Hello I am trying to change my boot animation but am having trouble for some reason I have made one before this and had zero problems it still works so not sure where I went wrong with this one because they are basically identical what I did was took a gif and converted that into .PNG files from there took the files and orginazied them and put them in folders named them correctly and just copied the desc.TeX file put it with newly created folders then I highlited all the folders part0, part1, part2 and desc.text and added to archive compression set to store. If anyone could plz tell me what I'm doing wrong here I'd greatly appricared it as I'm about to give up making me very mad
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Below was my attempt and it didn't work!
But jthurs was able to have a dancing android with a full while background.
I added a song (It's peanutbutter Jelly Time) in a zip file it
should be good!
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I tried to make the dancing droid a boot animation today.
~~~~~~~~~~~~Some helpful information!~~~~~~~~~~~~ I use root explorer to change my boot animation. To do so you I took the bootanimation.zip file and put the file in /system/customize/resource folder also tried in system/media and in data/local and rebooted my HTC Evo and it worked.
1st attempt:
When I added my created bootanimation it to /system/customize/resource folder I saw the Starwars bootanimation (which is in good quality). I looked in /system/customize/resource folder and the starwars bootanimation.zip file wasn’t in there I found it in system/media folder. So I changed the name so it would no longer show up.
2nd Attempt:
I added my bootanimation.zip file to system/media and rebooted my phone and this time it showed the old version of the word andoid that looks like a splash screen from the G1.
3rd Attempt:
I than checked data/local folder and saw a bootanimation.zip in there and changed that name and added my bootanimation.zip file when I rebooted I saw the old style anroid splash screen again.
Conclusion from my many attempts!!!!
Conclusion 1:
I think there’s a preference in location where the phone will look for the bootanimation. I could be wrong but I think it goes in this order:
1. /system/customize/resource folder
2. /system/media folder
3. data/local
Conclusion 2:
Also I think I made a bad file for the boot animation.
Attempt 1:
The boot animation zip file consisted of a desc.txt file with the code
480 800 30
P 0 0 part 0
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in it. and a folder named “part 0” with all the dancingdroid png files.
I created the zip file with 7-zip and added it to archive and created a 7z file and archive format store.
Attempt 2:
This one had 3 files:
Folder named “part0” a desc.txt file and a Thumbs.db.(this file was automatically created when I made the zip file and archive format store.
This time when I archived it I made sure to create a .zip file. Also the code looked this this:
480 800 10
p 0 0 part0
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When i tried this bootanimation i just saw a black screen.
Can anyone show me some insight or help?? If you think I should take this post out of here or put it somewhere else let me know A.S.A.P.
If you like take a look at the bootanimation i have created!!
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Did you make sure that the zip program was set to "store" and not "compress"? If the zip file is compressed any, it won't show.
I did that
@bluebeast213 I did archive format as store.
If you like you can take a look at the bootanimation file i created. I added the attachment to the original post.
three quick tips
1. bootanimation.zip cannot be compressed the compress must be on store winrar has this option win you make a zip file under the compress type.
2. if your seeing the android bootanimation its because your system can't find a bootanimation.zip so it reverts to the default one.
3. the desc.txt describes how to animate the bootanimation. heres a break down
480 800 10 .... this means its resolution 480 width by 800 height and the last is the frames per second.
p 0 0 part0 p= part... the first zero is the delay before playing... the second 0 is how many times to loop with zero it loops forever and part0 is the folder to look in for this particular part.
I'll come back later and try and help more.
Edit: if your seeing a black screen your bootanimation is in the right place but your bootanimation.zip is compressed and the compression needs to be on store.
Thanks
ASimmons said:
three quick tips
1. bootanimation.zip cannot be compressed the compress must be on store winrar has this option win you make a zip file under the compress type.
2. if your seeing the android bootanimation its because your system can't find a bootanimation.zip so it reverts to the default one.
3. the desc.txt describes how to animate the bootanimation. heres a break down
480 800 10 .... this means its resolution 480 width by 800 height and the last is the frames per second.
p 0 0 part0 p= part... the first zero is the delay before playing... the second 0 is how many times to loop with zero it loops forever and part0 is the folder to look in for this particular part.
I'll come back later and try and help more.
Edit: if your seeing a black screen your bootanimation is in the right place but your bootanimation.zip is compressed and the compression needs to be on store.
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hmmmm.....
when i use the 7-zip program it gives me the option to store and i did that the 2nd time around and that's how i got the black screen. I will try again.
http://db.tt/tdsEB50
This is the Droid dance boot animation that I customized a little to work good with my evo. I made it have twice as many frames and run twice as fast. It looks great and has no lag. Just rename it to bootanimation.zip and use Root Explorer to replace your original in /system/customize/resource and it should run when u reboot. If you want a sound clip to go with it use ringdroid app to make a 20 second .mp3 clip for the Droid to dance to and rename it to SPC_animation_final.mp3 and put it in the same folder. Good luck and enjoy.
No good!
@Clay333 I tried the link http://db.tt/tdsEB50 and it didn't work
UPdate.
I think my connection was bad or the page was bad but it's downloading now.
Update!
It worked! Thank you!
I just wish the background was all the same color
Hi,
When I try to flash this, I just get my old bootanimation back, nothing happens really :-(
I would really like to get this working, because it's awesome!
edit: I got the bootanimation working by just pushing bootanimation in /data/local/
Thanks anyway for this awesome animation!!
cheers
after finishing this i manually placed it in system/media where i think they go because Fabio's was there, i need help because as it boots i get a blank screen and 2 or 3 mins later it starts up fine, i have the part0 and part1 and desc folder, in part0 i have 50 png files and in part1 i have 1 png file. Will someone give this a look and tell me what i did wrong? im a noob
make sure you use NO compression when creating the zip file.
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Like he said, no compression.
You can lose the thumbs.db files.
Also, the part* folders and the desc.txt need to be on the root of the .zip.
Yours are subfolders.
I just unpacked and repacked it.
Yeppers, you have compressed the zip.
try this one instead.
For starters I've been trying to change my boot animation, something I put together myself. Tool used to swap the repacked bootanimation.zip was Root Explorer and I do have Superuser/ root permissions and it all appeared to swap over without fuss but somehow doesn't show booting the phone. While I successfully killed off the old animation. mine is not appearing. The bootanimation file being used is .pngs with the original file structure, all I did was overwrite existing ones on my pc with my preferred images so no need to overwrite the existing desc.txt file. Any suggestions on where I boofed things?
The shutdown animation I can't find, browsed the system/media and data folders without joy. Could any of the learned members here be able to direct me to where the shutdown animation is hiding as I so hate telco provider logos left on phones not tied to contracts?
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated and thanks in advance.
This little tool did the trick for the boot animation and should work for the shutdown animation when I find the little sod.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1234611
Shut down animation is in the power off apk I believe I made it black and white in my theme back in the day
Thanks for the tip there Samno, looks I'm off googling now to see how to recompile Apks.
You can just drag and drop in winrar just don't change the compression settings should work as long as there named the same and in the right format, won't hurt for you to learn though
Learning by my errors by the looks of things, unpacked and repacked with Winrar and a rename to apk utility found here after doing my file swap and now getting reboots instead of shutdowns.
I should have kept an eye on this thread before charging off like a nutter.
Thanks again Samnos.
Sorted the reboot issues as I hadn't dumped off the original APK and just edited the archive to replace my ingloriously modified version..
Hello There.
Found a Bootanimation thread on the S6 forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/themes-apps/mod-enable-zip-bootanimation-aroma-boot-t3205320
I was wondering if its possible to use that same zip to get rid of the qmg file extension and be able to just start making and using standard android zip boot animation files.
Any dev interested on looking at the "source" to see how it´s made? What to "mod" in our S7? Something to flash, or just a line to change on the config files.
According to my knowledge and experience, you need to change bootanimation file in system/bin
willysusilo said:
According to my knowledge and experience, you need to change bootanimation file in system/bin
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You are close... here is the thing:
You can have custom boot animations on your galaxy, just with root access and changing the right bootanimation files that are inside system/media.
The thing is that those files, if we are on Samsung devices, have the extension qmg (bootsamsung.qmg and bootsamsungloop.qmg and shutdown.qmg).
All the other android phones have a file called bootanimation.zip
The difference lies in the type of file. In order to make a qmg file you need to do a lot of tricks with an outdated samsung application, that converts jpgs into compressed qmg files.
On the other hand, if you want to make a standard android boot animation zip, you can just use the images and zip´em (there´s a little more than that) or you can use any gif to convert it to a bootanimation.zip file with online free conversion tools.
You can even use youtube videos to convert them into hight quality gif and then use a gif to bootanimation converter to get your file.
That´s the deal.
Now, the trick is how to make samsung to "read" the original bootanimation.zip files instead of the propietary qmg file.
danielvelez said:
You are close... here is the thing:
You can have custom boot animations on your galaxy, just with root access and changing the right bootanimation files that are inside system/media.
The thing is that those files, if we are on Samsung devices, have the extension qmg (bootsamsung.qmg and bootsamsungloop.qmg and shutdown.qmg).
All the other android phones have a file called bootanimation.zip
The difference lies in the type of file. In order to make a qmg file you need to do a lot of tricks with an outdated samsung application, that converts jpgs into compressed qmg files.
On the other hand, if you want to make a standard android boot animation zip, you can just use the images and zip´em (there´s a little more than that) or you can use any gif to convert it to a bootanimation.zip file with online free conversion tools.
You can even use youtube videos to convert them into hight quality gif and then use a gif to bootanimation converter to get your file.
That´s the deal.
Now, the trick is how to make samsung to "read" the original bootanimation.zip files instead of the propietary qmg file.
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No, you still dont understand.
To make samsung read bootanimation zip, you need to change bootanimation in system/bin
Bootanimation file in system/bin is diffrent with the system/media
willysusilo said:
No, you still dont understand.
To make samsung read bootanimation zip, you need to change bootanimation in system/bin
Bootanimation file in system/bin is diffrent with the system/media
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Ah... Now I see what you mean.
The system/bin/bootanimation file has some lines (some unreadable but some that you can actually read) if you open it like a text file, that have some references to the boot animation file.
There are a few interesting lines:
/system/media/bootsamsung.qmg /system/media/bootvideomain.mp4
So guess what you pointed out!
You can use any mp4 video as a boot animation video... just copy the mp4 video to your system/media, and name it "bootvideomain.mp4". Then rename bootsamsung.qmg to something like bootsamsung.qmg.old.
Be sure that the permissions on the mp4 are "rw - r - r."
I have just tested it with really ugly results, but it worked (video should be made on portrait. I placed a "landcape video from whatsapp, so it was compressed to 8mb and unfortunatelly, sideways".
Gonna mess around more to see...
So at the momment, I haven´t changed any file. Just playing with the bootsamsung.qmg and placing a bootvideomain.mp4 on the system/media folder.
It seems it takes a little longer to boot, and the video only plays for about 5 seconds...
Using the same system/bin/bootanimation file.
I´m not a programmer, but it seems like there´s a list of what kind of animation should the
So, I'm attempting to edit the boot animation on my HTC U12+. My phone is rooted using Magisk. The boot animation zip is located here on the phone:
/system/customize/resource/hTC_bootup_U_QCT_2880.zip
I copied the zip using Root Explorer to my PC. Extracting the zip, it contains PNG files in five different folders, some text files that contain the file names of the PNG files, and a WAV file for the boot up animation. I created my own PNG's with the exact same file names, removed the WAV file, and replaced the PNG's inside the zip file. I copied it back to the phone and replaced the old boot animation zip. I set the permissions on the file to be the same as the original.
Then, I powered off the phone, and powered it back on. The phone boots up but no boot animation is shown.
Has anyone else with a U11 or U12+ tried to do this and got it working? I've attached my edited boot zip.