed looking at them all.

hmm, when I look in the poweroff.apk I find only like 10 images for the shutdown animation. and it has both a MP3 and a OGG shutdown sound, both the same. It also has a LG shutdown image set AND a verizon shutdown image set. Amusing stuff. So I cant modify this file and then just save it and it work right? It has to be signed or some such? and what controls how long it runs, the layout XML file?
Ok, Wel I answered my on question on the first part, but not sure about the layout XML file and what it does. I just renamed the LG animation files to what the T-mo files were named and poof, it worked. I made a backup of the file OFC. I can't seem to make it go beyond those file names of PowerOff_000.png - PowerOff_0010.png. It always cuts off there.