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Big shout out to evanscnce for his prior work on this. If I missed anyone, please forgive me.
LAST UPDATE: 2/7/2011
Changelog:
2/7/11 - JSmurfy made a flashable zip
9/8/10 - My animations say "Custom ROM". EindhovenOne is creating animations for your specific ROM (click here)
9/4/10 - Added a bootanimation + sound that has the android part for less time (more bios)
9/2/10 - Added a quieter bootsound
9/1/10 - Added Philosuffer's suggestions to bootanimation
Note: It won't have that "unregistered" part on your phone.
Regular version:
(Click here or on the image for the full sized preview.)
Less Droid version:
NOTE: Even though it is 1 frame, the Android part stays for a few seconds as the UI comes up
(Click here or on the image for the full sized preview.)
I changed the animation from the Baked Snack version, most to better reflect most of our current states:
*desire>evo
*8250 cup>8650 cpu
*2.1>2.2
*mocado rom>custom froyo rom
*compass>f.m. radio (I noticed the phone does have a compass... oh well)
*sim>internal storage
*microsd>microsdhc
*trackpad>power + vol down (thanks Philosuffer for the suggestion)
*512MB ROM>1024MB ROM
*init form 7 dots to 5 like the rest
*initialisation>initialization (thanks Philosuffer for the suggestion)
*android fully filled with green text > android gradually filling up with green text
The evanscnce version only currently has:
*desire>evo
*2.1>2.2
*mocado rom>custom froyo rom.
I also made a bootsound that's about 15 seconds, and syncs up with the 1st part of the animation. It is a computer booting up, with fans, the BIOS beep, and disk searching. I haven't heard the other new ones, so mix and match if you like theirs better. I think mine is pretty sweet though. I found that the original version is very loud if you have your volume up, so I also included a softer version.
How to change your boot animation to this one
Way 1 (Recovery):
Enter your recovery and flash this flashable zip (no warranty/use at own risk)
made by me and packaged by JSmurfy. Link to file - http://bbthemesunltd.com/jsmurfevo/bootanimation_bios.zip. Note: this zip will work on ROMS where the animation and sound are in the same place as the stock ROM. If they are not, The zip will not work, but your phone should still be fine.
This version has the "DROID!" sound.
Way 2 (ADB/Root Explorer):
Download the attached file you are most interested in and push the boot animation and sound file to their proper folder. Reboot.
Way 3 (May be outdated, but its a solution for many who don't like recovery or messing with the android file system):
Download evanscnce's Easy way to change your bootscreen *updated for CM6* (link to file - http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=388107&d=1282771153)
Download the attached boot animation (bootanimation.zip) and/or sound (SPC_animation_final.zip).
-Unzip pushboot.zip into an empty folder.
-Don't unzip the animation, just put it in that same empty folder.
-Unzip the sound in the folder.
-Plug your phone in, and make sure it is set to debug and charge only.
--Open pushboot.bat if you have HALFROOT
**OR** Open pushboot2.bat if you have FULLROOT
**OR** Open pushbootcm6 if your using Cyanogens ROM
-Follow the prompts (when the phone goes into recovery, wait utill it connects to your pc before continuing)
--If you want to remove the bootsound from your phone, run the audio delete bat.
Just a heads up, this has already been fixed/edited... In the other edit, it has been changed to reflect use on the Evo 4g, Shows as a 2.2 OS, and Also has been customized for various ROMs (Rather than show as "Custom ROM", the ROM name is listed) Just need to DL the right one for the ROM you are using....
Edited BIOS Bootscreen thread
But, Good work.
thenewguy821 said:
Just a heads up, this has already been fixed/edited... In the other edit, it has been changed to reflect use on the Evo 4g, Shows as a 2.2 OS, and Also has been customized for various ROMs (Rather than show as "Custom ROM", the ROM name is listed) Just need to DL the right one for the ROM you are using....
Edited BIOS Bootscreen thread
But, Good work.
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crap!
10 char
EDIT: xda wasn't working for me yesterday, or i would have noticed. mine changes 4x more stuff though, and it makes it where it doesn't matter what froyo rom you use. i think someone should still convert this. i'll also get with that person so we can get this done.
EDIT: i figured it out. post 1 is updated.
I made a sound for this BIOS boot animation & it syncs perfectly with the animation (IMO).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7540591#post7540591
LAYGO said:
I made a sound for this BIOS boot animation & it syncs perfectly with the animation (IMO).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7540591#post7540591
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That's cool, I may add your "droooid" clip to the end of mine sometime and give you credit. My sound is a 15 sec bootup, fans whirring, bios beep right when it shows froyo custom, disk searching sounds, and then it ends right when the android logo comes up. If I were to add yours to mine, I'd make it say "drooooid" right then. You can add it to mine and post it if you'd like, just please credit me.
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crap!
10 char
EDIT: xda wasn't working for me yesterday, or i would have noticed. mine changes 3x more stuff though, and it makes it where it doesn't matter what froyo rom you use. i think someone should still convert this. i'll also get with that person so we can get this done.
EDIT: i figured it out. post 1 is updated.
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I checked both out. I like this one more with the changes you put in place.
One thing about this BIOS Screen is that its a bit fast. The "BIOS" loads so fast you cant read some of the changes.
leeh41 said:
I checked both out. I like this one more with the changes you put in place.
One thing about this BIOS Screen is that its a bit fast. The "BIOS" loads so fast you cant read some of the changes.
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I agree with you there. In the future, I might make one with less Droid and more Bios.
I ran through your instructions, i am running Evio ROM and i used the Pushboot 2 bat file and i still do not have the custom bootscreen? I tried both of of the attached files..
I can't get the audio to delete.
It installed just fine but won't remove. Can't find the files and errors out.
backdown said:
I ran through your instructions, i am running Evio ROM and i used the Pushboot 2 bat file and i still do not have the custom bootscreen? I tried both of of the attached files..
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You should have 3 zip files, pushboot.zip, bootanimation.zip, and SPC_animation_final.zip. Extract pushboot.zip to a new folder, unzip SPC_animation_final.zip into that same folder, and just place bootanimation.zip in that folder. Did any error pop up when you tried, and if so, what?
kudosmog said:
I can't get the audio to delete.
It installed just fine but won't remove. Can't find the files and errors out.
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Try the silent mp3 in the attachment with whatever method you used to place the sound and animation in the 1st place. make sure there is only one mp3 in the folder. If that doesn't work, take a look at the thread with the script to upload the animation (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701295) and see if there are any solutions, but the silent mp3 will probably work. Let me know.
Almost 100% Evo... At the bottom it says press Home to enter Setup.
This one says Hold Vol-Down + Power to enter Setup, and Initialisation changed to Initialization (for USA residents).
http://www.massmirror.com/46984bb8180a5288be9c1f68fd948699.html
You can build off of this one if you want.
Gif preview here:
http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/4944/bootanim.gif
Philosuffer said:
Almost 100% Evo... At the bottom it says press Home to enter Setup.
This one says Hold Vol-Down + Power to enter Setup, and Initialisation changed to Initialization (for USA residents).
http://www.massmirror.com/46984bb8180a5288be9c1f68fd948699.html
You can build off of this one if you want.
Gif preview here:
http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/4944/bootanim.gif
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Thanks. The updated version is in the 1st post.
Very nice, definitely switching to yours.
Changelog:
9/4 - Added a bootanimation + sound that has the android part for less time (more bios)
Nice.. just wish it was easier to load in my phone.. why can't it be easy!!!! Lol
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Yeah, it does seem like updating stuff on Android is a little harder than Windows Mobile, for instance.
Why can't it just be a zip!!! Great work though... There seems to be a bunch of new devs/tom cookers.. Hit them up..
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Ep3n3wp said:
Why can't it just be a zip!!! Great work though... There seems to be a bunch of new devs/tom cookers.. Hit them up..
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
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The 1st and last time i tried to make something flashable, it bootlooped my device. I am tired of reinstalling/flashing for the time being, and wouldn't want to have anyone else go through it either.
All you have to do is download 2 or 3 files (loader, animation and/or sound). If you follow the instructions, it should take less than 5 minutes total from the time you are done downloading to the time your phone has the new animation running.
Updated for Fresh Evo 3.2.0.0 users!!!
First off, all credit goes to the OP for his work on the original animation!
Hey, all...this took me a little while but I updated the original animation so now it says "Fresh Evo v3.2.0.0" under the ROM section. I also changed the "Generic microSDHC " to "SanDisk microSDHC" and changed "FM Radio" back to "Compass" since I don't use the FM Radio at all. I also made the animation a bit longer to compensate for the slight wait you had between the end of the animation and the boot into the ROM...
I'll make updated longer ones for each ROM when I get the chance if the OP doesn't mind and doesn't beat me to it, but I wanted to take care of my Fresh Evo users first.
I also considered making separate ones for each size microSDHC card but that would take quite a while but we'll see.
In any case, here you go, Fresh Evo 3.2.0.0 updated BIOS boot animation...and as I stated in the first line, thank you akastixx for your work, sir.
EindhovenOne said:
First off, all credit goes to the OP for his work on the original animation!
Hey, all...this took me a little while but I updated the original animation so now it says "Fresh Evo v3.2.0.0" under the ROM section. I also changed the "Generic microSDHC " to "SanDisk microSDHC" and changed "FM Radio" back to "Compass" since I don't use the FM Radio at all. I also made the animation a bit longer to compensate for the slight wait you had between the end of the animation and the boot into the ROM...
I'll make updated longer ones for each ROM when I get the chance if the OP doesn't mind and doesn't beat me to it, but I wanted to take care of my Fresh Evo users first.
I also considered making separate ones for each size microSDHC card but that would take quite a while but we'll see.
In any case, here you go, Fresh Evo 3.2.0.0 updated BIOS boot animation...and as I stated in the first line, thank you akastixx for your work, sir.
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i don't mind at all. people have been editing and re-releasing this boot thing since at least the touch pro. i went with "custom" to appeal to the masses. i didn't feel like putting in the time for each rom that was out. i will link to your post. if you could just add any new ones to that post, we wont have to link to various posts.
my first attempts at making a bootanimation
http://www.multiupload.com/14CVMDP68X
video[YOUTUBE]
I have just been using root explorer to paste this into system/media and overwriting the existing bootanimation
you need to rename it bootanimation.zip before you paste it into the media file.
starwars deathstar boot animation
deathstar download link
http://www.multiupload.com/U7GLW8RBAO
ironman suit up scene boot animation
i will load up a you tube vid later
here is down load link
http://www.multiupload.com/783XS7G1FV
screens
http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x393/salbalboa/IronmanMovieClipBestScene00001650.jpg
http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x393/salbalboa/IronmanMovieClipBestScene00000766.jpg
http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x393/salbalboa/IronmanMovieClipBestScene00000740.jpg
http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x393/salbalboa/IronmanMovieClipBestScene00000634.jpg
feed back would be appreciated
lots of downloads but no feedback?
no one interested in trying this out?
salbalboa said:
no one interested in trying this out?
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a screenshot would help...
elpeterson said:
a screenshot would help...
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yep good idea just added them
Like the idea of lawnmower man boot anim. To be honest i found it a bit slow & jumpy - probably because it had quite a lot to load in. Also not sure it made it to the end- Revolver 3.0 just boots too fast
Not sure if you could somehow edit it a bit shorter & maybe end it in a way that can loop for the remainder?
Keep it up tho-It's good fun turning an idea in to something you can see on your tablet.
thanks for the input.
I just tweaked it so it runs alot smoother and faster.
I guess making it to the end depends how fast u boot up. I'm also running revolver 3 and have the zip alligned setting on and it runs right to the end and boots into the lock screen. The zip allign makes it take longer to boot so that could be why
Updating with a new link :-D
updated with a video now
anyone like starwars? millennium falcon? deathstars?
then i have the boot animation for you haha video in first post
new boot animation added
ironman suit up scene no you tube vid as of yet i will throw up some screenshots in a moment
The Death Star one looks nice, but it's a tad long. It runs what, 1 minute 20 seconds? Most Transformers load in about 40 seconds (give or take) once the boot animation starts. So half the animation is lost.
I'm working on some boot animations but running into a wall trying to add sound. Maybe I'm just overlooking something. Was wondering if anybody else might be trying this.
I tried pushing a bootanimation.bin that had sound enabled to /system/bin but got nothing but black screen.
I don't know if it's even possible. Any suggestions?
I was reading through the MIUI thread at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424434
and on post #43 I saw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqiX-If5w_4
which near the end (about 3:07 in) showed the bootanimation with sound.
I would think if you downloaded the rom and pulled out its bootanimation files you might get a hint about the syntax needed for the desc.txt file to play sounds.
I played with this idea on my phone (Moto Photon) and was able to play multiple sound files at specific points in the animation sequence.
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EDIT: I got curious regarding this issue, so I downloaded MIUI, CM7, and stock .bin to see what I could discover...near as I can tell, MIUI is only one to include a sound file for bootanimation (if the others do, it is cleverly hidden somewhere other than /system/media/ or /system/media/audio/notifications/) and probably requires some system specific support for the call to play the sound file.
As I mentioned above regarding my phone, the sound file had to be in /audio/notifications/ but also had to have a line in the desc.txt file to call it that looked like this:
480 800 15
p 1 0 part0
s bootsound.mp3
with the last line indicating the specific sound file in notifications to play.
Bottom Line - Unless you are on MIUI I have little to add to help. (took me long enough to say that, didn't it?)
Thanks. Yeah I notice the same regarding all but the MIUI rom. Tried moving some files around for sound on cm7 now I got sound but no animation lol.
where did you put the sound file in CM...and did you have to reference it in the desc.txt?
Actually I took the bootanimation.bin from the miui build in /system/bin and moved it to the same dir on cm7. Since that calls the animation and sounds. I noticed in that bin file that it calls an audio file named bootaudio.mp3 from /system/media and it isn't listed in desc.txt.
So I just put the bootaudio.mp3 and bootanimation.zip from miui in /system/media with no reference to sound in desc.txt and it plays the sounds but no animation.
Maybe unpack the entire contents of the bootanimation.zip, check the desc.txt file with notepad++ to make sure there is a hard return at end of file and then repack everything with 7-zip with no compression (store mode I think). Maybe MIUI allows for compression in the bootanimation.zip file and CM doesn't. Also, you might try to get animation working without sound and then add that back in (although having the sound in there at least lets you know the boot is progressing...)
sorry for the slow reply...been out of town for a few days...if you have already solved this issue, I'd be curious to hear how.
So I now got sound and animation on CM7 thanks to NUNsLAUGHTER92 over at android forums.
Had to edit build.prop added line:
ro.config.play.bootsound=1
Also edited init.local.rc (located at /system/etc) added lines:
service bootsound /system/bin/bootsound
user media
group audio
disabled
oneshot
on property:init.svc.bootanim=running
start bootsound
on property:dev.bootcomplete=1
stop bootsound
Then downloaded this file called bootsound.txt and renamed it bootsound without .txt extention and place it in /system/bin.
Sound file goes in /data/local named android_audio.mp3. Audio is a little on the loud side but hey it works.
Thats a lot just for boot sound lol.
I've been messing around with boot but am not that creative and this device boots pretty fast so... small window. lol. I threw together this boot animation from "The Walking Dead" (love that show). Put bootanimation.zip in /system/media. Extract and put android_audio.mp3 in /data/local. Should have sound (on cm7) if followed the post above. Not the greatest by a long shot but its different.
Before I begin I'd like to say thanks to Lostsorrow for his introduction into Android Boot Animation graphics. Now, I've been working on Boot Animations lately, and so far I've come up with two device-specific animations that look great on the MT4GS.
Generic BIOS Boot Animation (Portrait)Device Specific (MT4GS)
Preview is a bit outdated, no specific ROM branding is included in the Generic animation.
Click on "Show Content" to preview or click on the link below.
http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s443/overhauling/BIOSv2PortraitPREVIEW.gif
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Download Link: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18858783/UNIVERSAL_bootanimation.zip
To Install:
CyanogenMod-Based ROMS: (Yes, Including AOPK) Rename the .zip posted above to: bootanimation.zip ,
and place it in system/media (Replace any other boot animation there)
OR Flash this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18858783/signed_BIOSGENERIC.zip
Stock ROMS: Rename the .zip posted above to: TMUS_bootanimation.zip ,
and place it in system/customize/resource (Replace any other boot animation there)
MikXE: Rename the .zip posted above to: htc_bootanimation.zip ,
and place it in system/customize/resource (Replace any other boot animation there)
BIOS Boot Animation (Landscape)Device Specific (MT4GS)
Click on "Show Content" to preview or click on the link below.
http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s443/overhauling/BIOSv2LANDSCAPEPREVIEW-1.gif
Flash on any CM-Based ROM only.
Download Link: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18858783/signed_BIOSv2_Overhauling_Landscape.zip
Stock ROMS: Download the .zip posted and unzip the contents.
Then navigate to /system/media/ on the folder you just unzipped and rename the bootanimation.zip to TMUS_bootanimation.zip.
Using a file explorer on your phone, copy that newly renamed file and paste it in /system/customize/resource
(replace the other boot animation there, or add a ".bak" to the old one at the end).
CM10-Branded BIOS Boot Animation (Portrait)
Device Specific (MT4GS)
Same as Generic in terms of style, but some text has been altered.
Flash on any CM-Based ROM only.
Download Link: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18858783/signed_BIOSCM10.zip
Wave Boot Animation
Device Specific (MT4GS)
Preview:
Flash on any CM-Based ROM only.
Download Link: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18858783/signed_WAVEMT4GS_Overhauling.zip
Stock ROMS: Download the .zip posted and unzip the contents.
Then navigate to /system/media/ on the folder you just unzipped and rename the bootanimation.zip to TMUS_bootanimation.zip.
Using a file explorer on your phone, copy that newly renamed file and paste it in /system/customize/resource
(replace the other boot animation there, or add a ".bak" to the old one at the end).
HTC Boot Animation
Animation made by mtemal
Preview:
Video uploaded by mtemal
v1 to the right of the video, and v2 to the left.
Flash on any CM-Based ROM only.
Download (v1): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18858783/signed_HTC_v1_mtemal_overhauling.zip
Download (v2): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18858783/signed_HTC_v2_mtemal_overhauling.zip
Stock ROMS: Download the .zip posted and unzip the contents.
Then navigate to /system/media/ on the folder you just unzipped and rename the bootanimation.zip to TMUS_bootanimation.zip.
Using a file explorer on your phone, copy that newly renamed file and paste it in /system/customize/resource
(replace the other boot animation there, or add a ".bak" to the old one at the end).
If you like my work, hit the thanks button
Code:
7/1 - Initial Upload of BIOS + WAVE
7/2 - New Loading Style screen to BIOS (See post below)
- New HTC Boot animation
7/3 - Updated BIOS boot animation
Added landscape and stock version(untested)
Bumped BIOS Animation to v2.0
(Sharper and better looking text + an ACSII Linux Penguin!)
1/6/12 - Added boot animations introduced on 11/24 to OP (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34595691&postcount=36)
I've done a couple custom bootanims for my G1 back on like Cupcake, but the format changed a few times and I lost track. This is pretty cool though... I love throwback stuff... And I never'd have thought of a BIOS ... cool!
I would have two humble requests....
1) If you're going to have a throwback to PC bootup, perhaps an OS "scrolling progressbar" style logo after the BIOS bit in lieu of the pulsing MT4GS text (something like what Windows does, and admittedly I haven't watched a Mac boot up in a while, and Linux style bootup can be had with logcat live from Market). Maybe a throwback Andy, but without the whole circle animating like previous CMs... just a Windows style progress bar under it
2) Can a landscape version be made?
But even still, cool as it is now! Thanks!
That's a great idea!
I'll come up with an OS scrolling style progress bar or something similar soon, I'll try to make something original (or let me know if you want the plain windows one instead, whatever looks better.)
I've never seen a landscape BIOS boot animation for Android before, I'll look forward into making one, it's definitely possible and shouldn't be too difficult since I already have all the resources.
I'm also going to update the graphics in BIOS boot, and make the letters a bit sharper
nice really like this reminds me of old school Dos 6.22
cj chitwood said:
1) If you're going to have a throwback to PC bootup, perhaps an OS "scrolling progressbar" style logo after the BIOS bit in lieu of the pulsing MT4GS text (something like what Windows does, and admittedly I haven't watched a Mac boot up in a while, and Linux style bootup can be had with logcat live from Market). Maybe a throwback Andy, but without the whole circle animating like previous CMs... just a Windows style progress bar under it
2) Can a landscape version be made?
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A "Loading" like feature has been added on the extras, let me know if you prefer the old windows slider look.
I'm still looking into the landscape version.
Also, if anyone has an interesting concept for a boot animation, let me know!
Thanks for these. I've always liked the BIOS boot animation, and the cm9 touch at the end is slick.
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whoa! those are awesome! you can use mine old ones if you want lol! nice work though, seriously!
Could you make a bios bootanimation (the first one) compatible with stock roms? I am running Bulletproof. Also is it possible to make it so it doesn't say CM9, since I am on Bulletproof. If this is too much to ask, I understand. These are great, thanks for the work!
Thanks for the feedback guys!
I'm currently uploading a landscape version, and a version that should work with stock. (untested)
also, I updated the BIOS animation to make it look a bit nicer.
Thanks for this! I like v1.1! Looking forward to the landscape version.
Question: even though it's obviously mt4gs could this possibly work on other hardware that's running cm9? The file format should be the same across devices and this would make it appropriate for tablets as well, being landscape.
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Sent from my HTC Swiss Army Doubleshot running CM9a5
I did this boot animation on the G2. If audio works for boot animations on the MT4GS, this would be fun to show off.
yellowjacket1981 said:
Could you make a bios bootanimation (the first one) compatible with stock roms? I am running Bulletproof. Also is it possible to make it so it doesn't say CM9, since I am on Bulletproof. If this is too much to ask, I understand. These are great, thanks for the work!
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I uploaded a version that should work with stock (And the CM9 text is removed there), let me know if it works!
sino8r said:
whoa! those are awesome! you can use mine old ones if you want lol! nice work though, seriously!
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Thanks! I haven't had the chance to look at your old ones, but I'll look into porting them.
strapped365 said:
Thanks for these. I've always liked the BIOS boot animation, and the cm9 touch at the end is slick.
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I liked the CM9 loop at the end too, I had the idea in my head and BAM there it was. Anyhow, the stock version has the same loop except that it doesn't include the "CM9" branding, adding that to the OP now, lol!
cj chitwood said:
Thanks for this! I like v1.1! Looking forward to the landscape version.
Question: even though it's obviously mt4gs could this possibly work on other hardware that's running cm9? The file format should be the same across devices and this would make it appropriate for tablets as well, being landscape.
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I have a TF201 Transformer Prime and I was considering making a BIOS animation for my tablet as well, it'll look super nice.
Also, I uploaded the landscape version and bumped the version number to 2.0 (the second screen looks a bit cleaner now.) This boot animation should work on any device that's running an AOSP-based ROM (correct me if I'm wrong) since the location of the bootanimation is defaulted to system/media. The only thing that might not work is the Flashable due to the fact that different devices may have different mount points.
The resolution is 480x800 for the portrait one, and 800x480 for the landscape one. A device with a lower resolution might struggle displaying the images, a device with the same resolution would do just fine (but remember, it's MT4GS branded.) And a device with a higher resolution would probably play it smoothly, but it'll look a bit ugly, small, or stretched.
Anyways, thanks for the awesome feedback!
blackknightavalon said:
I did this boot animation on the G2. If audio works for boot animations on the MT4GS, this would be fun to show off.
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Sweet! I'm going to try to get it running with Audio, I'll let you know if I figure it out ( I haven't seen a boot animation with audio on the doubleshot before.) I believe enabling boot audio is ROM-Specific, I'll look into it.
overhauling said:
I have a TF201 Transformer Prime and I was considering making a BIOS animation for my tablet as well, it'll look super nice.
Also, I uploaded the landscape version and bumped the version number to 2.0 (the second screen looks a bit cleaner now.) This boot animation should work on any device that's running an AOSP-based ROM (correct me if I'm wrong) since the location of the bootanimation is defaulted to system/media. The only thing that might not work is the Flashable due to the fact that different devices may have different mount points.
The resolution is 480x800 for the portrait one, and 800x480 for the landscape one. A device with a lower resolution might struggle displaying the images, a device with the same resolution would do just fine (but remember, it's MT4GS branded.) And a device with a higher resolution would probably play it smoothly, but it'll look a bit ugly, small, or stretched.
Anyways, thanks for the awesome feedback!
Sweet! I'm going to try to get it running with Audio, I'll let you know if I figure it out ( I haven't seen a boot animation with audio on the doubleshot before.) I believe enabling boot audio is ROM-Specific, I'll look into it.
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audio in bootanimations will work for cm9 and aokp as long as you put them in system/media and name them android_audio.mp3
Thanks! I can't wait to start messing with these: http://www.soundjay.com/ :good:
xmc wildchild22 said:
audio in bootanimations will work for cm9 and aokp as long as you put them in system/medoa and name them android_audio.mp3
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This reminds me...
I had one with audio for my G1, where it had green text appear on the black background one character at a time, but fast. With each character was a little beep. It was similar to the techie computer text effect that Hollywood loved so much in the 80s and 90s.
The text was like "owner info" mixed with "in case of emergency" but the trick was getting the audio to sync with the characters. I never quite got it to match up. In the end, I gave up on sync and just made a generic sound at about the right time, and later it occurred to me that the bootup was never the exact same one time to the next. Near the end of the anim, the audio was always quite noticeably out of sync.
I wasted days on that project. The concept is simple but it is so much work!
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Ha, that first one is super cool. Love it. Thanks!
cj chitwood said:
This reminds me...
I had one with audio for my G1, where it had green text appear on the black background one character at a time, but fast. With each character was a little beep. It was similar to the techie computer text effect that Hollywood loved so much in the 80s and 90s.
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That concept sounds amazing, if me or anyone could get that to work that would be sick. The problem is, some ROMs boot faster than others, and a Hot Boot is about a quarter faster than a regular reboot. A working, but boring solution, would be to make a boot animation where the cursor is constantly moving so that Audio would always match no matter what.
iceolate said:
Ha, that first one is super cool. Love it. Thanks!
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Thanks for the feedback! suggestions are always welcome too.
I would really like to install the Droid Boot animation with sound on my M8 and convert my M8 to a Droid Rom, with the custom ringtones, and wallpaper, and everything. Can you actually do this ?
cjegan2008 said:
I would really like to install the Droid Boot animation with sound on my M8 and convert my M8 to a Droid Rom, with the custom ringtones, and wallpaper, and everything. Can you actually do this ?
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If you are rooted and have write access to system, yes, this is possible (and I do it all the time). I have a boot animation with sound that I prefer (and I have sound for my down animation as well).
The boot animation is stored as \system\customize\resource\vzw_bootup.zip. Its permissions are rw-r--r--.
Any audio should be in the same location (but that is not critical, as you'll see below).
You also need to edit a default.xml file with a text editor located in \system\customize\cid.
Find the following text in that file:
HTML:
<BootConfiguration>
<BootAnimation animation ="/system/customize/resource/vzw_bootup.zip" />
Add before the /> the following:
HTML:
audio="/system/customize/resource/filename.mp3"
Where filename.mp3 is the name of your audio. I have not tested it, but I suppose you could put that mp3 anywhere and as long as you point to it in the default.xml you may be good to go. (For that matter, maybe you can put the boot animation somewhere else, too, but, again, I have not tested this).
You can do the same with your down animation a few lines later, the key is to insert
audio="/system/customize/resource/filename.mp3" in the same line as the downanimation is identified and before />
As far as your own system sounds, etc., I regularly load the /alarms, /notifications and /ringtones folders with my own sounds. Sometimes I move them to /system, sometimes just keep them on the internal card.
One "gotcha," 99% of all errors with these changes are attributable to user mistyping and/or permissions not being properly set. So be careful.
I would like to thank you for your input. That's very much I informative, thanks. Now, I'm having an issue with the screen size. I used a droid razor boot animation, but the size of the animation was way to small. How do upscale the image size to fit the screen like the Verizon boot screen does ?
hgoldner said:
If you are rooted and have write access to system, yes, this is possible (and I do it all the time). I have a boot animation with sound that I prefer (and I have sound for my down animation as well).
The boot animation is stored as \system\customize\resource\vzw_bootup.zip. Its permissions are rw-r--r--.
Any audio should be in the same location (but that is not critical, as you'll see below).
You also need to edit a default.xml file with a text editor located in \system\customize\cid.
Find the following text in that file:
HTML:
<BootConfiguration>
<BootAnimation animation ="/system/customize/resource/vzw_bootup.zip" />
Add before the /> the following:
HTML:
audio="/system/customize/resource/filename.mp3"
Where filename.mp3 is the name of your audio. I have not tested it, but I suppose you could put that mp3 anywhere and as long as you point to it in the default.xml you may be good to go. (For that matter, maybe you can put the boot animation somewhere else, too, but, again, I have not tested this).
You can do the same with your down animation a few lines later, the key is to insert
audio="/system/customize/resource/filename.mp3" in the same line as the downanimation is identified and before />
As far as your own system sounds, etc., I regularly load the /alarms, /notifications and /ringtones folders with my own sounds. Sometimes I move them to /system, sometimes just keep them on the internal card.
One "gotcha," 99% of all errors with these changes are attributable to user mistyping and/or permissions not being properly set. So be careful.
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cjegan2008 said:
I would like to thank you for your input. That's very much I informative, thanks. Now, I'm having an issue with the screen size. I used a droid razor boot animation, but the size of the animation was way to small. How do upscale the image size to fit the screen like the Verizon boot screen does ?
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Way beyond my expertise. Suggest you poke around in the various threads that discuss creating boot animations. Since boot animations are series of jpgs, I suspect you need to resize each individual jpg in the animation, then recompile the animation.
Do you know anyone on here that may have a Droid boot animation that could fit the M8's screen size ?
hgoldner said:
Way beyond my expertise. Suggest you poke around in the various threads that discuss creating boot animations. Since boot animations are series of jpgs, I suspect you need to resize each individual jpg in the animation, then recompile the animation.
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cjegan2008 said:
Do you know anyone on here that may have a Droid boot animation that could fit the M8's screen size ?
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Not sure I catch your drift, you mean a Motorola Droid boot animation that already fits the M8? I imagine you could post a request in the Q&A forum of the M8. Or you could look for the boot animation threads and see how you could do one yourself.
Take a look here, here, here, here or here.