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[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.
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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.
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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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[Q] Changing boot animation screen on BAMF Forever 1.0.6

I want this..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1010748&highlight=Bios+animation
Where is my boot animation located on my SD card?
Help appreciated!

It is under /system/media/bootanimation.zip
You won't find it on your SDcard. You'll need an app like Root Explorer to access the file system.
You could also use ADB to push the files there if you're familiar with ADB.

dont have that.. i replace the ones in Bamf_Extras.. but it didnt work

Are you familiar with ADB?

honestly, no. I one click rooted. what can I do?

can i push using clockwork recovery?

Runn3rLogic said:
honestly, no. I one click rooted. what can I do?
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I believe there is a free alternative to Root Explorer in Super Manager. It contains File Explorer (Root). It may allow you to copy the bootanimation.zip and mp3 file into the directory. I also am unsure if it will let you set the correct permissions on the files once they are copied. It may be something you can try.
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I went ahead and installed Super Manager. It will allow you to do what you need. You'll find the permissions button on the bottom menu bar if you scroll to the right.

You dont need any apps to do it for you, the bootanimation is in system/customize/resource folder you name it the name as the one in the folder and copy over it. Most if not all the developers name it bootanimation.zip the default Verizon is named VZW_bootanimation.zip I have helped people add sound to their boot animations as well this can be edited in the system/customize/CID folder in the file default. Must be edited with notepad++ or wordpad++ its one of those look near the bottom of the file for boot animation. I have become quite good at doing this by breaking it and fixing it. Things like this need to be learned the hard way.
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Grnlantern79 said:
You dont need any apps to do it for you, the bootanimation is in system/customize/resource folder you name it the name as the one in the folder and copy over it. Most if not all the developers name it bootanimation.zip the default Verizon is named VZW_bootanimation.zip I have helped people add sound to their boot animations as well this can be edited in the system/customize/CID folder in the file default. Must be edited with notepad++ or wordpad++ its one of those look near the bottom of the file for boot animation. I have become quite good at doing this by breaking it and fixing it. Things like this need to be learned the hard way.
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The correct file path is for BAMF Forever 1.0.6 is system/media/bootanimation.zip
There is also an audio file that you can replace in the same location.

I edited my CID file so it where I want it to be. I am used to default setting. Also you can copy over audio but you still need to change desc file and CID so it starts with correct animation. Should I roll my eyes back? Plus I never even said anything about BAMF forever....
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Grnlantern79 said:
I edited my CID file so it where I want it to be. I am used to default setting. Also you can copy over audio but you still need to change desc file and CID so it starts with correct animation. Should I roll my eyes back? Plus I never even said anything about BAMF forever....
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I assumed you were attempting to address the original posters questions about changing his boot animation on BAMF Forever 1.0.6. I didn't understand that you were merely randomly posting about how you like to edit this and that. You can roll your eyes back now!

[Bootanimation] CM10 Bootanimation

CM10 Bootanimation
Just downloaded the latest nightly, has the new bootanimation that fits perfectly on our device, thought I'd share it for anyone that wants it but doesn't want to download the whole ROM or update for some reason or aren't even running CM10! (I have a Vibrant.)
Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?2o06igj8pcc0wzk
Note: This is not a flashable, push/pull/punch/kick it to system/media.​

Works perfect and looks great
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Thanks so such much. Really appreciated. The stock cm9 bootlogo would cause my phone to take long like almost 4 mins to boot. Once I swapped to this new boot logo my phone boots in under 45 seconds
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How do I install this? I tried to copy over the old bootamination file and it won't let me.
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gizmoscoop said:
How do I install this? I tried to copy over the old bootamination file and it won't let me.
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You'll need root and a way to mount the /system partition rw. I do everything through adb,
# mount -o remount,rw /system
# cp path/to/new/bootanimation.zip /system/media
# busybox chown root:root /system/media/bootanimation.zip
# busybox chmod 644 /system/media/bootanimation.zip
# reboot
There are "root explorer" tools that can probably do it as well.

Thanks. I figured it out by using sgs toolbox app to give it a r/w permission. I was able to delete afterwards.
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I was able to copy and paste over to the media folder. But when reboot, I only get the word 'Android' on the boot screen. I don't see the animation like the video in YouTube. Is there something that I need to change. I am running REMICS.
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Amigos. Use a root explorer like ES File Explorer by ES Strong. After doing so hit menu button, settings, scroll down to where it says root settings then tap on it, hit the first check box that says for rooted phones only. Then hit the box that says mount system, and also the other box that says make system write able or up to root directory. Once you have do so please hit the back button twice to go back to where you can see the files on your SD card. Once you can do see your SD card files please tap the back button once more and after doing so you shouldn't see all your phone's system files and once you can see them scroll down and open the folder called "system" not sys. I repeat the folder called "system"
Once inside the folder? Hard click on the folder called "Media" and hit copy. Then navigate back to your SD card and past it somewhere on your SD card as a back up just in case you ever want to revert back to the cm9 or whatever boot animation you are currently using. Now once you have backed up the folder called media. Please navigate back to your system folder/media and open it once again. After doing so delete the boot animation zip folder that is inside of it, no worried because that is why you made a back up of the folder on your SD card for then after you delete the one inside system please move this boot animation zip folder to system. By this boot animation zip I mean the cm10 boot loader to system. Capish? Then after doing so exit your file browser and restart your phone and watch as the amazing cm10 boot logo pops up
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By the way please don't be scared to hit the thank you button
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It works.
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Thanks! Will try it now. CM9 takes forever and it's way too bright/white.
*Done. Phone booted like in 30 secs. The CM9 one made it boot very slow. Good thing is that this bootanimation doesn't have the # of CM version.

Cm9 took me 3 minuted to boot
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Can I get cm10 for the sgs4g?
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etp23 said:
Can I get cm10 for the sgs4g?
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See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1855714

When I d/l'ed the file, I just get the shiny word 'android' Not anything like the video shows. I'm running Ravers OMFGCM9 build. Removed and replaced the file in system/media with the new one. Any ideas why its not like the video??

Wow that looks so G on my baby thanks

magda623 said:
Any ideas why its not like the video??
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Try fixing permissions. Either reboot to recovery or change them using a root explorer. Long press on the file, go to properties, permissions should be rw-r-r

Make sure your ROM and/or Kernel support custom boot animations.

IDK why it wouldn't. Its CM9. It supports theme chooser. I've had another bootanimation on there since i've got the ROM. So IDK. I've looked in a few different places and downloaded quite a few of the same animation to the same effect. Checked the permissions and they were set right in the program. I'm fixing permissions in TWRP now. I'll repost after it finishes.
Still nothing after the permission fix. Hmmm.

I manually copy them in TWRP. Some installers don't work right. I think they don't mount system, just try and copy it to and without it being mounted properly, it won't work.
If you have an installer for a boot animation, open the zip and get the bootanimation.zip file and put it on your SD card. Otherwise, just the boot animation there.
Now you use TWRP recover option, or ES file explorer.
With ES File Explorer, you have to goto setting, make sure root options are on and mount system is enabled to allow writing to the system folder.
With TWRP, go to mount and make sure "unmount system" is checked. This means its mounted.
In TWRP, go to advanced, file manager, in ES file explorer, you're already in a file manager.
If you want to backup your current bootanimation, navigate to system->media folder. Press and hold on the bootanimation.zip to copy it. Navigate to a temp folder on your card and paste it.
Now go to your bootanimation.zip you want to use, press and hold on the file to copy it, navigate back to system->media and paste it. Reboot and you should be good. The main idea is to use some sort of method that will let you write to the system folder and copy the bootanimation.zip to the system->media folder.

getochkn said:
Some installers don't work right. I think they don't mount system, just try and copy it to and without it being mounted properly, it won't work.
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Yep -- I've run into installers that don't check the mounts first. Including one I used to use for Hefe Kernel, I have to admit. It is especially troublesome if you "stack" installs and the previous one "helpfully" unmounts /system.

jeffsf said:
Yep -- I've run into installers that don't check the mounts first. Including one I used to use for Hefe Kernel, I have to admit. It is especially troublesome if you "stack" installs and the previous one "helpfully" unmounts /system.
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Ya, I've learned to check things more, do things manually and become a lot more comfortable with doing stuff like that with my phone and it helps figuring stuff out and getting stuff to work how I want it.

[How To] Boot Animations

Figured while we are waiting for some custom roms, we could still get a little custom action going on. I got tired of sprints boot animation and started playing w root explorer. Need root access, and a file manager that has permission to write to system folders.
You may want to back up the original sprint_bootanimation.zip to another location before copying any other files, just in case you want to return to stock. I ended up losing mine in a wipe, once I got it back I figured it would be a good idea to have one posted for anyone who needed it, see below.
Below is a link to the Razr stock bootanimation.zip (most 960x540 animations will work, as well as several other resolutions, play around and see what you find and like), rename it sprint_bootanimation.zip and copy it to /system/media. After it is moved change the permissions to rw-r--r-- , should be able to do this by long pressing the file. The other is an OGG file (do not rename), also copy this to /system/media folder. Voila, you now have the stock Razr boot animation whenever you boot your phone, sound and all.
If anyone would like to post some more stock or custom animations below, feel free.
Stock Razr animation w/ amplified audio file download:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1345636
Stock Photon Q animation below, just in case...

The boot works but i hear no sound
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You put droidhd.ogg into system/media with the zip (not in the zip)? It has to be in the system/media folder with that exact spelling.
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I hear it now but its very low. Its doesnt matter though cuz i luv the boot way better then sprints.
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Right on. Agreed, it would be better w a bit more volume. I will look into it.
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Updated OP with link to an amplified ogg file.
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I am using root explorer to do this and all my files are read only. I am fully rooted and unlocked but it will not let me change permission or change the boot animation.
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spyderkoz said:
I am using root explorer to do this and all my files are read only. I am fully rooted and unlocked but it will not let me change permission or change the boot animation.
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That's odd, I assume you granted root explorer su permission. Maybe go into system settings, apps and clear data in root explorer? If that doesn't get it try es file manager, open menu, settings; close to the bottom of the list is root settings, check all the boxes. It will ask for su permission & you should be able to do it then.
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fallnSaint said:
That's odd, I assume you granted root explorer su permission. Maybe go into system settings, apps and clear data in root explorer? If that doesn't get it try es file manager, open menu, settings; close to the bottom of the list is root settings, check all the boxes. It will ask for su permission & you should be able to do it then.
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Will try that. Once I am past that it will be time to post my beta rom
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spyderkoz said:
I am using root explorer to do this and all my files are read only. I am fully rooted and unlocked but it will not let me change permission or change the boot animation.
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Just a thought. Did you hit the Rw/Ro toggle in the upper right hand corner when you were in /system? People sometimes for get about that.
@OP, Here is a Pro-Tip that I have been using for a long time on a few different phones if you like to swap bootanimations a bunch.
If you drop your "custom" BA in /data/local and set permissions, it will boot up when the phone does. By doing it this way, you can test out as many BAs as you want and all the while your original in /system/media is left clean and unadulterated. I have collected a bunch over the years and have them on my sdcard. Another trick to put them in folders to easily copy over into /data/local at will. So it would be sdcard/MYBootAniations/Clockhell/bootanimation.zip or sdcard/MYBootAniations/RollerCoaster/bootanimation.zip.
Sometimes, I will drop one in my wife's /data/local and then the next time she boots up BAM!!! She is pretty saavy at these things, so it is shortly after bootup when I get a text or call.

Nice, thanks for that, I will give it a try.
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Could we use any boot animation from the bionic?

xLoveHateLegend said:
Could we use any boot animation from the bionic?
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I believe so, screen resolution is what we are looking at, bionic is 960x540, as is the Q.
-Saint

Just replaced the boot animation, work great, sounds great too Thanks for sharing.
It would be great to replace the word "droid" which robot says to "photon". Maybe I'll give a try.

I am sad can not get this to work. It boots but freezes right at the end.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2041939
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fallnSaint said:
Figured while we are waiting for some custom roms, we could still get a little custom action going on. I got tired of sprints boot animation and started playing w root explorer. Need root access, and a file manager that has permission to write to system folders.
You may want to back up the original sprint_bootanimation.zip to another location before copying any other files, just in case you want to return to stock. I ended up losing mine in a wipe, once I got it back I figured it would be a good idea to have one posted for anyone who needed it, see below.
Below is a link to the Razr stock bootanimation.zip (most 960x540 animations will work, as well as several other resolutions, play around and see what you find and like), rename it sprint_bootanimation.zip and copy it to /system/media. After it is moved change the permissions to rw-r--r-- , should be able to do this by long pressing the file. The other is an OGG file (do not rename), also copy this to /system/media folder. Voila, you now have the stock Razr boot animation whenever you boot your phone, sound and all.
If anyone would like to post some more stock or custom animations below, feel free.
Stock Razr animation w/ amplified audio file download:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1345636
Stock Photon Q animation below, just in case...
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You should check out a script that kevinrocksman posted from TeamDart...it's an install script that uses cmd.exe on a PC to flash the sprint_bootanimation.zip file and either an .ogg file or MP3 of your choosing through your custom recovery. It's a one-click deal. Very handy!
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[Q] Renaming apks - not holding new name?!

Hey guys,
I still rename my bloat, I know, you probably see this as lame, but maybe someone has the answer anyway.
In system/app, the Motorola Migrate apk (fswriter.apk) can be renamed using root and Root Explorer, but after a minute or so, or a reboot, the apk returns to the original name (I usually add .old to the end). Just about all of the other apks I rename in that folder retain .old in the name even after a reboot. The entire contents of system/vendor/app does this. I can rename the apks, refresh and see they are still renamed, and then a minute later, or a reboot later, they drop the .old or .delete extension.
For now, I disabled the ones that appear in the app drawer, but maybe someone who is curious enough knows the answer.
Thanks,
Jason

JaBr1884 said:
Hey guys,
I still rename my bloat, I know, you probably see this as lame, but maybe someone has the answer anyway.
In system/app, the Motorola Migrate apk (fswriter.apk) can be renamed using root and Root Explorer, but after a minute or so, or a reboot, the apk returns to the original name (I usually add .old to the end). Just about all of the other apks I rename in that folder retain .old in the name even after a reboot. The entire contents of system/vendor/app does this. I can rename the apks, refresh and see they are still renamed, and then a minute later, or a reboot later, they drop the .old or .delete extension.
For now, I disabled the ones that appear in the app drawer, but maybe someone who is curious enough knows the answer.
Thanks,
Jason
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are you rebooting into R/W mode aka recovery mode? For this line of Droids, after rooting, in order for you remove or change anything within the system you need to reboot into "recovery" and i use the quotations is because in all androids in the past (at least the ones i have had) recovery is TWRP or CWM but with our phones recovery is the OS but the OS is R/W...so make sure you are rooted and then you can either use an app like Rom Toolbox for example, use the rebooter option within and in that menu select Reboot Recovery, it'll reboot into the OS but rewritable once you are booted that way you can add and remove system apps as well as make any name changes to the system files and whatnot...hope this helps

Holo reboot in play store works great for rebooting into recovery or just a normal reboot!
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