[Q] Droid Maxx stock boot animation - Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Does anyone have a copy of the stock droid maxx boot animation? The one with the red that flashes to the eye? All the system dumps I've found have just a plain android logo, no droid eye. I had a brain fart and changed mine using rom toolbox before I backed up the stock one.
Here's a youtube video of it in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNDCVtDSu0E

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ctdwlic5lmhc7ih/bootanimation.zip
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4d50a2u9550whwi/droidpu.ogg
Here you go! The animation and the sound.

kcipopnevets said:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ctdwlic5lmhc7ih/bootanimation.zip
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4d50a2u9550whwi/droidpu.ogg
Here you go! The animation and the sound.
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This is weird. i put it into the system/media folder, and it literally just has the words android, and it has like a shiny wipe across it as it boots. that's it. It is the same animation I got from the 19.6.3 system dump files too. It definitely isn't the animation that was on my phone before. Any suggestions?
Edit: I also just looked at the files in the .zip and they are definitely what is supposed to be there. Why is it showing the plain android instead of the normal animation?
Edit 2: Also, when I go into rom toolbox and preview the current animation, it loads and plays just how it's supposed too, sound and all.

rboutin2 said:
This is weird. i put it into the system/media folder, and it literally just has the words android, and it has like a shiny wipe across it as it boots. that's it. It is the same animation I got from the 19.6.3 system dump files too. It definitely isn't the animation that was on my phone before. Any suggestions?
I also just looked at the files in the .zip and they are definitely what is supposed to be there. Why is it showing the plain android instead of the normal animation?
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You aren't setting permissions correctly. Use a file manager like ES File Explorer and on each of the two items I gave you, go to properties and change their permissions to rw-r-r. The weird "android" is defaulted when there is no boot animation, by the way.

Use this photo for reference if you don't understand.

kcipopnevets said:
You aren't setting permissions correctly. Use a file manager like ES File Explorer and on each of the two items I gave you, go to properties and change their permissions to rw-r-r. The weird "android" is defaulted when there is no boot animation, by the way.
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Thank you! thank you! thank you!!! I had read about setting permissions, but Completely had another brain fart moment lol! I am not with it today. Time to put down the phone and stop trying to mod with a foggy brain

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[MOD] Custome Boot Animation {Nexus prime included} [install any boot animation]

This is for permanently rooted or s-off devices.
or anyone wondering how to replace your bootanimation
After finding your desired boot animation
1.Open Root Explorer
2.Find your bootanimation.zip
3.Long press that file and click rename and rename it to "TMUS_bootanimation.zip" (Without quotes)
4.Long press angain and click COPY
5.Navigate to /system/customize/resource Click mount R/W in the top right corner
6.find the file that's called "TMUS_bootanimation.zip" and rename it to "TMUS_bootanimation.zip.back" That way you have a back up of the original.
7.Now press paste and you're all done.
REBOOT to see the animation.
I've included my favorite animation.
click here for preview (not my channel) someone else posted it.
Nexus Prime (not my channel) someone else posted it.
Oh, that's sexy.
yeah, thanks! So happy to have root finally!
how about an animation or preview of what the animation is?
It says "DROID" and then has a bunch of CGI circles/gears/things spinning around as your phone boots. It's all in silver/white with a black background. It's definitely more fun than the "my" logo for 30 seconds.
Try it out and see if you like it. You can always change it back if you don't delete the original file and rename it like I said. As always hitting the thanks button is very appreciated. I'll try to post an img
Edit: There is a link to a preview
You can always unzip the folder and look at the images.
You don't have to use my animation you can download anyone you want.
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Madblaster6 said:
You don't have to use my animation you can download anyone you want.
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can i haz catalog?
drboy2692 said:
can i haz catalog?
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Out of all seriousness. Google.com just google android boot animations. Or even on youtube....
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Welcome
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Anyway to change the shutdown animation? I tried the same method, but it didn't work.
Or the "MyTouch4G Slide" Splash screen at the boot's start up? It's gotta be somewhere, I'm thinking maybe even the same subdirectory, but I"m a bit hesitant to tinker around at the moment lol
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Or the "MyTouch4G Slide" Splash screen at the boot's start up? It's gotta be somewhere, I'm thinking maybe even the same subdirectory, but I"m a bit hesitant to tinker around at the moment lol
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You can't edit the very first splash screen. Its possible but it's not part of the android operating system.
As for the shutdown screen its the same method but I don't remember The file name you replace.
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RazoE said:
Anyway to change the shutdown animation? I tried the same method, but it didn't work.
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The bootdown animation is found under system > customize > resource > hTC_downanimation.zip
The true question is this - does the bootdown animation have the same amount of frames as a traditional bootscreen animation? If it does the process of replacing it should be fairly easy. If there is variance that may be the reason some have seemed to have some trouble. Ill test it out this evening when i get home.
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AndroidAutobot said:
The bootdown animation is found under system > customize > resource > hTC_downanimation.zip
The true question is this - does the bootdown animation have the same amount of frames as a traditional bootscreen animation? If it does the process of replacing it should be fairly easy. If there is variance that may be the reason some have seemed to have some trouble. Ill test it out this evening when i get home.
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I replaced that file with a custom boot animation, however the screen was just black. I'm thinking the number of frames may be the issue.
RazoE said:
I replaced that file with a custom boot animation, however the screen was just black. I'm thinking the number of frames may be the issue.
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Funny... I was JUST about to come on here to address this issue. Had the exact same thing just happen to me. What you have is a simple problem with permissions being set incorrectly. Super easy fix.
Using root explorer, navigate to the bootdown animation , mount as r/w, longpress the boot down animation, select "permissions" and make sure it looks like the picture I'm attaching to this post. That should do it =) Let me know if that worked.
Oh yeah, and this is the bootdown animation I ended up using. Simple but clean, works just fine -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17492332#post17492332
AndroidAutobot said:
Funny... I was JUST about to come on here to address this issue. Had the exact same thing just happen to me. What you have is a simple problem with permissions being set incorrectly. Super easy fix.
Using root explorer, navigate to the bootdown animation , mount as r/w, longpress the boot down animation, select "permissions" and make sure it looks like the picture I'm attaching to this post. That should do it =) Let me know if that worked.
Oh yeah, and this is the bootdown animation I ended up using. Simple but clean, works just fine -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17492332#post17492332
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I will re-download the boot animation I wanted and let you know how it went, thanks!
EDIT: nope, just threw me into a boot loop
so there is no way to use Boot Animation Changer, or Absolute System to change our boot animations? I like to change mine once a week,....
how about getting a bootsound, any one know how to do that?
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yellowjacket1981 said:
so there is no way to use Boot Animation Changer, or Absolute System to change our boot animations? I like to change mine once a week,....
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I was able to download my bootanimations from both of these apps, but I still had to move them manually..no biggie...anyword on if the down animation change worked?

Changing boot animations

I have read the information on manually changing the boot animations, but has anyone used a tool to do it? Rom Tool Box and a slew of other apps have change boot animation functions. I was just wondering if anyone has successfully used any stand alone app to accomplish this? also boot logos?
henbone11 said:
I have read the information on manually changing the boot animations, but has anyone used a tool to do it? Rom Tool Box and a slew of other apps have change boot animation functions. I was just wondering if anyone has successfully used any stand alone app to accomplish this? also boot logos?
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I tried Rom Toolbox but it doesn't chance animation on mine. I don't know nor can find where the settings or the directory is on the tf700 is to change it in Rom toolbox. If you know... please share it or a link to the answer. Thanks
Ice, rooted and unlocked. NVflash backup
Boot Animations works fine.
Apparemtly tf700 users can't get this to work either. just need to know which dir tf700 actually uses.
andyk11 said:
just need to know which dir tf700 actually uses.
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I've copied an LCARS one to /data/local and works perfectly.
How To Change, Customize & Create Android Boot Animation [Guide]
So you have found a boot animation that you want to install on your phone? Created one of your own and can’t wait to see it in action on your device? All you have to do is copy it at a certain location on your device. There are two locations you can copy it: /data/local and /system/media, and both have their advantages and disadvantages.
Advantages of copying it to /data/local is that you will not require root access for it and it should work for all non-rooted devices without running the risk of changing anything in the /system partition. Furthermore, if a bootanimation.zip file is found in both locations, Android ignores the one found in /system/media and gives priority to the one in /data/local. A disadvantage of this method is that upon a hard reset (also called a full data wipe or a factory reset), the new boot animation will be lost.
Copying the boot animation to /system/media/ is possible only if your device is rooted and you have read+write access to the /system partition. An advantage of this method is that upon a hard reset, the new boot animation will still remain and there will be no need to apply it again. A disadvantage is that it requires ADB or a root level file browser such as Root Explorer or Super Manager.
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xcal321 said:
I've copied an LCARS one to /data/local and works perfectly.
How To Change, Customize & Create Android Boot Animation [Guide]
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Thanks for the info. I saw that and tried it but no luck. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Tried to change it with ROM Toolbox pro also an doesn't work. Am rooted and unlock but no JOY. I did find the /system/media/bootanimation.zip file but it just doesn't load.
Update: I copied the animation.zip files to both /system/media and also data/local. The only thing that loads is the White Asus sign for about 5 sec then a Black screen for about 20 sec then boots normally. Theres got to be a setting that directs the bootanimation file to load but can't find what file the boot looks for to load where to find bootanimation.zip.
andyk11 said:
Update: I copied the animation.zip files to both /system/media and also data/local. The only thing that loads is the White Asus sign for about 5 sec then a Black screen for about 20 sec then boots normally. Theres got to be a setting that directs the bootanimation file to load but can't find what file the boot looks for to load where to find bootanimation.zip.
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This, to me, looks like the animation is corrupt or is not a boot animation. Check out this tool. Restore the original animation to /system/media and then use the one in the link of my previous post and put that in /data/local.
Thanks. I checked out the program and tried it but got errors pushing the file. to /media but it worked going to /local. tried previewing with romtools pro but not working. I'm stumped. Found a bunch of treads for this problem but nothing. files are not corrupted. I can get the boot animation files to run outside of android on a pc ect but not while trying to get them to animate inside there folders.... /local or /media. Somewhere in the boot process it's not loading. Need to find out why the White Asus animation works for a few seconds and where it is. It used to turn Brown/ Goldish and rotate but no longer. Anyone else with any guess's?
Also: Forgot to mention am using the JB bootloader.
andyk11 said:
Thanks. I checked out the program and tried it but got errors pushing the file. to /media but it worked going to /local. tried previewing with romtools pro but not working. I'm stumped.
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Have you tried viewing the animation in the tool I mentioned?
andyk11 said:
Need to find out why the White Asus animation works for a few seconds and where it is.
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That is not the boot animation of Asus, it's a still image embedded in either the bootloader or something close to it. It's not mean to be customized, the metallic ASUS logo with the light effect and then the circular progress indicator are part of the default bootanimation.zip
andyk11 said:
Anyone else with any guess's?
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I haven't given up yet Would you be willing to share the bootanimation that you are trying to use, with us. This way we can have a look an see if it works for us.
andyk11 said:
Also: Forgot to mention am using the JB bootloader.
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As am I. I'm on JB 4.1.1 (WW 10.4.4.18).
xcal321 said:
Have you tried viewing the animation in the tool I mentioned?
That is not the boot animation of Asus, it's a still image embedded in either the bootloader or something close to it. It's not mean to be customized, the metallic ASUS logo with the light effect and then the circular progress indicator are part of the default bootanimation.zip
I haven't given up yet Would you be willing to share the bootanimation that you are trying to use, with us. This way we can have a look an see if it works for us.
As am I. I'm on JB 4.1.1 (WW 10.4.4.18).
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Yes of Course I'd be willing to share it. As I said I can view it outside of the floders on a Windows PC running the boot animtion progam. The one I was tring to install comes with RomToolbox Pro. The droid Peeing on an APPLE... need a few hours sleep as am to tied to keep messin with this. will get back to you... OH... I deleted all animation zip files also and still get the ASUS screen. non animated. whereever that file is it's corrupted I think.
andyk11 said:
Yes of Course I'd be willing to share it. As I said I can view it outside of the floders on a Windows PC running the boot animtion progam. The one I was tring to install comes with RomToolbox Pro. The droid Peeing on an APPLE... need a few hours sleep as am to tied to keep messin with this. will get back to you... OH... I deleted all animation zip files also and still get the ASUS screen. non animated. whereever that file is it's corrupted I think.
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Sorry for the wait. I have no way of uploading the animation file in question here. Looking for somewhere to upload it so you can look at it but as I said the file is not the problem. I need to reinstall the bootloader which is 9.4.5.30r01 Not sure how to just do that as I haven't looked into it. The 9.4.5.30r01 came from the nvflash tread in this forum. I need to research if I install a jb bootloader if I still have nvflash "JUST IN CASE" Have a nice day.
andyk11 said:
Sorry for the wait. I have no way of uploading the animation file in question here.
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No problem, I have ROM Toolbox myself and got the animation. While playing around (copying animations to my tablet from my NAS) I figured out what might be wrong on your side.
Make sure your bootanimation.zip is in /data/local and set the file permissions to rw-r--r--.
xcal321 said:
No problem, I have ROM Toolbox myself and got the animation. While playing around (copying animations to my tablet from my NAS) I figured out what might be wrong on your side.
Make sure your bootanimation.zip is in /data/local and set the file permissions to rw-r--r--.
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Thanks I already tried that. I found that in a post days ago but no luck. permissions where set right. Since my last post I updated to the 10.4.4.18 the odex version and I got bootanimation back. I backed it up using trwp 2.3.1.0 and tried changing it with Rom toolbox again. I set the paths to data/local in the settings. I installed the new bootanimation.zip file and rebooted. It would not boot up at all. Got past the white asus and went blank and I waited 10-15 min but noting. I rebooted by holding down power button for like 10-15sec and still would not boot up. Had to go back to trwp and reinstall my .18 backup and it started right up. Am going to give up for now till I can find out what is causing this for me and not others. Theres just something I'm missing and haven't pinned it down. Thanks for your time and effort. really appreciate it.
Update: 10-22 @11:34 pm. I got it working... Installed CleanRom 2.3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1919851
Not even sure what I did other than flashed, wiped and reset. I checked the location of the bootanimation directory in this rom and it was only in /system/media. I read all the treads and info I could find. I used Rom Toolbox pro https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.liberty.toolboxpro&feature=search_result and changed settings to install it in /data/local as everywhere I read suggested that directory. If you've read what I've tried in the past I already did that over and over. Checked the permissions of the file and all. the one thing I didn't do was remount the zip file after copying to the directory. I didn't think I would have needed to since toolbox would have handled that... I though. Thats the only thing I can think of why it wouldn't load on boot is because it wasn't remounting. Anyways. I got it working but to be honest I still don't know why and I actually wanted to know why... A learning experiance if you want. One more time... Thanks a million for your time.
andyk11 said:
Thanks I already tried that. I found that in a post days ago but no luck. permissions where set right. Since my last post I updated to the 10.4.4.18 the odex version and I got bootanimation back. I backed it up using trwp 2.3.1.0 and tried changing it with Rom toolbox again. I set the paths to data/local in the settings. I installed the new bootanimation.zip file and rebooted. It would not boot up at all. Got past the white asus and went blank and I waited 10-15 min but noting. I rebooted by holding down power button for like 10-15sec and still would not boot up. Had to go back to trwp and reinstall my .18 backup and it started right up. Am going to give up for now till I can find out what is causing this for me and not others. Theres just something I'm missing and haven't pinned it down. Thanks for your time and effort. really appreciate it.
Update: 10-22 @11:34 pm. I got it working... Installed CleanRom 2.3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1919851
Not even sure what I did other than flashed, wiped and reset. I checked the location of the bootanimation directory in this rom and it was only in /system/media. I read all the treads and info I could find. I used Rom Toolbox pro https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.liberty.toolboxpro&feature=search_result and changed settings to install it in /data/local as everywhere I read suggested that directory. If you've read what I've tried in the past I already did that over and over. Checked the permissions of the file and all. the one thing I didn't do was remount the zip file after copying to the directory. I didn't think I would have needed to since toolbox would have handled that... I though. Thats the only thing I can think of why it wouldn't load on boot is because it wasn't remounting. Anyways. I got it working but to be honest I still don't know why and I actually wanted to know why... A learning experiance if you want. One more time... Thanks a million for your time.
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The reason why it don´t work is that Asus maybe has integrated a check of system files in some asus app or in the kernel (don´t now)
Changing Bootanimation does only work for me with a cleanrom and cm10.
as you sad when you change it in the stock rom it wont boot anymore.
So Asus dont want that someone removes their bootanimation i think
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The reason why it don´t work is that Asus maybe has integrated a check of system files in some asus app or in the kernel (don´t now)
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So Asus dont want that someone removes their bootanimation i think
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You don't have to remove/replace the Asus bootanimation. Just place your own in /data/local set the correct permissions and you're good to go.

boot animation won't change

Came across a real neat boot animation but it just wouldn't come up.
I changed the name to bootanimation.zip and the stock one to: bootanimationstock.zip
placed it in system/media with system on r\w.
Also checked the config file which says to load file system/media/bootanimation04.zip
Tried renaming the boot animation i wanted to bootanimation04.zip
All i get now is this minimalistic bootanimation where the small letters : ''Android'' are flashing.
I'm on rooted JB 4.2.1
Any suggestions?
shaggydiamond said:
Came across a real neat boot animation but it just wouldn't come up.
I changed the name to bootanimation.zip and the stock one to: bootanimationstock.zip
placed it in system/media with system on r\w.
Also checked the config file which says to load file system/media/bootanimation04.zip
Tried renaming the boot animation i wanted to bootanimation04.zip
All i get now is this minimalistic bootanimation where the small letters : ''Android'' are flashing.
I'm on rooted JB 4.2.1
Any suggestions?
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This is how I change the boot animation: using Root Browser, I put the bootanimation.zip file inside /data/local.
Not sure about the minimalistic bootanimation you're getting, but that kinda sounds cool! (I like minimalistic designs)
shaggydiamond said:
Came across a real neat boot animation but it just wouldn't come up.
I changed the name to bootanimation.zip and the stock one to: bootanimationstock.zip
placed it in system/media with system on r\w.
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Put it in /data/local and name it bootanimation.zip - it will be preferred to the one in the ROM.
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Put it in /data/local and name it bootanimation.zip - it will be preferred to the one in the ROM.
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Also tried that, but it didn't work at the time. I'll try again tomorrow. Really want to have this boot animation
Drenus said:
This is how I change the boot animation: using Root Browser, I put the bootanimation.zip file inside /data/local.
Not sure about the minimalistic bootanimation you're getting, but that kinda sounds cool! (I like minimalistic designs)
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I don't really like it haha, it seems like this is a backup animation. Can't get the stock animation to stick anymore
Update: pretty sure I put it in the right folder now but it didn't work.
Thanks anyway
"System\media\" and "data\local\" not working. I tried...
I've tried it. Copied my bootanimation.zip file to that 2 folder. But not working. My phone starts no boot animations. Just blank dark screen. My bootanimation.zip was working few months ago the system was Android 4.4.4 (i think that was 1 year ago). But now that is not working, what will i do ?
My Bootanimation video is here -> My Video
Thanks.

Boot animation not changing in nexus 5

Hey guys, today i tried to change my boot animation with ROM toolbox but it failed. Then i also tried by copying boot animation.zip in root/system/media but still it didn't change.
What should i do ?
put the bootanimation.zip into (root)/data/local/, save and reboot(with a root file explorer). if its still not working, then wont work with the n5. rom toolbox is an old app, and has old boot animations. its possible they wont work with the n5.
@simms22
Worked by placing zip in data/local
Thanks , from where can i get batman boot animation for nexus 5 .
Tried google it bt no good results
jaferiqbal said:
@simms22
Worked by placing zip in data/local
Thanks , from where can i get batman boot animation for nexus 5 .
Tried google it bt no good results
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you can make one
if you do find older boot animations, most will be tiny on the n5screen.n because the n5 has a much greater screen resolution than any older device. i havent seen any newer batman boot animations.
simms22 said:
put the bootanimation.zip into (root)/data/local/, save and reboot(with a root file explorer). if its still not working, then wont work with the n5. rom toolbox is an old app, and has old boot animations. its possible they wont work with the n5.
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Old or not, there's no reason they shouldn't work. If they aren't made for this specific screen resolution, all you need to do is unzip the animation, batch resize all the images in the the folders, edit desc.txt and compress it back to a zip file again. Pretty simple, actually! :good:
RoyJ said:
Old or not, there's no reason they shouldn't work. If they aren't made for this specific screen resolution, all you need to do is unzip the animation, batch resize all the images in the the folders, edit desc.txt and compress it back to a zip file again. Pretty simple, actually! :good:
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i said older and being tiny on the screen. anyways, i think if the op knew how to enlarge them and zip them back up, then he wouldnt be looking for a batman boot animation, he would make his own
simms22 said:
i said older and being tiny on the screen. anyways, i think if the op knew how to enlarge them and zip them back up, then he wouldnt be looking for a batman boot animation, he would make his own
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Yeah u r right
RoyJ said:
Old or not, there's no reason they shouldn't work. If they aren't made for this specific screen resolution, all you need to do is unzip the animation, batch resize all the images in the the folders, edit desc.txt and compress it back to a zip file again. Pretty simple, actually! :good:
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That sounds like a lot of work to me

[ROOT] [HD 10] Customize your boot animation

I finally figured out what was stopping a custom boot animation from being installed onto the HD 10 running stock FireOS. This guide will show you how to replace the boot animation, to just about anything you want. For reference, we are using my favorite Android boot animation from Marshmallow, but there is Lollipop boot animation as well. You need to be rooted in order to complete this guide.
****THIS MAY NOT WORK FOR YOUR TABLET. RESULTS CAN VARY. YOU ARE PERFORMING THIS GUIDE AT YOUR OWN RISK. WORST CASE SCENERIO: NO BOOT ANIMATION (MUST REFLASH YOUR CURRENT VERSION OF FIRE OS TO RESTORE IT)****
1. Download the Marshmallow boot animation zip from this thread (1080p is perfect) to your internal storage. Using a root explorer, open the zip file and tap system then media and extract 'bootanimation.zip' to your internal storage.
2. Download 'bootanimation.zip' at the end of this post and extract the 'bootanimation' file to your desktop PC or the internal storage of your tablet. (THIS IS NOT A FLASHABLE ZIP FILE)
3. Again, using a root explorer, navigate to /system/bin and make a copy the 'bootanimation' file and back it up to a folder in your storage. Now copy the 'bootanimation' file you downloaded in step 2 and paste it in /system/bin, overwriting the existing one. Make sure to set the permissions of the file to rwxr-xr-x
4. Using a root explorer again, go back to your internal storage and copy the 'bootanimation.zip' you extracted earlier in step 1. Then navigate to /system/media and paste 'bootanimation.zip'. Set the permissions to rw-r--r--
5. Reboot and watch your animation. See video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lmNGAn_YIY
HOW?
The answer was in /system/bin. Amazon modified the 'bootanimation' file in /system/bin so only their boot animation is the one used. If you had only placed the zip in /system/media, the animation would animate for a few seconds, freeze and just before the end of booting, would start to animate again. I tried portrait and landscape. I tried different resolutions. I tried different animations and every one of the animations would freeze. I opened up the ROM for the Fire 7 (Fire Nexus ROM by @ggow) and copied the 'bootanimation' file from /system/bin over to the stock FireOS ROM on the HD 10, and set the proper permissions. Problem solved!
Updates:
January 11, 2019: The bootanimation-STOCK.zip attached below, contains the stock FireOS bootanimation. Simply delete the bootanimation.zip in /system/media (if there is one). Extract/unzip the bootanimation-STOCK.zip into internal storage and copy/paste the bootanimation file to /system/bin, overwriting the one there.
Awesome post, as always, Mr. DragonFire1024
Heads up. If you simply overwrite the file in /system/bin with the bootanimation file (not the zip) and reboot, you get a surprise. I don't want to ruin it With that said, if someone could extend that animation a little...
Wonder if we can use the Oreo Boot animation I'm using for my Moto G4??
Touchpad64gb said:
Wonder if we can use the Oreo Boot animation I'm using for my Moto G4??
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Should be able to copy the .zip from /system/media to the same folder on the HD 10. The worst that can happen is it won't work (but won't break anything. You may get a black screen until the booting finishes) or the graphics will be too small.
Edit: still need to overwrite the bootanimation file in system/bin no matter what animation you want to use. It just needs to be done once
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Should be able to copy the .zip from /system/media to the same folder on the HD 10. The worst that can happen is it won't work (but won't break anything. You may get a black screen until the booting finishes) or the graphics will be too small.
Edit: still need to overwrite the bootanimation file in system/bin no matter what animation you want to use. It just needs to be done once
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Alright, I'll give it a try...Thanks for the Reply.
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I was just curious if you plan to do any more YouTube videos as proof of concepts to coincide with your very helpful posts
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I was just curious if you plan to do any more YouTube videos as proof of concepts to coincide with your very helpful posts
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Depends what I find or do and if it should have a video. I'm always working on something ?
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Depends what I find or do and if it should have a video. I'm always working on something
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I know you are and I always look forward to what you post next!
I Just wanted to report back and let you guys know that the Custom Oreo Boot Animation works Perfectly for FireHD10. I used the 1440p Resolution file from here https://www.yourtechnocrat.com/download-android-o-oreo-bootanimation-on-any-android/
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I Just wanted to report back and let you guys know that the Custom Oreo Boot Animation works Perfectly for FireHD10. I used the 1440p Resolution file from here https://www.yourtechnocrat.com/download-android-o-oreo-bootanimation-on-any-android/
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I just tested that out. Thanks for the info! Works great.
I cannot, regardless of what I do, get this to work.
I have followed the instructions - exactly - multiple times now.
I have tried numerous bootanimation.zip, including the one linked to in OP.
Files are in the proper locations, file permissions are set as specified.
It doesn't matter if I have the zip in /system/media or not, I get a black screen until UI loads.
Power on --> amazon logo --> black screen --> UI, no matter what I seem to do.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. This is driving me nuts, I just don't understand what I'm missing or doing wrong.
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Yeah, I followed all the directions and still cant get it to work nor can I get the original boot animation to work.
Delon88 said:
Yeah, I followed all the directions and still cant get it to work nor can I get the original boot animation to work.
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I can't either. I tried after reading your comment.
No zip in /media, restored bootanimation in /bin to the original, still just a black screen during boot.
So this broke the bootanimation altogether.
Edit: I will add that my stock OS was 5.6.0.1. I suspect something has changed from previous versions, what was your stock version? What was OP's?
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I can't either. I tried after reading your comment.
No zip in /media, restored bootanimation in /bin to the original, still just a black screen during boot.
So this broke the bootanimation altogether.
Edit: I will add that my stock OS was 5.6.0.1. I suspect something has changed from previous versions, what was your stock version? What was OP's?
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You have to place the bootanimation.zip in /system/media after overwriting the file in /system/bin. Unzip the animation in the link in OP. There will be another zip inside it. that's the zip you use.
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You have to place the bootanimation.zip in /system/media after overwriting the file in /system/bin. Unzip the animation in the link in OP. There will be another zip inside it. that's the zip you use.
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Yeah I follow, and I did so several times. I can't even revert to having the stock "fire" boot animation.
Following the guide effectively broke my boot animation altogether. Again, I cannot even go back to having the original boot animation. Same thing the guy who replied after me reported as well.
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Yeah I follow, and I did so several times. I can't even revert to having the stock "fire" boot animation.
Following the guide effectively broke my boot animation altogether. Again, I cannot even go back to having the original boot animation. Same thing the guy who replied after me reported as well.
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Make sure the permissions are set correctly. .bin file: rwxr-xr-x and the .zip: rw-r--r--
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Make sure the permissions are set correctly. .bin file: rwxr-xr-x and the .zip: rw-r--r--
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Yes, I have, numerous times. As I have said.
I'm going to flash my system.img backup and see if that restores the stock boot animation, because nothing else has.
Edit: dd-ing my system.img of my post-root supersu backup restored my boot animation to stock.
Final Edit/Update:
Confirming that this does indeed work. I'm not sure what exactly I did the first time, but it completely botched the boot animation.
dd'd system.img (I had other compelling reasons to anyway), followed the instructions again, exactly as they are written.
I didn't even extract the zip on PC and then push, I did it all in ES.
The first time I did this I think I had some sort of permission issues (had to delete bootanimation and then paste the replacement, couldn't overwrite), and I suspect that combined with a little user error ruined boot animation. Anyway, thank you for the guide @DragonFire1024. This is a little thing, but completely worth it, imo.
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Yes, I have, numerous times. As I have said.
I'm going to flash my system.img backup and see if that restores the stock boot animation, because nothing else has.
Edit: dd-ing my system.img of my post-root supersu backup restored my boot animation to stock.
Final Edit/Update:
Confirming that this does indeed work. I'm not sure what exactly I did the first time, but it completely botched the boot animation.
dd'd system.img (I had other compelling reasons to anyway), followed the instructions again, exactly as they are written.
I didn't even extract the zip on PC and then push, I did it all in ES.
The first time I did this I think I had some sort of permission issues (had to delete bootanimation and then paste the replacement, couldn't overwrite), and I suspect that combined with a little user error ruined boot animation. Anyway, thank you for the guide @DragonFire1024. This is a little thing, but completely worth it, imo.
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Very strange but glad it worked. You can now have just about any boot animation you can find. Simply replace the zip in /system/media, give permissions, reboot. Just make sure to have the right resolution ?
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Very strange but glad it worked. You can now have just about any boot animation you can find. Simply replace the zip in /system/media, give permissions, reboot. Just make sure to have the right resolution
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I still have no idea where I messed it up. It seems like ES wasn't actually in Root Explorer, it showed the permissions as being set, but they definitely weren't.
Was weird that I could delete then paste bootanimation in /bin but not overwrite.
Of course, right after I got this working I used a boot animation that wasn't the right resolution.
I thought 1440p would just look better, not give me a bootloop
I've spent way too much time on merely changing the boot animation. :laugh:

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