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[Q] Replacing build.prop?

hi!
in order to test something, i need to replace the build.prop in root/system with a modified one. but trying to delete this file with astro manager displays an error message, and just copying the modified build.prop over the old one doesn't work too (nothing happens).
so my question is: how do you replace such a file?
thanks in advance for your help

are you serious!?!?!?
If the build.prop is located on the Android folder IT HAS TO BE A SYSTEM FILE !!!
if you mod the system files you could break android or the system just won't let you do it, you will need R and W privileges to do that.
edit the system files from your PC or just boot up in to windows mobile.
use some common scene next time.
hope it helps!
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App

Do you use a cyanogen build?

yes and there is already a cyanogen rom posted with the proper build.prop fixed, so you won't have to edit anything, just search for it.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App

mmmh actually cyanogen made things easy to replace a system file, just copy your file into sdcard/android/root/system and reboot.

thanks for your help / posts. but unfortunately they're not helpful.
yes, i am serious! and yes, of course it's a system file. i know as well that modification might brick android.
there are reasons for modifying this file. some people seem to be able to, e.g. for chaning screen point density or modify the data passthrough.
so, please tell me, how can i edit/modify a system file from pc or windows mobile when its within the data.img-file?
thanks for any tips / hints on this.

use root explorer

Sichroteph said:
mmmh actually cyanogen made things easy to replace a system file, just copy your file into sdcard/android/root/system and reboot.
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Thank you VERY much for your help - I finally got it to work by listening your instructions. It is simply different if you have HD2 and plus CM mod. That figures why it was going back all the time to 180 instead of changing it - because it runs from sd card and that's where it needs to be replaced as well ...

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[Mod] Stock android lockscreen *now with no menu unlock option*

All credit goes to Ateisti in the I9000 forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=779803
Attached is my resulting android.policy.odex file from I897UCJH3. I would recommend verifying the signature from your android.policy.odex file before attempting to apply the mod to your phone. If you're feeling brave, you can simply replace, after making a backup, your /system/framework/android.policy.odex file with the attached one.
Standard disclaimers apply. I am not responsible for what you do with this information and highly recommend a backup before attempting. I had to return to stock after an oversight so be careful and understand what you are doing before you act. I haven't modified framework-res.apk so my menu button also unlocks.
Added a version that does not allow the menu button to unlock.
The at&t screen on first boot after the change took quite a while on my phone.
Apparently my above warnings were not clear enough. This is not, and never was intended, as a drop in mod. You should read the linked i9000 thread and understand what you are doing before attempting to apply this to your phone. If you're not running JH3, you have a very high chance of getting stuck on the AT&T splash screen. Even if you are on JH3, you could still get stuck if your signature for the odex file is different than mine.
If you want a 100% guaranteed working mod, you must follow the linked post. The attached files are only for risk takers that don't mind flashing back to stock or restoring from backup.

Worked like a charm. Thanks for the info.

How Do I Go About Putting This On My Phone?? I'm Kind Of A Newb..Do I Do It As A Update.zip File??

Nice! As soon as I get home from work I'll try this out, been waiting for something like this.

kmthomas2009 said:
How Do I Go About Putting This On My Phone?? I'm Kind Of A Newb..Do I Do It As A Update.zip File??
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It's right there in the OP. Make a copy of the file mentioned and replace the old file with the one in his .zip manually. I used root explorer but I am sure Astro would work just as well. Reboot and ??? Profit.

Worked like a charm here. Used Root Explorer and POW Glass is shattered.
Any chance this would work on a Vibrant?

id10terrordfw said:
Worked like a charm here. Used Root Explorer and POW Glass is shattered.
Any chance this would work on a Vibrant?
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All bets are off on using my file, but if you follow the instructions in the I9000 thread, you should be able to generate a file for the vibrant.

Yeah I was reading into that, it looks like it shouldn't bee TOO hard since others have blazed the path.
Thanks!

Thank you so much! I saw that thread on the i9000 forums but didn't really know how to port it. Just replaced the odex on JH7, and it worked perfectly

Just an FYI. Didn't seem to do anything on Eugene373's Hybrid R3. There was no existing android.policy.odex in system/framework, and putting the new file in there made no change. There is an android.policy.jar in system/framework, so I tried renaming it to .old but that just made it hang on ATT boot screen.
Just my 2 cents.

Thank you very much, iv been wanting this lock screen for so long. i even resorted in using lock bot pro, but that laged so much. i install and everything is working great!
Oh an i have to say it again, Thank you! i dont have the puzzle pieces any more. i know some like that feat. but i for one did not

id10terrordfw said:
Yeah I was reading into that, it looks like it shouldn't bee TOO hard since others have blazed the path.
Thanks!
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You're right, not too hard, just have to follow the steps. I made a copy of the entire system/framework folder to my internal sdcard and the copied it to my laptop for editing. When running dexopt-wrapper I just used an adb shell.
bobbylx said:
Just an FYI. Didn't seem to do anything on Eugene373's Hybrid R3. There was no existing android.policy.odex in system/framework, and putting the new file in there made no change. There is an android.policy.jar in system/framework, so I tried renaming it to .old but that just made it hang on ATT boot screen.
Just my 2 cents.
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I'm just guessing, but I'd say that Eugene's rom is deodexed. There is discussion about applying the fix to deodexed roms in the original thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8121172&postcount=31
Your solution is probably there.

l7777 said:
You're right, not too hard, just have to follow the steps. I made a copy of the entire system/framework folder to my internal sdcard and the copied it to my laptop for editing. When running dexopt-wrapper I just used an adb shell.
I'm just guessing, but I'd say that Eugene's rom is deodexed. There is discussion about applying the fix to deodexed roms in the original thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8121172&postcount=31
Your solution is probably there.
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Good call. Thanks for the link.

Awesome, used ADB swapped the file out and it works like a charm. Thank You!

No music controls on lock screen ?
I just put this on my phone - pretty neat. However, when playing a song, the old lock screen had a nifty music control, where you had access to the music controls (play/pause, next, prev, etc) without having to unlock the phone. I don't see that on this, and it was a pretty convenient feature. Maybe I have to also replace the music player with the Android stock music player to get this?
I'll be putting the original stock lock screen back on. I also like how Samsung's music player shows these controls in the notification bar.

Can Someone Help Me...When I Use Astro It Says "File Type Odex Not Found"....Am I Doin Something Wrong??

composer47 said:
I just put this on my phone - pretty neat. However, when playing a song, the old lock screen had a nifty music control, where you had access to the music controls (play/pause, next, prev, etc) without having to unlock the phone. I don't see that on this, and it was a pretty convenient feature. Maybe I have to also replace the music player with the Android stock music player to get this?
I'll be putting the original stock lock screen back on. I also like how Samsung's music player shows these controls in the notification bar.
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gah, why do people not understand that if you remove a part of touchwiz, you're going to lose some of touchwiz's functionality.
the music control was a part of touchwiz and samsung's music player and never existed for stock android. I'm not saying I prefer to NOT have it, but if you remove a core component, you're going to lose added functionality. if you want to keep touchwiz stuff like puzzle lock and music controls, then you're simply going to have to keep touchwiz. much like how you can't use samsung's widgets without using TwLauncher or why we can't use Sense widgets without running Sense

Does anybody have the ability to upload these files to somewhere else? Trying to do all of this from my phone but when my phone downloads the zips they are only like 47kb and corrupted. Only seems to happen though when i download straight from my phone. Other than that great work, can't wait to try this out. Tired of the lockscreen the cappy comes with.

I got the file on my sd card but everytime I try to move it via Astro it loses the copy when going into the root folders???

You could always download terminal emulator.
open it and type,
su
cp /system/framework/android.policy.odex /sdcard/android.policy.odex.ORIG
cp /sdcard/android.policy.odex /system/framework
reboot
that should work.
Or if you have access to your computer and usb cable plug in and do the same thing with ADB.
adb shell
then the same commands above.

battery mod

Hello,
I found this thread :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765419
and I have some questions about this :
1) Is it possible to "tweak" our framework-res.apk with this battery mod.
2) Can I use this method to "tweak my framework-res.apk : http://circle.glx.nl/
3) When I download my new framework-res.apk, how to boot on recover mode on the phone to put the framework-res.apk on the system ?
4) Do you know an other easylier method to tweak icons on the HD2 under android ?
Thanks a lot !

+1 I asked myself to but no time to seach forum

@Karlichon
What is with this batmod? Are you done with them?

karlichon said:
1) Is it possible to "tweak" our framework-res.apk with this battery mod.
2) Can I use this method to "tweak my framework-res.apk : http://circle.glx.nl/
3) When I download my new framework-res.apk, how to boot on recover mode on the phone to put the framework-res.apk on the system ?
Thanks a lot !
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Ok I think I'll answer this, but bear with me as it's NOT easy or for the faint of heart. If you read this and you DO NOT feel comfortable I would recommend you not giving this a go.
Before you start ANY of these steps below, MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP YOUR FILES BEFORE REPLACING THEM. I WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED FOLLOWING THESE STEPS! You have been warned.
1) Visit the website above and run through the steps to get the battery images you want. For the purposes of this tutorial/howto I am not covering how to change anything else (KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid).
2) The easiest ones to change are the Version A-I ones, just choose which battery set would work best for you on your phone and click "Next"
3) Choose "Do not include icons" and click next. The icons it is talking about here are the signal, wifi, usb etc notification bar icons and as I mentioned I will not cover how to change those here.
4) Leave "Do not change notification status bar" selected and click next. Again I'm not covering that here.
5) You can choose a different boot anim if you want, they are very easy to upload to your phone and you can figure out where they have to be put yourself with no problems. IMPORTANT: If you do change the boot animation, make sure you choose the correct type of rom you have from the dropdown selection.
6) Upload your existing framework-res.apk (using something like DroidExplorer, navigate to /system/framework and paste it onto your desktop, then upload here). This will update the relevant files in your framework-res.apk automatically. (If you cannot obtain your existing framework-res.apk I cannot guarantee method 2 will work, sorry but feel free to try)
7) Replace your framework-res.apk (via DroidExplorer or your chosen ADB browser) on your phone and reboot. Voila!
This worked for me on shubcraft 2.0 drop mode but obviously I cannot guarantee it will work for everyone. Please remember my warnings above that this is not guranteed.

hello, thanks for your quick help, but it doesn't work for hyperdroid rom V1.7
any idea ?

karlichon said:
hello, thanks for your quick help, but it doesn't work for hyperdroid rom V1.7
any idea ?
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there is another far more complicated way around it, but it really does take about half an hour to work out.
Basically, you need to get your framework-res.apk and extract it with winrar or something similar (an apk is basically just a zip file) and find the folder called res/drawable-HDPI. this is where all the icons for things like your battery icons live.
Copy and paste the new icons from someone elses framework-res or even one you download from the website above into this folder and replace the drawable-HDPI folder into your framework-res.apk, replace it onto your phone and reboot.
Again, this is a quick description of a much lengthier way of doing it but it does work. Also, my disclaimer in the post I made before still stands, do this AT YOUR OWN RISK and do NOT complain to me if something breaks. If you don't fully understand, don't do anything.

I tried the kitchen method, but I receive a huge error log after uploading the framework apk

is the page currently partly down?

rafpigna said:
I tried the kitchen method, but I receive a huge error log after uploading the framework apk
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It doesn't seem to work all that well with frameworks from our current modded builds. I've tried it with a rooted desire framework (from my gf's desire) and that worked. Evidently all the work that the devs do on our hd2's make them very different to other android builds. the second method I posted (adding the png's to your existing framework) works perfectly.
BlackPit666 said:
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Nope, seems up to me.

yes its up again

rafpigna said:
I tried the kitchen method, but I receive a huge error log after uploading the framework apk
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for me the same, desirehd revolution rom of mdj
can anybody help me?

Reno_79 said:
there is another far more complicated way around it, but it really does take about half an hour to work out.
Basically, you need to get your framework-res.apk and extract it with winrar or something similar (an apk is basically just a zip file) and find the folder called res/drawable-HDPI. this is where all the icons for things like your battery icons live.
Copy and paste the new icons from someone elses framework-res or even one you download from the website above into this folder and replace the drawable-HDPI folder into your framework-res.apk, replace it onto your phone and reboot.
Again, this is a quick description of a much lengthier way of doing it but it does work. Also, my disclaimer in the post I made before still stands, do this AT YOUR OWN RISK and do NOT complain to me if something breaks. If you don't fully understand, don't do anything.
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can you tell me which files i need to replace to get another battery icon? only the files which "batt" in it?

Reno_79 said:
there is another far more complicated way around it, but it really does take about half an hour to work out.
Basically, you need to get your framework-res.apk and extract it with winrar or something similar (an apk is basically just a zip file) and find the folder called res/drawable-HDPI. this is where all the icons for things like your battery icons live.
Copy and paste the new icons from someone elses framework-res or even one you download from the website above into this folder and replace the drawable-HDPI folder into your framework-res.apk, replace it onto your phone and reboot.
Again, this is a quick description of a much lengthier way of doing it but it does work. Also, my disclaimer in the post I made before still stands, do this AT YOUR OWN RISK and do NOT complain to me if something breaks. If you don't fully understand, don't do anything.
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This method will not work with the battery icons which shows all 100% increments. This method will only work for the standard battery icons, which only involves like 12 battery icons.
In order to add the 1% increment readings in the battery, it involves modifying xml files to read and associate the correct battery icons at each increment.

can you give a tut how to add the version a manually?

nvm, I got it!

BLACK bootanimation

The first thing I wanted to do after I root my Desire was to change the boot animation from 'screaming' white to black.
Since a few friends begged me to put them somewhere that is always available, I decided to do here
So for those who want the original, but black HTC boot, down and shotdown animation they are free to take it from here
P.S. I added the splash screen, if someone wants to
Boot animation for HTC Sensation is here.

Ooh, looks nice, I'll have a go at that thank you - much easier on the eyes!

This is exactly what I was looking for
Thank you very much

mexxxico said:
The first thing I wanted to do after I root my Desire was to change the boot animation from 'screaming' white to black.
Since a few friends begged me to put them somewhere that is always available, I decided to do here
So for those who want the original, but black HTC boot, down and shotdown animation they are free to take it from here
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Haha! I made this exact same boot splash1 for my phone! Took a black background, added the Green HTC and used an inverted "Quietly Brilliant" image!
I tried to have my own down animation wherein it had the quietly brilliant visible which then slowly faded away but it refused to work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1156366
Help me out?!

I assume we can simply replace the zips found in system/resource/customise. Where does the shutdown.zip live though?
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

-Latency said:
I assume we can simply replace the zips found in system/resource/customise. Where does the shutdown.zip live though?
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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Yes. Simply replace the existing file with this.
Every developer puts the animation to another place
Shotdown animation is just for froyo rom because gingerbread has only boot & down animation.
And these are made even while the froyo was topical

Kryten2k35 said:
Haha! I made this exact same boot splash1 for my phone! Took a black background, added the Green HTC and used an inverted "Quietly Brilliant" image!
I tried to have my own down animation wherein it had the quietly brilliant visible which then slowly faded away but it refused to work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1156366
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Here, your downanimation.zip now works. Checked.
Don't forget to check permition after copying. (rw-r--r--).
Good luck

Thanks, but, how do I check permissions? I'm not that adept with Linux, so I'm very new to the adb shell.
Also, I threw this into /data/local/ where I think the downanimations and such should be (I think they start in system/customize/resource/ and then get moved on install) but it still didn't work. I'm going to try the resource folder and see where that gets me, but it could be that I didn't manually change permissions. I can't see my data/local/ folder in ASTRO.

Kryten2k35 said:
Thanks, but, how do I check permissions? I'm not that adept with Linux, so I'm very new to the adb shell.
Also, I threw this into /data/local/ where I think the downanimations and such should be (I think they start in system/customize/resource/ and then get moved on install) but it still didn't work. I'm going to try the resource folder and see where that gets me, but it could be that I didn't manually change permissions. I can't see my data/local/ folder in ASTRO.
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Which rom (LeeDroid, Baadnewz, Robocik, Coolexe...) and which hboot (a2sd, cm7...) you use? Your desire must be a s-off.

Thanks for the clarification, looks very slick.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

mexxxico said:
Which rom (LeeDroid, Baadnewz, Robocik, Coolexe...) and which hboot (a2sd, cm7...) you use? Your desire must be a s-off.
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I'm S-OFF'd using RCMixS (Robocik) v2.0 using this mod: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1110921 which is just the stock Robocik ROM with D2EXT. I didn't want any of the test unstable stuff.
It's the stock hboot version and I used the stock hboot when I S-OFF'd.
I've upped downanimations before and it worked without changing permissions. Also, I've tried just opening the ROM .rar file and added them to that (replacing the ones already there) then repacking the rar and flashing but that sometimes doesn't like to work. Is there some process to follow when repacking a ROM?
I think that error is the only thing stopping me from changing ROM's to how I like them to be fair.

This is exactly what I was looking for.
Thank you

Kryten2k35 said:
I'm S-OFF'd using RCMixS (Robocik) v2.0 using this mod: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1110921 which is just the stock Robocik ROM with D2EXT. I didn't want any of the test unstable stuff.
It's the stock hboot version and I used the stock hboot when I S-OFF'd.
I've upped downanimations before and it worked without changing permissions. Also, I've tried just opening the ROM .rar file and added them to that (replacing the ones already there) then repacking the rar and flashing but that sometimes doesn't like to work. Is there some process to follow when repacking a ROM?
I think that error is the only thing stopping me from changing ROM's to how I like them to be fair.
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Try with Root Explorer or estrong file manager.
Boot & down animations are in /data/local or /system/customize/resource. It depends on the developer. But you must see a files. Root explorer shows that even if the file on that location is real or just simlink.
After copying the file with Root Explorer to the location, by clicking on the file, you get a menu. Select permission and set permission (rw-r--r--) for downanimation.zip
It must work.
I put my boot & downanimations and other essential items are usually put the zip before the flash

nice. i think they will need a matching splash to go with

Thanks for this, can you use root explorer to add these?

sterankin said:
Thanks for this, can you use root explorer to add these?
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Yes, you can.
After copying the file with Root Explorer to the location, by clicking on the file, you get a menu. Select permission and set permission (rw-r--r--) for both animations.

It's ok, ADB worked well. The animation only works on shutdown, not reboot. So it was just my bad!
Not sure why ASTRO can't see inside the the data/local/ folder, but it sees the rest of the root file system. Strange, but ADB push worked initially!

Thanks.....
Always on the hunt for nice(r) boot/down screens....

[Q] moar ROM 1.0 any way go change boot animations

I'm on a sprint galaxy s5 running most current moar any way to use ROM.tool box lite to change boot animations
Or manually using root browers sorry I'm a noon to some t things any help would be awesome

[email protected] said:
I'm on a sprint galaxy s5 running most current moar any way to use ROM.tool box lite to change boot animations
Or manually using root browers sorry I'm a noon to some t things any help would be awesome
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No idea about the app you name as I've never used ROM tool box lite. But there are a lot of other Google Play apps that will change your boot animation. Or it's easy to do with a root file browser.
These are the boot animation and shutdown animation files. You can find new ones on XDA or with a Google search. Confirm that the new files have 0644 permissions after you move them to your S5 directory.
/system/media/bootsamsung.qmg
/system/media/bootsamsungloop.qmg
/system/media/audio/ui/poweron.ogg
/system/media/shutdown.qmg
/system/media/audio/ui/shutdown.ogg
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boot animation
fffft said:
No idea about the app you name as I've never used ROM tool box lite. But there are a lot of other Google Play apps that will change your boot animation. Or it's easy to do with a root file browser.
These are the boot animation and shutdown animation files. You can find new ones on XDA or with a Google search. Confirm that the new files have 0644 permissions after you move them to your S5 directory.
/system/media/bootsamsung.qmg
/system/media/bootsamsungloop.qmg
/system/media/audio/ui/poweron.ogg
/system/media/shutdown.qmg
/system/media/audio/ui/shutdown.ogg
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So it is nothing to do with system media boot .zip? Cause there is a thread that i was kinda in the dark about the way it was explained

[email protected] said:
So it is nothing to do with system media boot .zip? Cause there is a thread that i was kinda in the dark about the way it was explained
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If you mean bootanimation.zip, that format is not used on the S5 unless you've modified the relevant system files to recognize it.

fffft said:
If you mean bootanimation.zip, that format is not used on the S5 unless you've modified the relevant system files to recognize it.
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That's what's all in mine and thanks for all your help any on the play store that do it for me really new to all this sorry if I'm bugging you

[email protected] said:
That's what's all in mine and thanks for all your help any on the play store that do it for me
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You can read the descriptions of the Play store apps and see if any of them say that they will work with Samsung qmg animations. The bootanimation apps that I have seen only support the bootanimation.zip format which is used on other phone models.
Some of the boot animations can modify your phone's kernel to use bootanimation.zip rather than Samsung qmg files, but a custom kernel will trip your Knox flag if that matters to you. That's mainly a concern in the US where Samsung will invalidate warranties because you modified your kernel. A lot of carriers don't care about Knox and ostensibly Samsung can't deny a warranty in the EU. But if your phone is in warranty, you should look into that issue first.
There are many apps. This one looks like it should work, including changing your kernel for you. I have not used the app personally, I just read the app description.
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[email protected] said:
I'm on a sprint galaxy s5 running most current moar any way to use ROM.tool box lite to change boot animations
Or manually using root browers sorry I'm a noon to some t things any help would be awesome
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If your running MOAR grab root explorer and navigate to system/media and replace the bootanimation.zip
Whatever you replace it with rename it to bootanimation.zip, set permissions and reboot
Sent From My Galaxy S5 Far Far Away

@[email protected]
The above post suggests that you are using a custom ROM. You didn't make that point clear, I've never heard of "moar" and you didn't mention that it was a custom ROM. A stock S5 does not use bootanimation.zip, but according to the post above, your ROM has already been modified to use bootanimation.zip files. So you can try that.
It also means that you aren't posting in the ideal forum. You'd be better served posting in your custom ROM support thread or even the Verizon S5 forum.
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