How to flash boot animation? - myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

How do I flash my bootanimation.zip file through terminal emulator?

Just use root explorer or any other file manager with root rights and copy it. No need to flash.
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What of I want to revert? How would I do that through terminal emulator?

what rom are you using? Depending on the ROM, you navigate to where it is with a file explorer, rename the stock to whatever, copy the animation .zip that you want to the same folder (renaming it what the stock was, exactly) and you're done.

Royal Ginger 1.5
So I download the stock boot animation and put the files into the bootanimation.zip file I already have?

I'm assuming you've downloaded a zip file from somewhere. Do not unzip it, just rename it to "bootanimation.zip" and place it in the directory that holds the original bootanimation.zip file. You can always make a backup of the original first.
This may depend on the rom, but usually you can put your new bootanimation.zip file in the /data/local/ directory, and the phone will use that without you having to disturb the original.

jdkoren said:
This may depend on the rom, but usually you can put your new bootanimation.zip file in the /data/local/ directory, and the phone will use that without you having to disturb the original.
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It belongs in System/media, you must delete the original though or you wont get an animation
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Nicgraner said:
It belongs in System/media, you must delete the original though or you wont get an animation
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I'm trying to change my boot animation also. I changed the zipped file to bootanimation.zip. How do I access System/media ? When I mount, it just opens the sd drive on my computer.

xazilizax said:
I'm trying to change my boot animation also. I changed the zipped file to bootanimation.zip. How do I access System/media ? When I mount, it just opens the sd drive on my computer.
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You need to be rooted and you need to do it with your device with some kind of file manager like root explorer.
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Once ur rooted u could just go into recovery and install the zip manually that's usually how I do it or download the bootloader changer app either requires root
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wtf, i can't change the bootanimation... whats wrong?
I used the OTA app to chance the bootanimation, nothing...
I've tried to replace the bootanimation in system/media .. nothing still the "S"
Then I copied the bootanimation.zip into date/local ... nothing
I've deleted the bootanimation in system/media ... STILL the S..
Where is the bootanimation?? Ive installed SpeedMod kernel K2-21 ..
With supercore, I had no problems.
Please help

ademischko said:
wtf, i can't change the bootanimation... whats wrong?
I used the OTA app to chance the bootanimation, nothing...
I've tried to replace the bootanimation in system/media .. nothing still the "S"
Then I copied the bootanimation.zip into date/local ... nothing
I've deleted the bootanimation in system/media ... STILL the S..
Where is the bootanimation?? Ive installed SpeedMod kernel K2-21 ..
With supercore, I had no problems.
Please help
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What from you using and what animation you trying to add?
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I just dont understand what you mean with: "What from you using"
I tried the SGS2 Bios from OTA app. Before flashing Speedmodkernel, it worked great.
Then I tried to replace the Bootanimation with any other.. I found that thread:
Bootanimation
I downdloaded bootanimation_v2.zip and renamed it into bootanimation.zip, then replaced it like i said in the post before..

ademischko said:
I just dont understand what you mean with: "What from you using"
I tried the SGS2 Bios from OTA app. Before flashing Speedmodkernel, it worked great.
Then I tried to replace the Bootanimation with any other.. I found that thread:
Bootanimation
I downdloaded bootanimation_v2.zip and renamed it into bootanimation.zip, then replaced it like i said in the post before..
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My bad, I meant to type rom. Auto correct is killing me. Anyways, depending on the rom you're in, you will have to name the boot animation differently and place it in a specific place also depending on the rom.
If the rom you're in is aosp, then you're naming it right but it will go in system/media.
For sense roms, you will have to rename the boot animation to htc_bootanimation.zip and place it in system/customize/resource.
EDIT: I actually downloaded the boot animation myself, and I think I found the reason probably why is not working. In the desc.txt file, the screen res is wrong for our device. That boot animations res is 480x115, our supposed to be 480x800.
So do this,
Extract the bootanimation.zip you downloaded
Open and edit the desc.txt file with your file managers text editor
Change the res from 480x115 to 480x800 save and exit
Zip back the file, name it correctly, fix permissions and move it to its correctsponding place and reboot. See if that works.
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Thanks for your help. But I think this is the SpeedMod Kernel blocking everything...
I tried that bootanimation which I attached just now. The desc.txt file is correct, placed in system/media but it doesn't work.
I am on darkys HD rom. Without the Speedmodkernel everything is fine. to change my THEME I had to flash the supercore kernel and then back to SpeedMod, because when I try it with the Speedmod kernel, nothing happens. Just like the bootanimation, when I try it zu replace and reboot, nothing happens xD
It has to be the Speedmod Kernel. What else?

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[Q] How to change bootanimation in Oxygen RC7 ?

hello,
Well I've downloaded a boot animation, I've to put it in data\local like I did in 1. 0. 4 but, the folder is empty!
So, where the bell do I have to put my bootanimation. Zip?
Thanks guys
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Paradoxxx said:
hello,
Well I've downloaded a boot animation, I've to put it in System\local like I did in 1. 0. 4 but, the folder is empty!
So, where the bell do I have to put my bootanimation. Zip?
Thanks guys
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bootanimation.zip must be in /data/local.
use UOT kitchen.
Yeh, but this folder is empty.
Just made a mistake in first post.
I try now let see
EDIT : Aww it worked. I feel stupid now xD. Thx anyway!
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How can I change the boot audio for Oxygen? I tried several things already, but I can't get the audio to work!
hey guys, im running rc7 also s-off but i have never been able to find the local folder... anytime i enter data/ its empty...
ive tried with different file managers but still empty.
any ideas?
not sure, but
I use cyanogenmod 7 rc2 (gingerbread) and had to put my bootanimation.zip to system/media/bootanimation.zip
Perhaps you've to put it there too, because the roms are very similar.
try it.
Dr.Don said:
I use cyanogenmod 7 rc2 (gingerbread) and had to put my bootanimation.zip to system/media/bootanimation.zip
Perhaps you've to put it there too, because the roms are very similar.
try it.
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just place it there and all will be good^^
thanks guys
How can you add audio at boot? I mean were to put the file?
I copied an mp3 (that I used with another rom as a boot audio) into /system/media/ but nothing happened.
Alternate method to flash Boot Animation without PC
There is an alternate method to change the Boot Animation for HTC Desire without computer section for abd push.
1. Download Boot Animation Changer Lite, it needs Root.
2. Launch and Choose Change Animation
3. Select any Animation from the list and Install it
4. It'll backup the Stock animation in sdcard\bootanimStock folder as bootanimation.zip
5. Using any File Manager - Astro or Root replace the bootanimation.zip with the desired boot animation file (make sure you name the file as bootanimation.zip)
6. Relaunch the application
7. Choose Advance Settings
8. Select Restore Stock animation and reboot
9. You'd see your desired Boot Animation running
Cheers!!!
Good to know!
freezer2000 said:
There is an alternate method to change the Boot Animation for HTC Desire without computer section for abd push.
1. Download Boot Animation Changer Lite, it needs Root.
2. Launch and Choose Change Animation
3. Select any Animation from the list and Install it
4. It'll backup the Stock animation in sdcard\bootanimStock folder as bootanimation.zip
5. Using any File Manager - Astro or Root replace the bootanimation.zip with the desired boot animation file (make sure you name the file as bootanimation.zip)
6. Relaunch the application
7. Choose Advance Settings
8. Select Restore Stock animation and reboot
9. You'd see your desired Boot Animation running
Cheers!!!
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WORKED like a charm..!!! thanks bro
Paradoxxx said:
hello,
Well I've downloaded a boot animation, I've to put it in data\local like I did in 1. 0. 4 but, the folder is empty!
So, where the bell do I have to put my bootanimation. Zip?
Thanks guys
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hey..from where i can download oxigen rc 7?
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[Q] Droideye bootanimation update dose not work.

I updated my dl_desire nand version from 3.5 to 4.1. I just found if I flashed dl_desire 4.1 directly then some thing will be wrong, e.g. I encountered com.htc.bg stopped and account of google failed etc. But If I flashed 3.5 firstly and seltted it down then after I flashed 4.1 every thing will be OK. I did not konw why.
Also I like the Droideye bootanimation so I updated the Droideye bootanimation ( update.BootAnimation.7z ) but it did not work and the boot screen was HTC screen. So why is it and how can I fix it?
Also thx you great work.
testok3000 said:
I updated my dl_desire nand version from 3.5 to 4.1. I just found if I flashed dl_desire 4.1 directly then some thing will be wrong, e.g. I encountered com.htc.bg stopped and account of google failed etc. But If I flashed 3.5 firstly and seltted it down then after I flashed 4.1 every thing will be OK. I did not konw why.
Also I like the Droideye bootanimation so I updated the Droideye bootanimation ( update.BootAnimation.7z ) but it did not work and the boot screen was HTC screen. So why is it and how can I fix it?
Also thx you great work.
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Droid eye needs to be i .zip format. Once in that format rename it to bootanimation.zip and use root explorer to place it in the system/media or data/local or wherever ur old boot animation is stored. After thay reboot and ur new boot animation shud work. I hope i was helpful....
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jyazzie110 said:
Droid eye needs to be i .zip format. Once in that format rename it to bootanimation.zip and use root explorer to place it in the system/media or data/local or wherever ur old boot animation is stored. After thay reboot and ur new boot animation shud work. I hope i was helpful....
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I just downloaded it from the dl_desire thread and it is an update format in that rom. The system/media is a link to suquashed file system. So I just tried put it to /data/local , it dose not work also.
testok3000 said:
I just downloaded it from the dl_desire thread and it is an update format in that rom. The system/media is a link to suquashed file system. So I just tried put it to /data/local , it dose not work also.
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So u havent tried putting it in the system/media folder? I tried mines in data/local and it didnt work but wen i put it in the system/media folder it workd
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jyazzie110 said:
So u havent tried putting it in the system/media folder? I tried mines in data/local and it didnt work but wen i put it in the system/media folder it workd
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Thx much. It was solved. The animation file is put in /system/etc/customer/ folder now at dl_desire 4.1. So I made a link to /system/customize/resoure/ folder. And finnaly the red droideye appeared.
thx again.

Change shutdown animation

How do you change the shutdown animation?
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Find and change "downanimation.zip". You can search Google for the guide. Usually it's in the same place as bootanimation - /system/customize/resource.
I tried to replace the downanimation.zip with the Helix zip by just changing the Helix zip file name to downanimation.zip but it didn't work. Any better instructions?
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The HTC glacier doesn't have a down boot animation normally. If someone creates a script or a mod to the system/media , then we can have a down boot animation.
From my fist to your face, enjoy.
Supamike88 said:
I tried to replace the downanimation.zip with the Helix zip by just changing the Helix zip file name to downanimation.zip but it didn't work. Any better instructions?
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Beside mt4g having no downanimation, helix.zip is a flashable zip, you will need to unzip the actual animation.zip then replace what u got if u are on stock or sense roms where the animations are not in the same location as as install script.
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MT4G does have downanimation, at least on VU ROM (and most probably any other Sense ROM too).
As said by sleepyfu, you need to extract the actual bootanimation.zip out of Helix.zip, rename it and put it in correct location stated above (again, for Sense ROMs).
Jack_R1 said:
MT4G does have downanimation, at least on VU ROM (and most probably any other Sense ROM too).
As said by sleepyfu, you need to extract the actual bootanimation.zip out of Helix.zip, rename it and put it in correct location stated above (again, for Sense ROMs).
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Guess I was wrong, also I never used a VU ROM, so I that's why I said what I did. But I'll check one out to see it.
From my fist to your face, enjoy.

MIUI Bootanimation and bootaudio

Hello, does anyone know where to find MIUI Multilingual's bootanimation and bootaudio, and the .xml file so i can edit them?
In system/media there is bootanimation.zip and bootaudio.mp3. If you want to edit the bootanimation look at desc.txt.
Thank you, however it seems that my phone still uses the IDEOS logo as bootanimation, and that one is located in "pink-screen" mode, is it okay to delete it?
You mean the splashscreen? I believe that is located in the kernel, and not easy to edit.
skifyr123 said:
You mean the splashscreen? I believe that is located in the kernel, and not easy to edit.
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Well, when i boot, it doesn't use the MIUI bootanimation, it still uses stock Ideos animation, and i think that one is located in pinkscreen-mode.
Try placing the bootanimation.zip in /data/local on your phone with root explorer. Then reboot, it should work
skifyr123 said:
Try placing the bootanimation.zip in /data/local on your phone with root explorer. Then reboot, it should work
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Hmm, it didn't work, and i even tried replacing the bootanimation.zip in cust/Dialect/SE/media (which is where i go when i go into pinkscreen-mode) with the MIUI one, still nothing.
Sorry, I see no reason why it won't work.. You can try to delete the whole cust folder (in pink screen), it that don't work preform a full wipe.
What ROM version are you talking about? If latest, then you should pay more attention to rom changelog. retart said there, that he turned off bootanimation for faster boot.
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be careful messing with these files
SetazeR said:
What ROM version are you talking about? If latest, then you should pay more attention to rom changelog. retart said there, that he turned off bootanimation for faster boot.
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Thank you!
I found the debug.hw.bootanimation set to 1, changed it to 0, and BAM!
Bootanimation+ audio.
My only concern now is the splashscreen and that the bootaudio is loud/bad quality

[Q] QMG to Bootanimation.zip

Hi. I'm running a Galaxy S4 AT&T with Danvdh's Google Edition 4.4.4 ROM (here). I had just flashed this ROM today, and now I can't get a custom bootanimation.zip file to work. I'll explain what happened.
Before today, I was using his 4.4.2 ROM, and I had no issues with my bootanimation.zip working. Then I decided to try out a TouchWiz-based ROM (Skyfall ROM). I just wanted to compare a Google Edition ROM to a TouchWiz-based ROM. Well, I realized I prefer Google Edition, so today I decided to go back to Dan's GE ROM, updated to 4.4.4. But when I tried to put back my old bootanimation.zip file in /system/media, it wouldn't work! I just get Dan's default boot animation (the Google logo with the spinning circles).
I notice that there are instead two of these bootanimation.qmg files in /system/media folder. I Googled around and found out that these are Samsung's proprietary boot animation files. But here's the strange thing; the boot animation I have right now is Dan's GE animation, not the Samsung boot animation that I would expect from QMG files. How is this possible? I did a complete wipe (I'm using PhilZ recovery) before flashing Dan's ROM after coming from the Skyfall ROM, so why are these QMG files still left behind?
I tried renaming the QMG files (bootsamsung.qmg and bootsamsungloop.qmg) to disable them. But then I get no boot animation at all, just a black screen, even though I have bootanimation.zip in the /system/media folder. So how can I get rid of these QMG files and just return back to a good ol' fashion bootanimation.zip format?
Did you give your biotechnology boot animation zip the permissions rw,r,r?
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jd1639 said:
Did you give your biotechnology boot animation zip the permissions rw,r,r?
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Yes, the bootanimation.zip file in /system/media is set to rw-r--r--. I also have a bootanimation.zip file in /data/local set to the same permissions, but neither of those work. I also tried this fix, but to no avail. All that gives me is a black screen instead of the boot animation, even when bootanimation.zip is still in the right folder with the right permissions.
Completely_Clueless said:
Yes, the bootanimation.zip file in /system/media is set to rw-r--r--. I also have a bootanimation.zip file in /data/local set to the same permissions, but neither of those work. I also tried this fix, but to no avail. All that gives me is a black screen instead of the boot animation, even when bootanimation.zip is still in the right folder with the right permissions.
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Don't you love word correction
Not sure what else to tell you. Sounds like the animation is in the right place and setup right.
Edit, do you still have the original sound files? Maybe there messing things up. /system/media/audio/ui. A couple of ogg files. Rename them to .ogg.bak
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jd1639 said:
Don't you love word correction
Not sure what else to tell you. Sounds like the animation is in the right place and setup right.
Edit, do you still have the original sound files? Maybe there messing things up. /system/media/audio/ui. A couple of ogg files. Rename them to .ogg.bak
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I tried that. I had several OGG files, most of them seemed to be related to charging or docking or keyboard pressing. In any case, renaming them didn't help. I think at this point I might just re-flash the ROM. Still, I'm perplexed as to why those QMG files were still in my /system/media folder in the first place. I've been using Dan's GPE ROM for a long time now, and I have never seen those files there. I'm pretty sure they must have come from that TouchWiz ROM (Skyfall).
Another weird thing is that I didn't have any bootanimation.zip file to begin with. Previously, like when I was on the 4.4.2 ROM, there was an initial bootanimation.zip file that I'd rename to bootanimation.zip.bak, and then replace with my own bootanimation.zip. And presto, it worked like a charm, quick and easy. This time, there was no initial bootanimation.zip file, just those two QMG files. Yet somehow I still got the Google circle boot animation to play at first startup (this is on a newly-flashed ROM, mind you; I haven't even installed gapps yet, let alone any other modifications).
Any thoughts on this?

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