thanks to this page for teaching me: http://www.robmcghee.com/android/creating-an-android-update-zip-package/
note: although i am copying this from the page, this isnt a straight ctrl+c, ctrl+p from it. ive rewritten it with slightly more english. ok alot more.
before we start, grab ppcgeeks auto signer here, or nothing will flash anyway. its the easiest method since its drag, drop, and click.
also i recommend 7-zip but its not necessarily needed.
first step, make the folder structure.
ive included prebuilt updates to make it a little faster for you. they contain no actual files, just the appropriate folder structure and update script. they must be resigned if you add files and expect to flash them.
if what your looking for isnt included, make a folder and name it "workdir". this will contain your work.
this is just to make it easier to organize all your stuff. if you feel so inclined you can name it whatever you want, it doesnt really matter.
next youll need to make folders inside the workdir according to where your flashing stuff, ie if your flashing wallpapers youd need to make a structure that looks like this: "workdir/system/customize/resource"
next to make the update-script. this tells the system what to do.
first make this folder structure: "workdir/META-INF/com/google/android"
make sure you capitalize "META-INF"
now put a text file into the "android" folder and call it "update-script"
the easiest way to code it would be to copy this into it:
Code:
show_progress 0.1 0
copy_dir PACKAGE:(x) (X):
set_perm_recursive 0 0 0755 0644 (X):(y)
show_progress 0.1 10
replace the (x) with the directory in the root your flashing to in lowercase, ie system or data or sdcard.
replace the (X)'s with the same thing as (x) except in UPPERCASE such as SYSTEM or DATA or SDCARD.
replace the with the next directory in lowercase like media or app or customize.
note: if your adding to the root of (X) folder then leave this blank, no spaces or anything.
if your flashing an app it should look something like this:
Code:
show_progress 0.1 0
copy_dir PACKAGE:system SYSTEM:
set_perm_recursive 0 0 0755 0644 SYSTEM:app
show_progress 0.1 10
after youve done that, save and close the file. now you need to take the extension off of the text file. simply delete the .txt at the end of the file.
if there is no extension showing, make sure you have "hide extensions for known file types" unchecked in tools> folder options> "view" tab.
second to last step! compress the workdir contents into a zip file, not the actual workdir though. it should look like this inside the zip: "update.zip/(folders)" not "update.zip/workdir/(folders)"
finally, sign the zip with the auto signer and put it into the root of the sd card.
boot into recovery and flash it up! with a bit of luck, it should work.
if you have any questions, problems, or concerns just post them. i have instant subscription to this thread and will be notified every 30 min when my evo fetches my mail.
Thanx for this thread!
Ok, my app should be installed in /system/app/
but is it possible to include in the same (app)update-script: delete /data/app/xxx.apk?
What directories do boot animations go into?
Awesome thread and thanks btw.
Foxwolfe said:
What directories do boot animations go into?
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/data/local/
rori~ said:
Ok, my app should be installed in /system/app/
but is it possible to include in the same (app)update-script: delete /data/app/xxx.apk?
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honestly, i couldnt tell you for sure but i dont see why you couldnt
Foxwolfe said:
Awesome thread and thanks btw.
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thanks
I keep getting a syntax error. I am trying to flash silent.mp3 so i can select that in my notifications, because for some reason it does not have that option :/
can you let me know where I went wrong?
have tried both
set_perm_recursive 0 0 0755 0644 SYSTEM:media
set_perm_recursive 0 0 0755 0644 SYSTEM:notifications
but to no avail
what was the whole code in the update-script?
did you use the example i posted?
show_progress 0.1 0
copy_dir PACKAGE:system SYSTEM:
set_perm_recursive 0 0 0755 0644 SYSTEM:media
show_progress 0.1 10
daktah said:
what was the whole code in the update-script?
did you use the example i posted?
show_progress 0.1 0
copy_dir PACKAGE:system SYSTEM:
set_perm_recursive 0 0 0755 0644 SYSTEM:media
show_progress 0.1 10
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yeah, sorry for not making it clear. Im kinda rote-learning this atm, I did a straight copy of your notifications script into my flashable-zip. when that didnt work I tried it with line3 modified as a stab in the dark.
what does the entire folder structure look like? if I am changing notifications is it /system/media/audio/notification where I put the files?
i believe it is
Code:
workdir.zip/
_system/
__media/
___audio/(files).mp3
_META-INF/
__com/
___google/
____android/update-script
if you still cant get it going i can assemble it for you
Just wanting to be sure here because Ive read the first post a few times and still can't tell. On the root of the update.zip I am supposed to create the folder structure that I want it to flash too. (ie. media/audio/ringtones) and then place the actual file that im flashing in that directory. (ie media/audio/ringtones/newring.mp3) At this point then the whole .zip dir would look like:
update.zip
__media/
_____audio/
_______ringtones/
__________newring.mp3
__META-INF/
_____com/
_______google/
___________android/
_______________update-script
_____CERT.RSA
_____CERT.SF
_____MANIFEST.MF
Then just sign the .zip and flash it... Is this correct?
You got it
Wow sounds real complex just to add an mp3 for a ringtone. I know if you create a file on sdcard
media/
audio
alarm
notifacation
And then put the file you want for what you want into the folder you want it for it will show in dropdown menu so you can select it.
Been trying to get googles auto app builder program to force download the sdk for devices so i can start there first. Want an app that forces mms to the sprint max of 5mb send limit and not stocks 2mb or handsents 1.2 limit. Will doing this according to thread give me an app that does this? What would i need to change? (guess you could make it faster than trying to teach me but still wonder)
jpwhre said:
Wow sounds real complex just to add an mp3 for a ringtone. I know if you create a file on sdcard
media/
audio
alarm
notifacation
And then put the file you want for what you want into the folder you want it for it will show in dropdown menu so you can select it.
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thats true but installing saves space on the sd card and makes it load instantly instead of waiting for the sd card to be prepared
jpwhre said:
Been trying to get googles auto app builder program to force download the sdk for devices so i can start there first. Want an app that forces mms to the sprint max of 5mb send limit and not stocks 2mb or handsents 1.2 limit. Will doing this according to thread give me an app that does this? What would i need to change? (guess you could make it faster than trying to teach me but still wonder)
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what? im lost lol
On wm arcsoft had a setting in the app that lets you change settings and change size limit to 500kb. You can also make these changes in regeditor. Android doesn't have a registory nor does there seam to be an app to install that will allow these changes. Wondering if your tutorial thread would allow the building of an app and what would i need to change to do this. Googles app builder program doesn't come preinstalled with any sdks and on a slow connection i can't get it to download.
if your saying building an app as in coding and assembling one then no as this is just a guide to make an installable zip to flash with ra or clockwork. youd need to use the sdk tools and such for that. but this guide should allow you to install pretty much anything into the nand from ringtones to apks and the like.
daktah said:
i believe it is
Code:
workdir.zip/
_system/
__media/
___audio/(files).mp3
_META-INF/
__com/
___google/
____android/update-script
if you still cant get it going i can assemble it for you
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finally got adb to stop sh***ing itself. did it that way.
thanks for the help anyway.
so, i'm by no means an expert at this... but i was trying to make an update.zip for wallpapers. i've attached what i did, if you could take a peak at it and give me a pointer, that would be awesome!
path to my wallpapers...
using launcherpro
data/app/com.fede.launcher-1.apk/res/drawable-hdpi
data/app/com.fede.launcehr-1/apk/res/drawable-mdpi
granted, I'm trying to flash a theme, but it seems like the process and folder/file structure would be the same.
I've followed the steps one by one, but after flashing the .zip in recovery and rebooting, everything looks the exact same as it did before! I figured I would start with framewor-res, and see if I could get that to work before I started working on all the other images, but even after modifying all images, straightening out the .9.png's, and compiling everything correctly in Eclipse, I get nothing.
I have no effing clue what's going on, any ideas?
im on a mac, any suggestions for what i can use to sign the zip? i have apk manager and thempro and they can both sign apps but i dont know if its okay to use them to sign a flashable zip
Hi man!
I'm not do a Update.zip yet with your tutorial, but i have a question:
some Update.zip have a file named updated-binary together with update-script, how i do that file? because when i try to flash via OpenRecovery say's that coul'd not find that file: update-binary...
Sory for my english, i'm from Argentina, and i try not to use Google Translate...
Regards!!!
PS: Great work with this tutorial!!!
Related
Well here we go, this will revert your bootscreen to the Stock Verizon Android Bootscreen with Sound.
(Verizon animation then waving droids, followed by the HTC animation)
!!!! THIS IS FOR ROOT USERS ONLY !!!!
This has not been tested with any Non-Root ROM!
This HOW-TO was put together on a Windows Machine, Please adjust your syntax if you are using linux.
This has been tested on the Plain Jane ROM (Thanks Jcase!!) And confirmed working on Ivan's ROM (Thanks pkopalek)
EDIT [6/9/10 @ 3:39pm EST]: THIS WORKS ON Eris-based ROMs ONLY at this time. I will be experimenting with other ROM's and will post my findings.
This Bootscreen was pulled from the Downgrade.zip included in this post:
Android Fourms
Please give credit where credit is due. All i did was get all together and write this HOW-TO.
1. Download this zip ... bootscreen_Stock_Sound
And Extract to any location on you computer. You should have a folder named bootscreen with some xml,mp3,and gif files.
2. if you have pushed a bootscreen to /data/local, delete it.
Code:
adb remount
adb shell rm /data/local/bootanimation.zip
3 Enter the adb shell and cd to /system/media and list contents.
Code:
adb remount
adb shell
cd /system/media
ls
Back up the bootanimation.zip located here.
Code:
cp bootanimation.zip bootanimation.bak
or delete it.
Code:
rm bootanimation.zip
Exit shell
Code:
exit
4. Now to push the animation to /system/media
<your-save-path-here> is where you extracted the RAR. When extracted you will have folder named bootscreen_Stock_Sound with a nested folder named bootscreen.
I downloaded the rar to the desktop on Win 7 so my path would be:
C:\Users\Lostbytes\Desktop\bootscreen_Stock_Sound\bootscreen
NOT: C:\Users\Lostbytes\Desktop\bootscreen_Stock_Sound\bootscreen\
as this will nest the folders.
Code:
adb push <your-save-path-here>\bootscreen /system/media/bootscreen
Wait for it to finish.
EDIT:For those having problems with a black boot screen, please enter the following to set the permissions on the bootscreen folder.
Code:
adb remount
adb shell chmod 775 /system/media/bootscreen
5. To Test.
Code:
adb remount
adb shell
bootanimation
PRESS Ctrl-C to return to the shell.
Now a creative person with the inclination, should be able to modify the contents of the bootscreen xml file to use custom sounds and animations. Have Fun All
TO THE DEVS:
Thank you for all your hard work day in and day out. Without people like you, this scene would not exist.
Have Fun
Have Fun Everyone!!!!!!
I've been thinking about this bootscreen for a long time.
Thank you for this.
And for what it's worth, with all the files in place,
my Evil Eris boot animation is just a blank, black screen.
Hmm..... I'm missing something.
I thought this had to be in a ZIP format...
After downloading ..it is a RAR file...
bukada said:
I thought this had to be in a ZIP format...
After downloading ..it is a RAR file...
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This is not the common Bootanimation.zip!!!
Please read the directions, this is the old Style bootanimation format. (using a XML instruction sheet, NOT the desc.txt file w/ png in zip format) This allows much more control. You mush first back up or remove any and all Bootanimations on your phone.
pkopalek said:
And for what it's worth, with all the files in place,
my Evil Eris boot animation is just a blank, black screen.
Hmm..... I'm missing something.
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Did you back up or remove the bootanimation in
/data/local
/system/media
also if /system/media already has a bootscreen folder delete it and replace it with the one from the RAR.
Bootanimation formats as far as i know are:
/data/local/bootanimation.zip
/system/media/booanimation.zip
/system/media/bootscreen/<XML,Gif,MP3 files>/
This bootscreen is the last format. It works on a ERIS running Plain Jane, Will post vid soon.
pkopalek said:
And for what it's worth, with all the files in place,
my Evil Eris boot animation is just a blank, black screen.
Hmm..... I'm missing something.
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Same here. Followed the instrucations and only have a blank screen now during boot up. Is a step missing?
lostbytes said:
Did you back up or remove the bootanimation in
/data/local
/system/media
also if /system/media already has a bootscreen folder delete it and replace it with the one from the RAR.
Bootanimation formats as far as i know are:
/data/local/bootanimation.zip
/system/media/booanimation.zip
/system/media/bootscreen/<XML,Gif,MP3 files>/
This bootscreen is the last format. It works on a ERIS running Plain Jane, Will post vid soon.
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All checkpoints check.
This is also pretty standard for all of Android, so I am baffled as to why we're getting black bootscreens!
pkopalek said:
All checkpoints check.
This is also pretty standard for all of Android, so I am baffled as to why we're getting black bootscreens!
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I will recreate the procedure from the beginning . All i did was pull the original boot screen from Android 1.5 and push to my phone, Maybe i missed documenting something.....But it is a simple operation. Will post again soon.
Yeah, I see.
I even pulled apart downgrade.zip (which I have on my computer) and looked at it myself, just in case a file got corrupted or something.
I can't figure it out!
Maybe this needs to be turned into a bootanimation.zip for some ROMs?
pkopalek said:
Yeah, I see.
I even pulled apart downgrade.zip (which I have on my computer) and looked at it myself, just in case a file got corrupted or something.
I can't figure it out!
Maybe this needs to be turned into a bootanimation.zip for some ROMs?
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Its possible, I will look into it some more, What baffles me is that works for me!!! It may be ROM dependent but i am just recreating the file structure with no modifications from the original. So, in theory the ROM should not matter.
I tried grabbing the /system/bin/bootanimation file from another ROM (so that the 'bootanimation' command would maybe work?) to see if that makes the difference, but it doesn't seem to.
It seems like something silly is missing! I even did a Root Explorer search for anything with the word 'boot' in it to see what could be causing the trouble, but I don't see anything at all! The only things with 'bootscreen' or words like it is in the /system/media/bootscreen/ folder that is there (because I put it there).
Baffling!
Here are screens of what i did, I recreated the whole process and it worked fine for me. Again i am running the Plain Jane ROM (Thanks to Jcase) if that matters.
link To Screen
Hope this helps!!!
I confirmed this DOES seem to work on normal Eris-based ROMs like yours (Ivan's 1.0, in my case)
but NOT on EvilEris.
pkopalek said:
I confirmed this DOES seem to work on normal Eris-based ROMs like yours (Ivan's 1.0, in my case)
but NOT on EvilEris.
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Would you like me to post the bootanimation file from /system/bin?
maybe replacing this file with mine might solve the issue...
File located here........... Bootanimation
Please let me know if this resolves the issue. If not i will install EvilEris and try to recreate.
Same exact success rate.
I also had to chmod your 'bootanimation' to make it work, but that may or may not be related to me downloading/pushing it from a Windows machine.
Neither here nor there, just a black screen.
Blah.
pkopalek said:
Same exact success rate.
I also had to chmod your 'bootanimation' to make it work, but that may or may not be related to me downloading/pushing it from a Windows machine.
Neither here nor there, just a black screen.
Blah.
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pkopalek, Would you please, in root explorer, goto /system/media/bootscreen and list its contents? there should be a bunch of files and NO folders. I thinks my code was nesting the files in a second bootscreen folder.
lostbytes said:
pkopalek, Would you please, in root explorer, goto /system/media/bootscreen and list its contents? there should be a bunch of files and NO folders. I thinks my code was nesting the files in a second bootscreen folder.
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Nope. Exactly the contents it should have.
android_audio.mp3, android_audio.mp3_, boot.gif, boot.mp3, boot_animation.xml, etc etc etc.
Certainly no folders in here. Exactly the contents it should have.
/system/media/bootscreen
same contents as C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.PAULSTERM1\Desktop\android\downloads\bootscreen
which is where I extracted the bootscreen contents (twice, once from your download, once from my own downgrade.zip. same results.)
pkopalek, Would you please, in root explorer, goto /system/media/bootscreen and list its contents? there should be a bunch of files and NO folders. I
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Nope. Exactly the contents it should have.
android_audio.mp3, android_audio.mp3_, boot.gif, boot.mp3, boot_animation.xml, etc etc etc.
Certainly no folders in here. Exactly the contents it should have.
/system/media/bootscreen
same contents as C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.PAULSTERM1\Desktop\android\downloads\bootscreen
which is where I extracted the bootscreen contents (twice, once from your download, once from my own downgrade.zip. same results.)
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This may be obvious, but make sure to check the permissions on the folder itself.
Try this, then reboot.
adb remount
adb shell chmod 775 /system/media/bootscreen
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Wanted to get rid of the stock startup animation and sounds here is how I did it.
/system/etc/PowerOn.wav
/system/media/bootsamsung.qmg
/system/media/bootsamsungloop.qmg
I renamed those 3 files and thats all it took, killed the two boot animations and sounds. So now I get the Initial white AT&T screen a long black period followed by the lock screen.
Now if someone would decipher how to manipulate these QMG files. It looks like others have found a way around them possibly ( http://forum.sdx-developers.com/themes/bootanimation-zip-(testers-needed)/ ), not too sure.
Anyone have the stock startup and shutdown animations from the Galaxy S? I want to de-brand this as much as I can.
More data from inside the /system/bin/bootanimation2nd
debug.sf.nobootanimation 0 BootAnimation boot animation disabled %0 80 /data/local/bootanimation.zip /system/media/bootanimation.zip desc.txt descMap is null %d %d %d p %d %d %s images/android-logo-mask.png images/android-logo-shine.png SurfaceFlinger died, exiting... linkToComposerDeath failed (%s)
So it looks like we have some tinkering to do.
ok if you take the bootanimation zip files from the other forum and place them in /system/media and chmod to 644 and chown to root you can launch the bootanimation file in /system/bin remotely with adb and the animation shows on the screen of the phone. So we are on the right path. Rebooting the phone does not cause the animation to play however. Anyone who wants to lend a hand is welcome!
LOCATIONS OF SOUNDS AND ANIMATIONS
Startup sound;
/system/etc/PowerOn.wav
Startup animation;
/system/media/bootsamsung.qmg
/system/media/bootsamsungloop.qmg
/system/bin/bootanimation
/system/bin/bootaniamtion2nd
Shutdown sound;
/system/media/audio/ui/shutdown.ogg
Shutdown video (directory of .pngs);
/system/media/shutdown/
THIS IS WHAT I FOUND ON ANOTHER SIGHT
You can just delete all other files and folder so you only have fx if your bootscreen is placed like this: META-INF and system system> customize> resource>bootanimation.zip
That should be your only files and folders. Of course if you your bootscreen is placed in data/local/bootanimation.zip then that should be your only directories and files
THIS IS HOW I DID IT WHEN I HAD AN ARIA( not sure but seems like it should be same?)
1. Copy the NEW bootanimation.zip of your choice in SDK Folder
2. Open up CMD
3. cd C:\AndroidSDK\tools (or were ever you SDK files are)
4. adb remount
The filesystem is mounted read only. You need to mount it read/write.
5. adb shell mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
6. adb push bootanimation.zip /system/media/bootanimation.zip
7. adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local/bootanimation.zip
To return to read only,
8. adb shell mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
9. Reboot and there you go
HOPE this helps
I've renamed some of the files to see if they do anything also executed a few of the BINs.
/system/bin/bootanimation -- Displays "ANDROID" with a shine going across the text. This animation is not seen at any point during boot, renaming the file did nothing.
/system/bin/bootaniamtion2nd -- Displays "ANDROID" in plain android font. This animation is not seen at any point during boot, renaming the file did nothing.
/system/bin/playlogo -- Executing this file (atleast via the adb shell, although it does output "=============> 1" the exits after a few seconds.) did not appear to do anything. Renaming this file did not appear to change anything in the boot process.
/system/bin/playlogos1 -- Executing this file via the adbshell caused the 2 boot videos (not the "AT&T World Phone" BIOS splash image, just the ATT bars with fire balls and the galaxy S animated logo) to play. This cause similar out put to playlogo in the adb shell, except it counted to 5 and never exited. A Ctrl+C in DOS forces the adb shell to quit which causes the bin file to halt execution also.
I'm going to try and open the playlogos1 file and/or try to find a qmg player, we may just have to replace the qmg files to MOD the boot animation.
Some relevant source ( http://github.com/Dieken/SurfaceFli...rks/base/cmds/bootanimation/BootAnimation.cpp ). Its starting to look like the qmg files are raw frame buffer information.
I went through the playlogo and playlogos1 bin files again with bvi (linux app for viewing binary files) one of the legible sections before the part that points to the *.qmg file loads a decoder. The qmg files appear to be Qmage files.
See quramsoft.com/solution_e/qmage.asp
sorry cant post links yet.
kenjindomini said:
I went through the playlogo and playlogos1 bin files again with bvi (linux app for viewing binary files) one of the legible sections before the part that points to the *.qmg file loads a decoder. The qmg files appear to be Qmage files.
See quramsoft.com/solution_e/qmage.asp
sorry cant post links yet.
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You may have nailed it on the head which is a good find, but unfortunately it looks like we will never be able to edit one of these.
So I take it no one has yet attempted to use a bootanimation.zip like on the Samsung moment http://forum.sdx-developers.com/themes/(how-to)-bootanimation-zip/
I might give this a try later today:
Rename playlogos1 -> playlogos1.orig
find sexy bootanimation.zip on the interwebs and load it into /system/media
I'll report back with my findings, even if they're depressing.
kenjindomini said:
So I take it no one has yet attempted to use a bootanimation.zip like on the Samsung moment http://forum.sdx-developers.com/themes/(how-to)-bootanimation-zip/
I might give this a try later today:
Rename playlogos1 -> playlogos1.orig
find sexy bootanimation.zip on the interwebs and load it into /system/media
I'll report back with my findings, even if they're depressing.
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Yes I have tried several, and while you can launch them manually they do not trigger on reboot.
Yeah
I even tried to chmod the file in both data/local and system/media to mode 777 and still just a black screen.
Looks like we are waiting for a hacked kernel.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
kenjindomini said:
Yeah
I even tried to chmod the file in both data/local and system/media to mode 777 and still just a black screen.
Looks like we are waiting for a hacked kernel.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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In the meantime I am looking to see exactly how/where these are being called in the boot process.
Ok since things just didnt seem to be working here is what I did. I renamed the playlogo and playlogos1 file and replaced them respectively with renamed copies of
/system/bin/bootanimation
/system/bin/bootaniamtion2nd
then put a bootanimation.zip in both /system/media and /data/local then when I rebooted I get the plain white at&t screen. followed by a short black screen, and then the bootanimation.zip.
So this works it just has a 7 second or so black screen.
Ok, something weird is happening. I'm trying to rename /system/etc/PowerOn.wav to PowerOn.wav.bak because I have downloaded the Bootsamsung.qmg, Bootsamsungloop.qmg and PowerOn.wav from the I-9000 but every time I rename /system/etc/PowerOn.wav to *.bak using root explorer it says its renamed successfully but then if I do a view refresh, its right back to how it was originally. Same thing if I just go and try to outright delete it, it looks like its deleted until I do a view refresh then its right back there. Like I cant get rid of it at all. Anybody know whats going on??
On another note I copied the Bootsamsung.qmg and bootsamsungloop.qmg from the I-9000 to the folder /system/media and just let it overwrite the orignals. Now the flying att 3G antenna stuff is gone. It goes from the white world phone screen to a black screen then to the Galaxy S animation. But its still playing that super loud whoosh sound because I cant get rid of the original PowerOn.wav file to save my life.
The PowerOn.wav from the I-9000 is 5 seconds long, its the same as the AT&T one except it doesnt have the first two seconds that contains the really loud and annoying "Whoooosh".
I had this problem at first. Make sure you are mounted r/w. If that doesnt work move the file out of the folder. I seem to recall that one file was a pita for me too.
If you get it working let us know!
rahlquist said:
I had this problem at first. Make sure you are mounted r/w. If that doesnt work move the file out of the folder. I seem to recall that one file was a pita for me too.
If you get it working let us know!
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HaHa, that worked great. Thanks.
I was mounted as r/w in root explorer. I tried renaming and deleting dozens of times with no success, never really thought about move. It let me move it right out of /system/etc. Then I was able to copy in the new PowerOn.wav from my sdcard. Then I could rename the original to PowerOn.wav.bak, then move it back to /system/etc just in case for the future. So now I dont hear that really loud and annoying "whoosh".
Is the /video/shutdown folder with the 60 frames of .pngs the same as the startup animation perhaps played backwards? I'm thinking of making my own custom animation and replacing those files to see how it looks.
rahlquist said:
In the meantime I am looking to see exactly how/where these are being called in the boot process.
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If you look in the init.rc there is BOOTCLASSPATH line and it lists framework files, they are compiled java code (*.JAR) one of these files or a modified version of the android kernel would be responsible for executing the playlogos1 bin file. playlogos1 is the only file on the of the 4 in that directory that we have talked about that does anything during boot on the captivate. playlogo seems to be remnant from the older samsung androids (E.G the moment). The 2 bootanimation bin files just display the word android in green android style font 1 with a shine and 1 plain.
I've looked through almost every system file and I can think of, there is no reference to the playlogs1 file that can be viewed in plain text. It would be the very first thing to be called soon as linux begins to load. The ATT world phone splash image I would assume, just like on a pc, hides the BIOS/POST output and the boot animation is hiding all of the linux init output. though it does sadden me that renaming the files the play the boot animation does not cause all the boot text to display.
Darkeligos said:
Is the /video/shutdown folder with the 60 frames of .pngs the same as the startup animation perhaps played backwards? I'm thinking of making my own custom animation and replacing those files to see how it looks.
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This is not the case. the playlogos1 bin file, the file responsible for launching the boot animation, loads a QMAGE decoder before loading the 2 *.QMG files. If look back to my previous post on the first page there is a link to the developer of QMAGE and its a compressed library of images that get decompressed on-the-fly.
@the guy with the I9000 boot animations and audio, Dude where did you get those? i9000 forum? link us? Attach here? Please?
kenjindomini said:
@the guy with the I9000 boot animations and audio, Dude where did you get those? i9000 forum? link us? Attach here? Please?
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Yes, this needs to be mandatory - if you've got something good working that gets rid of the AT&T JUNK sounds and animation, then you gotta attach them on this thread and tell us the steps you took to get it going! Thanks in advance!
I'm not sure if this is the right section for this question, but it made most sense for me to ask here
i found some samsung live wallpapers that i want to install to the system/app directory, so i made an update zip to install them using recovery.
however, when i ran the update zip, none of the wallpapers are showing up in the wallpaper picker.
the structure of the update zip is as follows:
META-INF/com/google/android/update-script
system/app/LiveWallpapersConnection.apk
the update-script is as follows:
show_progress 0.5 0
copy_dir PACKAGE:system SYSTEM:
show_progress 0.5 10
so any help would be really appreciated. cheers
Use Update.zip 2.0 Modifier/Creator (can't paste link, it's in G1 Developement)
Just remember to write partition name in caps (did this error couple of times....)
thanks for the reply and the pointer ...
i found something else in the G1 forum which helped me out
it turns out that i had to set the permissions properly.
so i added the following line in my update-script (in case anyone else is wondering)
set_perm_recursive 0 0 0755 0644 SYSTEM:app
not sure if there are any repercussions to adding that line to the other apps already installed in the system/app directory. so, if anyone else know has better knowledge can correct me, that would be appreciated ... in the meanwhile this does seem to work
So I've taken to start playing with the JMA image on my Tab, but in the mean while I've also been wanting to make a cleaner (and more AT&T friendly) version of it. What I wanted to know is if the following sounds like a sound method of working with developing a ROM:
Take the factoryfs.rfs file and mount it rw.
Code:
sudo mount -t vfat -o loop,rw,umask=0 factoryfs.rfs /mnt/FactoryFS/
Remove unwanted apk/odex/lib files
Unmount the image
Flash the factoryfs.rfs and do a cache and factory wipe
(Assume that my Tab currently has working JMA on it)
Of course there will probably be other customizations as I learn more, but this is just a starting point for me. (Also, I can't seem to find a complete start to finish guide on deodexing, so if anyone knows one... )
maniac3389 said:
Of course there will probably be other customizations as I learn more, but this is just a starting point for me. (Also, I can't seem to find a complete start to finish guide on deodexing, so if anyone knows one... )
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I haven't done a full system de-odexing but I have been able to de-odex a single .APK. Maybe it'll help you get started...
Read post #7 here.
After his instructions, you need to reintegrate the classes.dex file back into the .APK and sign it.
Done.
RNGuy said:
I haven't done a full system de-odexing but I have been able to de-odex a single .APK. Maybe it'll help you get started...
Read post #7 here.
After his instructions, you need to reintegrate the classes.dex file back into the .APK and sign it.
Done.
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I've gotten as far as getting the dex file before, but how do you reintegrate it? I'm guessing insert it into the apk file and resign it?
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yes reinsert and resign!
Ok, you know the 4G Sprint video you get when booting up, right before you actually get into the OS?
Is there anyway to get rid of that? It annoys me.
Can I replace it with a different animation?
James.Q.Campbell said:
Ok, you know the 4G Sprint video you get when booting up, right before you actually get into the OS?
Is there anyway to get rid of that? It annoys me.
Can I replace it with a different animation?
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Probably check it out, it'll be somewhere in system/media. You have to be rooted of course
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yeah ive been wondering if i can put my R2-D2 boot ani on here lol
I know we can replace it, but it does not seem to be in system/media. There are a few images in system/media/GPU, but it is not the entire boot animation. I did some brief searching, but am not finding it.
I'm pretty sure you'll find it in /system/customize/resource along with an mp3 that provides the boot sound.
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I know we can replace it, but it does not seem to be in system/media. There are a few images in system/media/GPU, but it is not the entire boot animation. I did some brief searching, but am not finding it.
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Yeah, I did the same thing. Searching around did give me the opportunity to scrap most of those annoying ringtones I never use though.
I searched around a bit more but didn't find anything. I did find a bootanimation.zip in data/local and replaced it with a boot animation I have, but it didn't change anything.
Lmao guys.
Code:
adb push bootanimation.zip /system/customize/resource
And your set
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I'm pretty sure you'll find it in /system/customize/resource along with an mp3 that provides the boot sound.
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Ah, ok. Playing with it now. Will report back in a few.
James.Q.Campbell said:
Ah, ok. Playing with it now. Will report back in a few.
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Ok, nevermind... I can't delete the stupid stock file.
Do I need ADB for this? I'm not familiar enough with ADB to know how to use it to delete the file and push the new one in.
Anyone with more experience with ADB want to lend a hand here?
bubby323 said:
Lmao guys.
Code:
adb push bootanimation.zip /system/customize/resource
And your set
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Well, that'll learn me to read back on the thread first.
Hey, I'm a noob. I'm learning.
Leave me alone...
bubby323 said:
Lmao guys.
Code:
adb push bootanimation.zip /system/customize/resource
And your set
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adb push doesn't work (at least for me) have to figure out another way
however your location is correct.
Not 100% on this but if you adb while in recovery it may work. /system is mounted while the phone is running so you may be running into permission errors. Although I was able to adb pull mine while running.
Edit: not sure if it's just me but when I tried I get an error about the system being read only and apparently the busybox I have doesn't have a remount command.
Edit2: found the full remount command but it seems that the phone doesn't care for it much. Was able to push a new ani but got acore force closes on reboot the were not fixed by putting back the original (I didn't really expect them to be)
Edit3: Finally got it working. You just have to be in recovery with /system mounted. I should have tried that much earlier but I seem to like to try all the wrong steps first Any 480x800 animation should work. wouldn't suggest using the flashable zips since they probly copy to the wrong location. Have fun.
I built my own flashable zip using the old template from my Moment days...just had to edit the cleaner.sh and the update-script in the 'META-INF\com\google\android' folder of the zip file.
cleaner.sh contents:
#!/system/bin/sh
rm -rf /system/customize/resource/bootanimation.zip
rm -rf /data/local/bootanimation.zip
update-script contents:
show_progress 0.1 0
run_program PACKAGE:cleaner.sh
copy_dir PACKAGE:system SYSTEM:
set_perm 0 0 0644 SYSTEM:customize/resource/bootanimation.zip
show_progress 0.2 10
You also need to change the folder structure inside the flashable zip to 'system/customize/resource' for the location of the bootanimation.zip file.
I also included a new mp3 file in same folder as bootanimation and renamed it to 'VERSION11SAMELENGTH.mp3'.
Edit: Some things I noticed:
- need to resize the images and update that size in the 'desc.txt' file
- the animation plays faster even at the same frame rate than it did
on my old phone, so you may need to lower that
- the mp3 file is pretty loud so you may want to lower its volume
before including it in the zip...it also seems to be tied in some
manner to what the media volume (I think) is set to when the phone
is shut off/rebooted
Edit 2: If anyone sees any errors in my method, by all means speak up...I am mostly just winging this (with a recovery backup in case something goes wrong)