I have been searching on xda for some time now and here is a question. I am looking to change my bootanimation on the s3 as I am not happy with the verizon animation. When I had the droid bionic, all I had to do was change the name of the animation in system/media and place the new one and change accordingly. I saw two posts in here that did not exactly answer the question completely. If I flash an animation with cwm do I need to rename or move anything in system/media beforehand? Can the animation be extracted and just placed in the system/media folder? What is the best way to do this? I am rooted, stock with frozen bloat and some inverted gapps.
If you are rooted, you can use ROM Manager to change your boot animation quickly.
I have tried with rom toolbox however it did not work and I believe it mentioned something in rom toolbox about how it will not change if samsung uses a qmg format. Basically, I am asking for directions on how to change the boot animation once I have the new bootanimation.zip on my sd card. Is it even possible on the stock rooted s3?
I just used rom toolbox, found the one I wanted and installed it. Then went to recovery and flashed it, it showed an error, but I just left it alone and rebooted, and now I have a dancing droid! I would also recommend buying the full version so you can use the randomizer, its a fun feature.
hotnvicious5 said:
I just used rom toolbox, found the one I wanted and installed it. Then went to recovery and flashed it, it showed an error, but I just left it alone and rebooted, and now I have a dancing droid! I would also recommend buying the full version so you can use the randomizer, its a fun feature.
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I have the full version but changing the boot animation definitely does not work on a rooted stock ROM setup.
The bootanimation.zip support is dependent on a custom kernel on Samsung devices. In stock form only .qmg format will play. No one to this point can edit or create .qmg files, they are proprietary to Samsung devices and their Bada OS. If you want to change it you will need to flash imnuts' lean kernel (assuming you are stock rooted as it is a touchwiz kernel). On a side note i personally think the boot animation from the droid charge is pretty BA and is floating around the net in .qmg format, don't know if it would work or not though due to differences in screen resolution. Here it is if you want to give it a try, just unzip and rename/paste the files where they need to go. It also has audio, place in system/media/audio/ui.
http://db.tt/spY4QX4p
Like i said,i have no clue if it will actually work or not but you could try ..... or just flash the kernel and use whatever lol. It's not my fault if it breaks stuff. Sorry for the long winded answer.
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Thank you. I just changed the animation to the stock Samsung one that I believe came on the i9300. Nothing special, but it is 100 times better than that Verizon boot animation.
Did you flash the zip file in recovery? If you use the randomizer I don't think you have to flash the zip though.
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elreydenj said:
Thank you. I just changed the animation to the stock Samsung one that I believe came on the i9300. Nothing special, but it is 100 times better than that Verizon boot animation.
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I did the same thing. I also swapped the PowerOn.ogg and PowerOff.ogg files for files with no sounds so the boot up and shutdown are now quiet. The replacement audio files may be found in this thread.
hesh.monster said:
The bootanimation.zip support is dependent on a custom kernel on Samsung devices. In stock form only .qmg format will play. No one to this point can edit or create .qmg files, they are proprietary to Samsung devices and their Bada OS. If you want to change it you will need to flash imnuts' lean kernel (assuming you are stock rooted as it is a touchwiz kernel). On a side note i personally think the boot animation from the droid charge is pretty BA and is floating around the net in .qmg format, don't know if it would work or not though due to differences in screen resolution. Here it is if you want to give it a try, just unzip and rename/paste the files where they need to go. It also has audio, place in system/media/audio/ui.
http://db.tt/spY4QX4p
Like i said,i have no clue if it will actually work or not but you could try ..... or just flash the kernel and use whatever lol. It's not my fault if it breaks stuff. Sorry for the long winded answer.
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You can edit the .qmg files. You have to use Samsung's Theme Designer to view the .pngs. From there, you can edit the bootanimation how you like.
can the png sequence be extracted now? I wrote off using the theme designer a long time ago because i could not extract them
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elreydenj said:
Thank you. I just changed the animation to the stock Samsung one that I believe came on the i9300. Nothing special, but it is 100 times better than that Verizon boot animation.
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Do you have a link for this file?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1835143
Google my friend...it was the first search result. The instructions are in the OP at the link.
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hesh.monster said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1835143
Google my friend...it was the first search result. The instructions are in the OP at the link.
Sent from my Galaxy S III using Xda Premium
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I presumed that if elreyden was able to change the animation to the i9300 stock one, that I should be able to do it also. The animation that he refers to won't work with a stock rom (contains jpg, not qmg files), hence my confusion. I thought I must have had found the wrong link.
michael* said:
I presumed that if elreyden was able to change the animation to the i9300 stock one, that I should be able to do it also. The animation that he refers to won't work with a stock rom (contains jpg, not qmg files), hence my confusion. I thought I must have had found the wrong link.
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Not sure what your particular situation is, but try putting the bootanimation.zip (not a flashable file. If you have one of those, extract the bootanimation.zip) to /data/local/ instead.
Tried it and it didn't work. I've given up - there doesn't seem to be a solution for stock rom. I will wait and probably flash a rom when they've had a chance to get solid.
michael* said:
Tried it and it didn't work. I've given up - there doesn't seem to be a solution for stock rom. I will wait and probably flash a rom when they've had a chance to get solid.
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I'm on a stock rom and changed my VZW animation to the I9300 w/o any real problem, other than locating the qmg files. I've included to 2 files that I used in the attached zip so you should have it pretty easy To use them simply extract the files and put them into the /system/media folder using Root Explorer or whatever root based file utility you prefer. I simply renamed my existing versions and then copied these into the folder and made sure the permissions were the same. Once done I rebooted and the VZW version was nowhere to be seen.
It's also possible to replace the audio files. I wound up using "empty" files so I no longer have to listen to startup/shutdown sounds either. :good:
ETA: Here's the link to the thread with the silent startup & shutdown sounds. Scroll down to post #9.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801554
tgmorris said:
I'm on a stock rom and changed my VZW animation to the I9300 w/o any real problem, other than locating the qmg files. I've included to 2 files that I used in the attached zip so you should have it pretty easy To use them simply extract the files and put them into the /system/media folder using Root Explorer or whatever root based file utility you prefer. I simply renamed my existing versions and then copied these into the folder and made sure the permissions were the same. Once done I rebooted and the VZW version was nowhere to be seen.
It's also possible to replace the audio files. I wound up using "empty" files so I no longer have to listen to startup/shutdown sounds either. :good:
ETA: Here's the link to the thread with the silent startup & shutdown sounds. Scroll down to post #9.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801554
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Thank you. I did this last week and it worked great. Stock Samsung bootanimation is less annoying than the Verizon 4glte one.
I forgot to post this ages ago..
Hey everyone! I have converted the LCARS Star Trek bootanimation.zip into qmg format so you can use this on samsung devices. I ported it to my Tab S 10.5. I later saw that other tabs works well too.So I wanted to share it as its an awesome boot animation!
Features: Shutdown and bootup animation.
Links: https://mega.co.nz/#F!D1BDTRKJ!x1n5EBuwRai-seX4Vs7A2g
Credits: Samsung Theme application, Huskerwebhead for sharing the boot animation for our resolution,
How to install: Copy these qmgs to system> media.Then set the permissions to rw-r--r-- (0644). Now reboot!
Video: http://youtu.be/mYCKvelKv8U
Developers can put this in their rom. Just give me credit by doing @DUHAsianSKILLZ in your rom post. Thanks!
About time lol.
For anyone on the fence about this, I used this bootanimation on my SM-T530NU with no problems, and I would assume it works fine on the other 10.1" models. It's a lot cooler and more original than the boring old Samsung bootanimations. And it still lets you choose whatever boot sound you want (just replace /system/media/audio/ui/PowerOn.ogg with any .ogg file you want and set permissions).
Hello all !
I try for about a hour now to change my boot animation on my rooted Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. I got a bootanimation.zip from a website that I want to install on my phone. I sa that for Samsung devices, the bootanimaion is the bootsamsung.qmg file.
I converted my bootanimation.zip in a .qmg with the Samsung Theme Designer soft and replaced it in /system/media but now when I try to reboot, there is no bootsamsung.qmg or bootsamsungloop.qmg animation displaying.
I think it could be related to the crypt_bootsamsung.qmg file...
Do you know where I failed or what to do ?
Thank you !
I think it could be related to the crypt_bootsamsung.qmg file...
Welcome!This is a separate thread from the homescreen & wallpaper one.
Here you can share boot animations and splash screens and only that!
If you show, please try to share it! Either in a flashable zip, system file (replaceable file in system), or APK (like LiveBoot)
Also, try to state the dimensions of your file if it was not originally meant for/sized to the S7/E
Try to avoid requesting custom animations, but I understand there are wishes.
PLEASE
-Give credit to the creator
-Do not be rude when someone asks how to use your method of installing your animation - if anything PM me with a tutorial and a link to your file/s and I'll add it to this main post.
This will eventually be made into a Boot Animation Central Thread - a place you can find boot animations for your S7/E - So PM me if you want anything added here!:good:
Need Original Boot QMGs
I tried making my own boot animation (failed horribly, btw), and now I am stuck with this crappy animation and I kinda need the original animation files (from /system/media, bootsamsung.qmg, bootsamsungloop.qmg, shutdown.qmg). I kinda said 'crap' in my head as soon as I had overwritten those files. Anyone mind sending me them? And maybe adding them to this post here?
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I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge on the SM-G935U firmware.
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I made another one, anyways. Looks a lot nicer than the one I had before.
AmateurRooter said:
I tried making my own boot animation (failed horribly, btw), and now I am stuck with this crappy animation and I kinda need the original animation files (from /system/media, bootsamsung.qmg, bootsamsungloop.qmg, shutdown.qmg). I kinda said 'crap' in my head as soon as I had overwritten those files. Anyone mind sending me them? And maybe adding them to this post here?
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I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge on the SM-G935U firmware.
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I made another one, anyways. Looks a lot nicer than the one I had before.
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Is there any way u can help me with my Verizon 7Edge
Update Package for S7/S7EDGE 9.0 FE PORTS - APP & PRIV-APP FOLDERS + S10 UI Sounds
This package contains updated app and priv-app folders (07.04.2019) with the latest working version off applications (tested all by me) for Galaxy Note FE ported S7/S7Edge roms.
Download: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=1395089523397934954
edit!: S7 users shoud remove samsung boot and bootloop .qmg files in media directory.
you may also want to skip SystemUI.apk and SecSettings.apk since devs made modifications on them for rom control.
R: For the future updates.
Nice thanks a lot.
In the media directory i found also the samsung boot and bootloop .qmg files, can i overwrite mine with those files on my nfe pie s7 port rom ? Without ending up in bootloop?
Maybe i can also find the s10 bootsplash that wa.
dhscholtus said:
Nice thanks a lot.
In the media directory i found also the samsung boot and bootloop .qmg files, can i overwrite mine with those files on my nfe pie s7 port rom ? Without ending up in bootloop?
Maybe i can also find the s10 bootsplash that wa.
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They are original s7 edge files. only sounds changed. but as you say I remember I should delete them for S7 flat users. I'm updating more apps in the rom I'll remove them next release.
how do i flash to my phone please?
ghostangel200 said:
how do i flash to my phone please?
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That's not in flashable form. Ypu need to replace your FE port rom's folders before flashing the OS.
Ty so much Rrory good ideas