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Easiest way to upload boot screen/animations

So i was looking around at other boot aanimation forums and stumbled across one over at android forums about a super easy way to get boot animations loaded....I was shocked when i decided to be the test puppet myself and it worked.
1. Download PutYourBootHERE.zip from http://rghost.net/1680923
2. Unzip the folder to what ever directory you want "c:\PutYourBootHERE". It should contain an adb.exe, AdbWinApi.dll, and a RunME file.
3. Place what ever bootanimation.zip in the same folder that you just unzipped.
4. Click on RunMe.
5. It will give you some "press Y to continue at your own risk or N for No" prompt. press Y and hit enter.
6. You will see now that you have options to reboot, reboot in recovery, copy boot to phone, and exit. Choose option 3-copy boot to phone
7. Your going to go through checklist to make sure your phone is plugged in, in debug, you put bootanimation.zip in the folder, and you have a copy. Press any key to continue.
8. It will ask you if you want to reboot your phone after the process is complete. I do just to make sure everything copied properly.
CROSS YOUR FINGERS AND PREY SHE WORKED.
Good luck to everyone

munsterrr said:
So i was looking around at other boot aanimation forums and stumbled across one over at android forums about a super easy way to get boot animations loaded....I was shocked when i decided to be the test puppet myself and it worked.
1. Download PutYourBootHERE.zip from http://rghost.net/1680923
2. Unzip the folder to what ever directory you want "c:\PutYourBootHERE". It should contain an adb.exe, AdbWinApi.dll, and a RunME file.
3. Place what ever bootanimation.zip in the same folder that you just unzipped.
4. Click on RunMe.
5. It will give you some "press Y to continue at your own risk or N for No" prompt. press Y and hit enter.
6. You will see now that you have options to reboot, reboot in recovery, copy boot to phone, and exit. Choose option 3-copy boot to phone
7. Your going to go through checklist to make sure your phone is plugged in, in debug, you put bootanimation.zip in the folder, and you have a copy. Press any key to continue.
8. It will ask you if you want to reboot your phone after the process is complete. I do just to make sure everything copied properly.
CROSS YOUR FINGERS AND PREY SHE WORKED.
Good luck to everyone
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Just try it and it worked. Although this will not upload your sound animation. It will do the boot alone . Perhaps a tiny tune for that part will make the batch perfect

munsterrr said:
So i was looking around at other boot aanimation forums and stumbled across one over at android forums about a super easy way to get boot animations loaded....I was shocked when i decided to be the test puppet myself and it worked.
1. Download PutYourBootHERE.zip from http://rghost.net/1680923
2. Unzip the folder to what ever directory you want "c:\PutYourBootHERE". It should contain an adb.exe, AdbWinApi.dll, and a RunME file.
3. Place what ever bootanimation.zip in the same folder that you just unzipped.
4. Click on RunMe.
5. It will give you some "press Y to continue at your own risk or N for No" prompt. press Y and hit enter.
6. You will see now that you have options to reboot, reboot in recovery, copy boot to phone, and exit. Choose option 3-copy boot to phone
7. Your going to go through checklist to make sure your phone is plugged in, in debug, you put bootanimation.zip in the folder, and you have a copy. Press any key to continue.
8. It will ask you if you want to reboot your phone after the process is complete. I do just to make sure everything copied properly.
CROSS YOUR FINGERS AND PREY SHE WORKED.
Good luck to everyone
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I like how I tried this method, and it did change my boot screen, but it also ****ed with my boot sound and it also pushes it to a different folder...

evanscnce said:
I like how I tried this method, and it did change my boot screen, but it also ****ed with my boot sound and it also pushes it to a different folder...
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It just got rid of my boot sound all together(which is fine with me).
Also what folder do you look in? I find it in the /system/media folder.

munsterrr said:
It just got rid of my boot sound all together(which is fine with me).
Also what folder do you look in? I find it in the /system/media folder.
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well the thing posted above pushes it to the data local folder or whatever
I had to delete the stuff out of there because I was using the evos stock location of /system/customize/resource

so does this method work with custom ROMS or it will place the zip in the wrong location ... can u just copy the ZIP to the correct folder in root explorer?

No offense to the OP because at that time it was the easiest way but now with NAND unlocked.
Launch root explorer..copy the bootanimation.zip and audio file if it has one and then go into the correct folder and delete the old and paste the new in.
Done..i dont see how it can get easier then that.

MrDSL said:
No offense to the OP because at that time it was the easiest way but now with NAND unlocked.
Launch root explorer..copy the bootanimation.zip and audio file if it has one and then go into the correct folder and delete the old and paste the new in.
Done..i dont see how it can get easier then that.
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this is true .. just need to know which folder to send it to ... for example in the fresh ROM

first you want to check /system/customize/resource/ because thats where the default one is at..fresh probably got rid of it already..
as long as its gone from there start using /system/media/ for the location.

thank you .. its in system/media !!

what if i dont have that folder?? Im running the newest edition of Fresh

load boot animations without being in recovery(must be rooted)

I was messing around with root explorer and noticed that i was able to delete my boot animation with it when i was mounted as R/W so i thought i would try to copy one and it also works... so no need to push with adb shell.. here are the steps
1. take the boot animation make sure it is named bootanimation.zip and copy it to your SD card
2. then open root explore and mount R/W and then navigate to the file and press on file till the menu comes up and select copy
3. then navigate to data/local and paste the file in the local directory
and you are done, this can be done with the android_audio.mp3 file as well just paste it to the same place.
just thought this would make it easier for people instead of using adb shell
credit goes to yojoe600

Exactly what I was looking for, I'll give it a try, thanks.
The Animation worked but the Audio didn't, do you also need to put the Audio in a zip file?

I didn't think that you needed root to access /data/
So in that case, would need Root Explorer? Wouldn't any file manager do?

Yeah, you dont need root access at all for this.
just adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local/

palomosan said:
Exactly what I was looking for, I'll give it a try, thanks.
The Animation worked but the Audio didn't, do you also need to put the Audio in a zip file?
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need to look at the text file in your bootanimations.zip and add the words android to the front of the text in that file

[HOW TO] Change Boot Animation without ADB

Want to change your boot animation, but dont wanna mess with ADB?
Download the desired bootanimation.zip
Put on root of SD.
Rename chosen boot animation to bootanimation.zip
Open up Root Explorer, navigate to root of SD long press the bootanimation.zip file, and select move
Navigate to /system/customize/resource
Click Mount R/W
Click paste, and overwrite the existing file.
Reboot.
**NOTE: you may want to back up the existing boot animation first, in case you dont dig the new one**
I can only verify that this will work with the HTC EVO. Im not responsible if you accidentally mess up your phone.
The directories may not be the same for every rom...

How do I get this to work on the CMod7 RC2, I go to file manager system/media and I see the bootanimation.zip file but it wont let me delete or move it...Any ideas?

The built in file manager for cm7 does not mount the system partitions as R/W which is required. I actually have not found a single file manager that *CAN* mount cm7 system partitions as R/W.
I tried Root File Explorer, ES File Explorer and Root System Explorer. All 3 crash the phone when attempting to mount the system as R/W

I used Root Explorer running CM7 Rc2 on my EVO to change my boot animation and it we worked fine.
Sent From My EVOrything Killa!

yes I got it working with root explorer, thanks!

noluv901 said:
I used Root Explorer running CM7 Rc2 on my EVO to change my boot animation and it we worked fine.
Sent From My EVOrything Killa!
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kind of confused on how to do the steps after putting it on the root of the sd card

mrlamar09 said:
kind of confused on how to do the steps after putting it on the root of the sd card
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After that, open root exploxer, go to the sdcard, long press on bootanimation.zip, then up one folder to the phone memory, navigate to the system folder, then the media folder inside system, then paste/hit the menu and click move.

how can i get this to work on m Evo shift? plz HELP..

Great guide , keep up the hard work. I did this with splash screen too works just fine.

Bumping, because im seeing questions about this still.
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Default at&t "rethink possible" boot animation

Hi,
Can anyone point me in the right direction.
I am looking for the default Inspire 4G at&t boot animation. Would like to put that on my Inspire.
I am currently running CM7 Gingerbread and I'm just not fond of that boot animation.
Thanks in advance.

Search in these threads. I have already posted it for someone else.
Edit: I actually found it quickly so here is the link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032720

Wolf_2 said:
Search in these threads. I have already posted it for someone else.
Edit: I actually found it quickly so here is the link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032720
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Thanks for the reply.
I have actually downloaded yours and tried to flash it in CWM. It didn't work. Maybe because I'm on Gingerbread. Any suggestions?

It will not flash through CWM. You need to use a program such as Root Explorer to copy and paste it into the default location which is usually System/Customize/Resource.

Wolf_2 said:
It will not flash through CWM. You need to use a program such as Root Explorer to copy and paste it into the default location which is usually System/Customize/Resource.
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Thanks!
I found big lou's guide and it worked.
Just used the command: adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local

You can change the bootanimation anytime you like. First, the file has to actually *be* a bootanimation. All you do is place the bootanimation.zip - it must read EXACTLY that way, bootanimation.zip - onto the root of your SD Card. That means, it shouldn't be in a folder or anything. Next using Root Explorer (make sure you have read/write ability (there's a button at the top of the display, when you first open Root Explorer which reads R/O. Push it once, and it changes to R/W, meaning that you have Read/Write permissions). Next go to the SD Card, find the bootanimation.zip that you placed there earlier and long-press on it. This brings up a menu with several choices, I always choose Copy. That copies the bootanimation, and you then back up one level to the first screen you saw, when you chose R/W. Scroll down a little until you find "data", and click on it to open it. Scroll down again until you come to a file called "local", and open it. There should be two or three things in view (a largely empty folder) and that is the place that you push the button saying "Paste". Once it pastes the bootanimation there, back out of Root Explorer, reboot your phone and you should now have your new bootanimation displaying.
-Mike

Ultra Droid said:
You can change the bootanimation anytime you like. First, the file has to actually *be* a bootanimation. All you do is place the bootanimation.zip - it must read EXACTLY that way, bootanimation.zip - onto the root of your SD Card. That means, it shouldn't be in a folder or anything. Next using Root Explorer (make sure you have read/write ability (there's a button at the top of the display, when you first open Root Explorer which reads R/O. Push it once, and it changes to R/W, meaning that you have Read/Write permissions). Next go to the SD Card, find the bootanimation.zip that you placed there earlier and long-press on it. This brings up a menu with several choices, I always choose Copy. That copies the bootanimation, and you then back up one level to the first screen you saw, when you chose R/W. Scroll down a little until you find "data", and click on it to open it. Scroll down again until you come to a file called "local", and open it. There should be two or three things in view (a largely empty folder) and that is the place that you push the button saying "Paste". Once it pastes the bootanimation there, back out of Root Explorer, reboot your phone and you should now have your new bootanimation displaying.
-Mike
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Thanks for the response, I'll keep that in mind to try next time. I did get it to work without going into root explorer.

Fiasco said:
Thanks for the response, I'll keep that in mind to try next time. I did get it to work without going into root explorer.
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Good - the important thing is you resolved you problem!
-Mike

yesssss Thank you..!! XD

[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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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.