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Captivate Boot Animations and Sounds

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.
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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.
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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!

[How To] + [MOD] Custom Transition Animations (UPDATED)

Watching the same transition animations over and over is boring. You can speed them up with Spare Parts or you can just shut them off entirely within settings. There is, though, a third road: change 'em.
These are videos of most of the transition animations packs (Drod's rubiX animations, Fab's animation mix, and Android Stock have no videos at present).
Flip
YouTube - Android Screen Transitions
Bounce
YouTube - Samsung moment animations, bounce
Fold
YouTube - Sbtwca
FlyIn
YouTube - Samsung moment animations, fly in
There are two preferred ways to use these animations:
1. Add Animations Using Metamorph: should work for most roms. Thanks Haxzamatic!
Transition Animation MetaMorph Files - http://bit.ly/gwEB5F
Note: there is no current MetaMorph file for either Android Stock or Fab's mix (see below).
2. Manually Add Animations: should work for most roms
This process will be helpful for those wanting to mix and match animations from the folders. In fact, why don't you create your own mix and post it here so everyone else can appreciate your awesomeness. I'll add new mixes below if they come in.
1. Simply get ahold of the anim folder with the animations you want to use and the framework-res.apk from the rom you're interested in modifying (/system/framework/framework-res.apk).
2. Open up the framework-res.apk in 7zip (right click on it, and select "open archive").
3. Drag the anim folder with the animations (which you can download below) into /res folder in your framework-res.apk. This will replace the files currently in /res/anim.
4. Exit out of 7zip.
5. You now need to push the modified framework-res.apk onto the phone. You can do this by placing the modified framework-res.apk in the root sdcard folder, and entering the following into terminal emulator on your phone or using ADB when the sdcard is mounted:
su
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
cp /sdcard/framework-res.apk /system/framework
mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
reboot
If you're using terminal emulator, your phone will probably reboot before you finish re-mounting and/or typing reboot.
NOTE: This is taken almost wholesale from MagnusRagnarok (initial post) and ronhova (detailed instructions) on XDA; they deserve the credit. Link To Original Post.
Since this process modifies your rom's framework-res.apk, it obviously won't work with other roms. Translation: don't take the framework you've just modified and try to put it on other roms. IF YOU DO THIS, YOU WILL DIE.
Animation Files: for manual addition
Bounce
Flip
Fly In
Fold
Drop In (from Drod's rubiX focused series)
Fly In and Flip Mix (from Fab's Apex)
Android Stock

Nice!!
But credit should really go to MagnusRagnarock. I just like it so much that I had to have it for my droid x.
Oh by the way, some of you might not get pass the second line of code. After you push the framework-res.apk back to your phone, the phone will do a soft reboot inside terminal. Applying all your changes. Don't freak out!
I recomend mixing and matching the transitions. Looks even better!
I'm using the fold transition for my lock screen and the fly transition for everything else.

ronhova said:
Nice!!
But credit should really go to MagnusRagnarock. I just like it so much that I had to have it for my droid x.
Oh by the way, some of you might not get pass the second line of code. After you push the framework-res.apk back to your phone, the phone will do a soft reboot inside terminal. Applying all your changes. Don't freak out!
I recomend mixing and matching the transitions. Looks even better!
I'm using the fold transition for my lock screen and the fly transition for everything else.
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Hey there, thanks for the instructions, by the way. You should post /anim folder so we can all enjoy your custom set. If I had more time I'd be experimenting like crazy to get the perfect mix.

I made some morphs so there easy to apply. Sadly I don't have a X to try on. They worked great with CM6. As long as the framework is in /system/framework
it should work. Great find
Custom Transition Animation MetaMorphs - http://bit.ly/gwEB5F

Ok I'm sorry if this is a little of topic but I would like yo try this but when I go to download 7 zip and set it up it tells me to first scan my registry and I find this highly odd.....I have downloaded 4 times from 4 places that I have looked up including what I thought was the main site and get this prompt...does anyone have a proper link for 7 zip?

you are so incredible thanks yes it works in the droid X and they are amazing thanks for the work

Thank you haxzamatic. I just used these on Fission 2.2.1 and they seem to be working. No force closes or anything.
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can someone please tell me which xml file deals with the opening of an app? i only want an effect when an app opens.
thanks.

I keep getting to the third line of code and get a can't state device or resourse busy. Any Ideas? I've formatted my SD card fat32 and placed the framework-res.API on the SD card. Anything that I'm missing??? Thanks for the transitions, simply amazing with
gingerbread.

supasye said:
can someone please tell me which xml file deals with the opening of an app? i only want an effect when an app opens.
thanks.
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Anyone knows that?

I just tried flip on my D1 via metamorph, it didn't work...

Hi all - I tried it too - worst than no luck - it make my phone unusable.
1) it wrote there are no space for frameworl.apk - unfortunately original framework was deleted or changed
- then nearly all app and android does not respond
only one way is power off, but phone hangs at samsung logo.There are no samsung small blinking word and android will not start
- luckily reflash firmware with ODIN via download mode works
2) same step, but first I deleted Layar.apk from system folder to be sure I ahve enough space like author of flying animation JPF ROM at this forum.
I repeated then again copy framework with same space result and phone unusable, again flash over ODIN - I give up :-(
I tried mount as ro as at step 3rd, but it wrote busy message like someone else alraedy posted here.
- updated - I manually removed Layar.apk and Maps.apk from /system folder
then I had enough space for copy framework-res.apk
but still command mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
wrote cannot unmount, system busy
I rebooted phone normally and I am testing if framework changed or what happened
I already successfully enabled LiveWallpapers and now only framework is what I am missing from ROM with flying animation JPF ROM at this forum.
Any tips ?
I have I5800XXJPM from samfirmware.com , rooted ...

supasye said:
can someone please tell me which xml file deals with the opening of an app? i only want an effect when an app opens.
thanks.
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Don't mean to bring back this old thread, but i really need to know the answer to this question. Also which file is responsible for the closing of an app?

Can. Anyone provide working link for the fly in and flip (fab's apex)

How to Root Fly Fab 45S
Can any one help i want to root fly fab f45s if possible

You can use "root genius"
It will root your phone in one click
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Anask3444 said:
You can use "root genius"
It will root your phone in one click
Sent from my FLY F45s using XDA Free mobile app
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Dead thread of nearly 2 yrs needed a reply? Jw
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[Q] Sprint power-up 4g intro thingy... removal?

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
Sent from a truly Epic phone and a transparent XDA app

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.

cloverdale said:
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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smp420 said:
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)

[Boot Animation][30 JUL] Android + Circle Progress Bar (CM7) (HVGA/MDPI)

Hey,
I made a custom boot animation for my p500 and decided to share it with you guys. It's very lightweight (only 28 images) and sober, I can't stand those 'l33t' flashy boot animations... maybe I'm getting too old.
Took the 'Android' text from a wallpaper and the circle progress bar from another boot animation (found in UOT Kitchen).
Installation:
1. Save bootanimation.zip in c:\bootanim\ (or anywhere else, but then you will have to change the path in adb push command)
2. Turn on USB Debugging and connect you phone to your PC via USB cable.
3. open command prompt in android-sdk\platform-tools and run the folowing commands*:
adb devices
adb shell mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock1 /system
adb push c:\bootanim\bootanimation.zip /system/media
adb shell mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock1 /system
adb reboot
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And that's it. Your phone will restart and you will be able to see the animation in action. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
If anyone wants to create a flashable ZIP I'll put a link to it here. I'm just too lazy to create it myself.
*you must have the Android SDK installed in order to use the adb tool.

drakull said:
Hey,
I made a custom boot animation for my p500 and decided to share it with you guys. It's very lightweight (only 28 images) and sober, I can't stand those 'l33t' flashy boot animations... maybe I'm getting too old.
Took the 'Android' text from a wallpaper and the circle progress bar from another boot animation (found in UOT Kitchen).
And that's it. Your phone will restart and you will be able to see the animation in action. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
If anyone wants to create a flashable ZIP I'll put a link to it here. I'm just too lazy to create it myself.
*you must have the Android SDK installed in order to use the adb tool.
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Thanks man always like getting new boot animations
Sent from my LG-P500 using XDA Premium app

drakull said:
Hey,
I made a custom boot animation for my p500 and decided to share it with you guys. It's very lightweight (only 28 images) and sober, I can't stand those 'l33t' flashy boot animations... maybe I'm getting too old.
Took the 'Android' text from a wallpaper and the circle progress bar from another boot animation (found in UOT Kitchen).
And that's it. Your phone will restart and you will be able to see the animation in action. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
If anyone wants to create a flashable ZIP I'll put a link to it here. I'm just too lazy to create it myself.
*you must have the Android SDK installed in order to use the adb tool.
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making it complicated to install, just use root explorer and tap r/w then paste it on media.
tnx anyway for ths good bootanimation, got new one

Lark987 said:
making it complicated to install, just use root explorer and tap r/w then paste it on media.
tnx anyway for ths good bootanimation, got new one
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Glad you liked!
Sure it's easier with Root Explorer but it's a paid application so not everyone does have it.

drakull said:
Glad you liked!
Sure it's easier with Root Explorer but it's a paid application so not everyone does have it.
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There is also this gem of a app. God how I love it.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.arayray.bootanimationutility

eollie said:
There is also this gem of a app. God how I love it.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.arayray.bootanimationutility
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This app worked flawlessly! Couldn't be easier. Great boot as well. Very classy!
Sent from my LG-VM670 using XDA App

Very nice! Tnx!

Excellent bootanimation and I always prefer the adb commands to change the bootanimations.

drakull said:
Hey,
I made a custom boot animation for my p500 and decided to share it with you guys. It's very lightweight (only 28 images) and sober, I can't stand those 'l33t' flashy boot animations... maybe I'm getting too old.
Took the 'Android' text from a wallpaper and the circle progress bar from another boot animation (found in UOT Kitchen).
And that's it. Your phone will restart and you will be able to see the animation in action. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
If anyone wants to create a flashable ZIP I'll put a link to it here. I'm just too lazy to create it myself.
*you must have the Android SDK installed in order to use the adb tool.
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AWESOME...!!

Use File Expert [Market]
drakull said:
Glad you liked!
Sure it's easier with Root Explorer but it's a paid application so not everyone does have it.
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Check out 'File Expert' by Geek Technology in the market [as i do not have permission to post links yet.. ]
It does all of the stuff that root explorer does...!!
One of those few good looking root explorers..
P.S.: I know everyone knows still... You need root permissions for full access to the root system..!!

I don't think file expert can mount /system in read/write mode. If it does, please let me know how.
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drakull said:
I don't think file expert can mount /system in read/write mode. If it does, please let me know how.
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Browse to /system
Menu button > More > Mount > Mount as Read/Write

DLing now. Looking forward to seeing this in action.

drakull said:
Hey,
If anyone wants to create a flashable ZIP I'll put a link to it here. I'm just too lazy to create it myself.
*you must have the Android SDK installed in order to use the adb tool.
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So here flashable zip for your bootanimation give me credits in your thread
http://db.tt/kt1NPzIn

Excellent bootanimation! thanks man

oneplus 6t oos 9.0.14 bootanimation

Hello,
So I'm having an issue with replacing the default boot animation. Of course i want to have the McLaren boot animation but for some reason I can't flash it. By flash it i used the first app that comes up as custom bootanimation. I can flash others but when i tried the mclaren one it just didn't work... any help?

Did you try through Magisk?

AmonRatMC said:
Hello,
So I'm having an issue with replacing the default boot animation. Of course i want to have the McLaren boot animation but for some reason I can't flash it. By flash it i used the first app that comes up as custom bootanimation. I can flash others but when i tried the mclaren one it just didn't work... any help?
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I`m also having problems replacing it. I keep getting not enough space error when trying to copy to boot animation.

AmonRatMC said:
Hello,
So I'm having an issue with replacing the default boot animation. Of course i want to have the McLaren boot animation but for some reason I can't flash it. By flash it i used the first app that comes up as custom bootanimation. I can flash others but when i tried the mclaren one it just didn't work... any help?
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Try this:
Name animation zip bootanimation.zip, then,
copy it go to root>system >media and paste the zip file.*
Change permission of bootanimation.zip to 644
Pro tip, before doing this, rename current animation bootanimation.bak

AmonRatMC said:
Hello,
So I'm having an issue with replacing the default boot animation. Of course i want to have the McLaren boot animation but for some reason I can't flash it. By flash it i used the first app that comes up as custom bootanimation. I can flash others but when i tried the mclaren one it just didn't work... any help?
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Here's some things I noticed using adb shell and plain linux commands: (info: op6t, 9.0.14, no-limits 7.1a, ...)
- "df - h" shows /system as having no free space on mine now in 9.0.14, and I do get an ut of space: error if I do a "mv /sdcard/bootanimation.zip /system/media/bootanimation.zip"
- mount -o remount,rw /system seems to work OK and I can copy small other files to /system/media after I makes space by deleting a big font file in /system/media/fonts.
- Even if I successfully copy the bootanimation file I really want using either my own shell way or No-Limits selection of the zip file I put in ./xXx folder, there is no boot animation.
- Only little bootanimation.zip files like the pixel2 one work for me.
So -- something changed inside 9.0.14 having to do with /system/media (or /system) but I'm not able to see it yet. Maybe someone else can shed more light. And: After doing the things above, I just switched back to bootanimation.zip for pixel2 using both shell commands and also @xXx's profile and it worked fine.
Last note: Having no bootanimation.zip really speeds up the boot (seems pretty logical lol). I had no idea how much quicker it made it and now I like that best but I don't boot that often.
Oh yeah: I did remember to do a chmod 644 on all the tests for the bootanimation.zip file and change /system back to ro mode, so it's not that.

hachamacha said:
Here's some things I noticed using adb shell and plain linux commands: (info: op6t, 9.0.14, no-limits 7.1a, ...)
- "df - h" shows /system as having no free space on mine now in 9.0.14, and I do get an ut of space: error if I do a "mv /sdcard/bootanimation.zip /system/media/bootanimation.zip"
- mount -o remount,rw /system seems to work OK and I can copy small other files to /system/media after I makes space by deleting a big font file in /system/media/fonts.
- Even if I successfully copy the bootanimation file I really want using either my own shell way or No-Limits selection of the zip file I put in ./xXx folder, there is no boot animation.
- Only little bootanimation.zip files like the pixel2 one work for me.
So -- something changed inside 9.0.14 having to do with /system/media (or /system) but I'm not able to see it yet. Maybe someone else can shed more light. And: After doing the things above, I just switched back to bootanimation.zip for pixel2 using both shell commands and also @xXx's profile and it worked fine.
Last note: Having no bootanimation.zip really speeds up the boot (seems pretty logical lol). I had no idea how much quicker it made it and now I like that best but I don't boot that often.
Oh yeah: I did remember to do a chmod 644 on all the tests for the bootanimation.zip file and change /system back to ro mode, so it's not that.
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I can confirm your findings, I deleted the stock bootanimation to see if I can put it back, thinking it is some kind of permission issue. But it works, so you can change the bootanimation, but only with comparable file sizes with the original ~12MB. I was trying to put the watch dogs animation which is quite large, around 45MB. If anybody can shed some light on why the sudden decrease in system space, it would be great. I mean you could delete ringtones, fonts etc., but I would rather not honestly.

I noticed too a decrease of space available on system after 9.0.14, mine is only over 5 mb free space.

hachamacha said:
Here's some things I noticed using adb shell and plain linux commands: (info: op6t, 9.0.14, no-limits 7.1a, ...)
- "df - h" shows /system as having no free space on mine now in 9.0.14, and I do get an ut of space: error if I do a "mv /sdcard/bootanimation.zip /system/media/bootanimation.zip"
- mount -o remount,rw /system seems to work OK and I can copy small other files to /system/media after I makes space by deleting a big font file in /system/media/fonts.
- Even if I successfully copy the bootanimation file I really want using either my own shell way or No-Limits selection of the zip file I put in ./xXx folder, there is no boot animation.
- Only little bootanimation.zip files like the pixel2 one work for me.
So -- something changed inside 9.0.14 having to do with /system/media (or /system) but I'm not able to see it yet. Maybe someone else can shed more light. And: After doing the things above, I just switched back to bootanimation.zip for pixel2 using both shell commands and also @xXx's profile and it worked fine.
Last note: Having no bootanimation.zip really speeds up the boot (seems pretty logical lol). I had no idea how much quicker it made it and now I like that best but I don't boot that often.
Oh yeah: I did remember to do a chmod 644 on all the tests for the bootanimation.zip file and change /system back to ro mode, so it's not that.
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I can confirm the size problem.
Had the same issue when I wanted to replace the bootanimation zip file with one that was about 13MB.
Under System/app/ I deleted the default YouTube.apk which was about 64MB and replaced it with one from ApkMirror (dated May 2019) with is 32MB in size.
Everything is working fine and now I have around 23MB of free space on the system partition.

FLH_Sky said:
I can confirm the size problem.
Had the same issue when I wanted to replace the bootanimation zip file with one that was about 13MB.
Under System/app/ I deleted the default YouTube.apk which was about 64MB and replaced it with one from ApkMirror (dated May 2019) with is 32MB in size.
Everything is working fine and now I have around 23MB of free space on the system partition.
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I think I mentioned ^^ that I'd deleted a huge unused font file from /system/fonts and now have ~40MB free on /system. That pretty well cleaned things up for me, but thanks for letting us know. I think it took at least 2 reboots after I cleaned off the font file before the free space registered in the 'explorers' (I was using root explorer to look) and then all the boot animations were working again.
It's tempting to do an issue report over at OP's bug site, but I'm not sure it's a bug yet. I never know what their intent was or if they just screwed up.