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[?] Changing boot animation

I am curious as to how to change the boot animation. I loaded in the DroidX boot animation with the red droid eye, but now instead I want the blue DroidX eye.
su
cp /sdcard/bootanimation.zip /data/local/
reboot
That was the original code I had to enter into the terminal to copy the files into the directory. Now when I download the blue one, and use the same coding, the eye still stays red. What am I doing wrong, Thanks.

[Q] delete bootanimation.zip

...........reflash rom will reset your boot animation if you get stuck in a boot loop while making boot animations
plz delete this post i solve the problem i was having

public acess said:
...........reflash rom will reset your boot animation if you get stuck in a boot loop while making boot animations
plz delete this post i solve the problem i was having
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well - as part of messing with your bootanimation.zip you probably should have saved the original as a backup, if you enter a bootloop you can just remove the new one and put the old one back.
that also helps.

Even if you just remove it, it will still boot. Just be a black screen for a while
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I did a backup of the boot ani.zip but the problem I was having was that when I would boot it would start the boot animation then freeze an reboot the phone and I don't know the cammand line to delete the file from fastboot. So I reflashed the rom and it reset the bootani.zip file to stock
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adb shell rm /system/customize/resource/bootanimation.zip
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Dosent my phone have to be fully booted for me to use adb cmds because it wouldn't fully boot and can I replace cmd: adb shell with cmd: fastboot to get the same results and thank you for the information
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public acess said:
Dosent my phone have to be fully booted for me to use adb cmds because it wouldn't fully boot and can I replace cmd: adb shell with cmd: fastboot to get the same results and thank you for the information
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You can use adb commands while the phone is booting. Usually like 10 seconds after it powers on.

Or in recovery after you mount /system
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Dell Logo...then black screen with backlight on and buttons lit. V'brates every 10 s.

My stock 2.2.2 streak is rooted. i downloaded honeycomb boot animation, renamed the stock b.a. and named honeycomb b.a. Bootanimation.zip. and rebooted, and it worked. a couple days later i came across something new and cool, i wanted to put the Transformers boot animation on it. i then went back to system/media and deleted honeycomb b.a. and then renamed stock bootanimation.zip, and then i downloaded the zip and put it into data/local like it says. i then tried to boot it up, it showed the dell logo, then screen goes blank with backlight on and button LED's are also on. it also vibrates every 10 seconds...what the heck is going on, hopefully i didnt brick my phone :\
...by the way, i can put it into fastboot, and i can hold vol up vol down and power, to the recovery screen?
Any help or suggestions are highly appreciated, thanks in advance everybody.

Well, personally, I would boot into StreakMod recovery (fastboot flash it on if needed), mount the data partition, run adb shell from a connected pc, and rename the original bootanimation.zip back into place.
I've had to do the above on my wildfire, where it worked perfectly, so I do know that just a misconfigured bootanimation can indeed cause issues like you are seeing.
Good luck.

ill get on that
That'll be enough to get me started, thanks

whats the command, to flash recovery.img? the whole line, i know it may differ. but an example?
and how do i run adb shell?

You can get StreakMod from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=840326 and there are some instructions in the first post, as well as a download link.
The flash command is
fastboot -i 0x413c flash recovery recovery.img
To run adb you will need to have installed the Android SDK (actually, I believe that it is possible to just install the adb tool itself, but I've never tried that). You can get full instructions for that, and download links at http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html
It is useful to have adb installed anyway if you're going to play around with flashing stuff - it can be used to transfer files on and off your streak, log into it via the shell, watch the debugging log (it is very reassuring to watch it be busy doing something when you're booting a new rom and the screen is telling you nothing)

If you know how to use adb and fastboot but dont want the entire sdk
http://mirror2.streakdroid.com/manii/Tools/Fastboot+ADB.zip
includes fastboot + adb + streak drivers

HOW TO change boot image?

recently i entered the android world and already want to make some changes...
i want to change boot image... not boot animation... boot image! the image that apears right after LG logo... on my case it says "SWIFTDROID SECOND LIFE" or something like that... and i want to change it to a custom image that i pick... how can i do it?
thanks

flash new boot.img
I think the only way is flash new boot .img (which is in rom).
Do this: copy that boot.img which you want in your computer C: drive.
2.put your phone into fastboot and put it your computer,you need
also fastboot.exe in your C drive
3. Run cmd and type: cd :C/fastboot.exe flash boot boot.img
Reboot.

You can change it by editing the boot.img.

You change initlogo in boot.img

KuaQ said:
You change initlogo in boot.img
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I have done that. But the initlogo is on .rle file extension and i cant open it. Ive replaced that image for a .png image and repacked boot.img and then reflashed. Phone got stuck on lg logo.
and in some roms there's not an initlogo... :S what file should i replace? and how? i've used this tut http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630130
and i've managed to do everything right but now i dont know what file to replace... :S
What i did wrong?
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carequinhasebas said:
I have done that. But the initlogo is on .rle file extension and i cant open it. Ive replaced that image for a .png image and repacked boot.img and then reflashed. Phone got stuck on lg logo.
and in some roms there's not an initlogo... :S what file should i replace? and how? i've used this tut http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630130
and i've managed to do everything right but now i dont know what file to replace... :S
What i did wrong?
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i've manage to successufly change boot image, but now my doubt lies on , if a boot.img doesnt have a initlogo, i can just put one in there and repack? would that work?
thanks

Your png file must be converted to rle

Niquel97 said:
I think the only way is flash new boot .img (which is in rom).
Do this: copy that boot.img which you want in your computer C: drive.
2.put your phone into fastboot and put it your computer,you need
also fastboot.exe in your C drive
3. Run cmd and type: cd :C/fastboot.exe flash boot boot.img
Reboot.
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Na, That would replace the kernel
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Installed cutom rom now stuck on google screen :(

Ive checked other nexus 7 threads... but this isn't the case.
My nexus 7 is stuck on the google Boot I cannot rub Fastboot or recovery from the toolkit .. nothing at all. It cant find the device .
When I plug in the usb it still makes the sound on windows and so on.
It happened when I was prepairing to install a Custom ROM using JROMFlasher..
I followed all the steps, and when it came to install the ROM to the SD card it just rebooted (transferred to quickly I thought)
And then Ever since it has Just been stuck on the google screen.
I am quite pissed :L
Any Ideas?

I would be quite pissed at your self for using a toolkit. this is a Nexus device and is easily unlocked manually with the proper tools that google provides themselves. Boot into fastboot mode (Hold Power and the two volume keys). Once in fastboot mode you can flash a recovery and then once in recovery you can adb push a ROM to the tablet and flash the ROM the correct way. You really should read up on how to do thing manually instead of resorting to the quick and easy method.
Download the zip located here : platform-tools.zip Extract the contents to a folder name the folder Nexus7 or whatever you want.
Once thats done go ahead and open a command prompt window in that folder you can do that by Shift+Right clicking inside the folder and selecting "Open Command Prompt Here" or if on XP then open CMD and
Code:
cd C:\Users\Name-of-User\Desktop\Nexus7
Once in the CMD issue the command
Code:
fastboot devices
To see if the computer recognizes the device in fastboot mode. It should spit out a gibberish looking code with ....... Device at the end.
Then you going to flash the recovery to do that you issue this command
Code:
fastboot flash recovery name-of-recovery.img
inside the zip the openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.0.img that is what you will put in place of "name-of-recovery.img" it will show on the screen writing recovery when its done hit the volume up button until the "START" Turn to "Recovery Mode." Then hit the power button you will boot into recovery mode. Once in recovery mode place the ROM.zip you want to flash in the same folder as the stuff you extracted to.
Then issue this command
Code:
adb push Name-of-ROM.zip /data/media
Of course you will replace name-of-ROM.zip with the actual name of the ROM you are flashing. Make sure you also have a gapps packaged which can be found on goo.im/gapps/ latest package is gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip you will want to adb push that as well.
IF all is done correctly you should be able to install that ROM please follow this procedure.
1. Go to Wipe
2. Factory Reset (this will delete all your apps and apps data not the sd card)
3.Wipe Cache Partition
4. Wipe Dalvik Cache
5. Format System
6. Go to install and find the two ROM.zip and Gapps package at the bottom of the root of the sd card (/sdcard0)
7. Select to flash the ROM and then the Gapps
8. Reboot
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You should be good to go now.

ÜBER™ said:
I would be quite pissed at your self for using a toolkit. this is a Nexus device and is easily unlocked manually with the proper tools that google provides themselves. Boot into fastboot mode (Hold Power and the two volume keys). Once in fastboot mode you can flash a recovery and then once in recovery you can adb push a ROM to the tablet and flash the ROM the correct way. You really should read up on how to do thing manually instead of resorting to the quick and easy method.
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Your a good man Yeah I'm not claiming to know anything about Android at all I have literally just started looking into how the system works.. But I have learnt from my quick attempt at everything mistake now.. Once again thanks.

QuantumCipher said:
Your a good man Yeah I'm not claiming to know anything about Android at all I have literally just started looking into how the system works.. But I have learnt from my quick attempt at everything mistake now.. Once again thanks.
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Its all good wrote you up a quick guide follow that and it'll get you back on track .

ÜBER™ said:
Its all good wrote you up a quick guide follow that and it'll get you back on track .
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It's flashing the Stock now Thanks for your time. And for also sending me in the right direction (Y)

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It's flashing the Stock now Thanks for your time. And for also sending me in the right direction (Y)
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Not really necessary but alright. remember going back to stock deletes the entire tablet memory So make sure to back up your important data.

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Not really necessary but alright. remember going back to stock deletes the entire tablet memory So make sure to back up your important data.
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It was formatted anyway there was no Important data .. Actually you maybe able to answer something for me.
When I rooted my Nexus before all this.. It was rooted as I done previous tests.
What do you use to move files to and from the tablet such as root files? As I want to modify the "X" boot logo animation. I noticed it is just a bunch of PNG images that need replacing..

QuantumCipher said:
It was formatted anyway there was no Important data .. Actually you maybe able to answer something for me.
When I rooted my Nexus before all this.. It was rooted as I done previous tests.
What do you use to move files to and from the tablet such as root files? As I want to modify the "X" boot logo animation. I noticed it is just a bunch of PNG images that need replacing..
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Acutally its a zip of multiple components not just png's. The bootaniamtion.zip as a whole is what makes up that boot up animation. If you want to change the bootanimation you would replace that entire zip with one that you want. And then set the permissions and reboot. Some will even have a flashable. In order to modify system files you need root and a root explorer. There are multiple on the play store i would recommend Root Explorer if you have the money otherwise ES File Manager or Solid Explorer.

Bricked after wiping with twc
When I look for fastboot devices, nothing happens...
where do I go from here?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35777264
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