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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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Custom boot animation for Motorola bravo

For those of you who are fed up with AT&T original boot animation
and want to bring a little touch of originality to your phones;
I will give you the tools to do so and then i would like this topic
to be the display of all the talent behind your idea's. Dont be affraid
to post your creations here
So lets get started.
In order to change the bootanimation on android phone you need first to be ROOTED.
that will help you in the futur with you phone anyway... but will also give you access
to root files on your phone.
Now!!!
The file that has the bootanimation data is:
system/media/bootanimation.zip
and it is formed of 4 or less items inside.
folder : part0
folder : part1
folder : part2
.txt : desc.txt
the mechanism behind these files is simple.
the 3 folders have inside of them PNG image sequences that creates the animation.
and the .TXT "desc.txt" is the script that puts it all together.
* You will notice that inside the :
system/media directory there is an audio folder as well.
This is where the sound associated to the bootanimation is stored
originally called :
boot_att.ogg or anything else the carrier wants to call it... (we'll talk about it later)
OK. If you were Able to follow sofar you must have an idea of what is next.
the idea is to replace that bootanimation.zip file and that boot_att.ogg sound to
change the bootanimation to your own.
I highly recommand to backup these existing files just in case you want to put the
phone back to it's original state...
This is where it is getting fun!
"HOW TO CREATE ANOTHER bootanimation.zip?"
sofar the best result would be obtained by creating a flash animation
of your own using adobe flash software. The screen size to select when
creating file should be in pixel the size of your android phone listed on the specs . final file will be then
published as .SWF
Once you have your SWF file you need to convert it to a PNG animation.
(what is a PNG animation?) well it is a sequence of PNG images that are put one after the other to create an animation just like the one on part0 folder of bootanimation.zip
There is a cool software that makes that convertion. It
breaks your SWF animation to a frame by frame PNG sequence.
ADShareit SWF to Video Converter Pro v5.3.zip (attached below)
....shhhhhh!!! yes i gave you a cracked one.
so when you add your SWF movie onto ADShareit you go to settings:
-Export type: Image sequence
- Sequence : Normal sequence (interact)
... the rest will pretty much adjust to the original swf file specs.
since the convertion of your swf to PNG animated is going to create a lot of PNG images
you want to create a folder on your desktop called "part0"
and on ADShareit settings you would select that folder as Export point.
Hit OK!
and let the convertion take place.
You should have now on your destop a folder name "part0" that has your SWF movie broken into several PNG
images.
At that point you have created the main animation for your bootanimation.zip file
But since the animation should play just once and then wait for the phone to boot up, you dont want it to loop.
That is why you have to create another folder "part1" that will have inside the last image of your "part0" sequence.
and that one will loop till phone boot up.( being just one image it will feel as if movie stopped.)
so i repeat:
create another folder called "part1" on witch you copy/paste the last PNG on folder "part0" you just created.
so now you have two folders:
"part0" main animation.
"part1" animation ending loop.
That's it for the animation part!
NOW THE DESC.TXT .
is just a basic txt doc on witch you type what will become the "action script"
of your bootanimation.
here is what you type: "this was when i was creating it for a motorola bravo"
480 854 30
p 1 3 part0
s loading.mp3
p 0 0 part1
now let me explain what it stands for
-first line: is the size of your animation : 480 by 854 (motorola bravo screen resolution)
then "30" stands for the speed of your animation .(30 frames per seconds/fps)
- second line part 1 of 3 (meaning first part to play) is "part0"
- third line is the sound that will play with the animation
* i said i'd talk about this later.
so here it is:
The sound format does not have to be in .ogg only it can be .mp3 or any other format your phone
recognize. the name of it also can be anything as long you use the same name for the sound file
you want to add.
(note that in front of sound line you have a "s" , and not a "p" it stands for "sound".
- fourth and last line is always the loop image file (that will be the last thing played and it will loop)
p 0 0 part1 (part1 is to be played as last.)
save .txt created as desc.txt
We have all the files now created . we need to zip:
- part0
- part1
- desc.txt
But this is not zipped just in any manner ...
you need to use 7Z compression software from there:
http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
and zip by adding to archive and setting compression to :
-achive format : ZIP
- Compression level : store
or else it will not work if compressed any other way !!!
save compressed file as bootanimation.zip
here you go.
You have now:
- bootanimation.zip
- loading.mp3
copy both to your phone SD card. and push bootanimation.zip to :
system/media
and loading.mp3 to:
system/media/audio.
reboot phone and enjoy!
I.E: I am adding my bootanimation below along with sound that goes with it.
It was too big to attach on XDADev.
so i give you mediafire download links.
bootanimation.zip
loading.mp3

Ahhhh. Thank you for this. Going to give it a go when I get off work.

Thank you I hated the stock one!
Now I have a nice Android Scribble boot

Thanks for the tut, I'll try to make my own on wednesday since I have no school. In the mean time, does anyone mind uploading one they've made?

proutpa said:
Thank you I hated the stock one!
Now I have a nice Android Scribble boot
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Is that the stock android screen? That's what i wanna do. Lol
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Search this site for "Android Scribble" you will find many topics.
Can't remember which link I used but I'm sure all will work fine.

Alright thanks
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Yes jared152,
I 've updated my post, and added my bootanimation and sound that goes with it .
I'd appreciate you giving it a try. Would be curious to see your creation!
Have fun.

lecelui, Very nice job on your instructions and explanations! It got me thinking about how much I hated the AT&T woosh boot and then the dropping globe. I'm a novice at android programming altho I have got my phone rooted and bloatware frozen. I found an app called root tools by JRummy in the market and he has included some boot animations that are clever. So now I have some dancing droids!! Hopefully 2.2 froyo will be released to everyones Bravo soon, it really speeds functions up. Thanks again for your efforts!

michaelvan8 said:
lecelui, Very nice job on your instructions and explanations! It got me thinking about how much I hated the AT&T woosh boot and then the dropping globe. I'm a novice at android programming altho I have got my phone rooted and bloatware frozen. I found an app called root tools by JRummy in the market and he has included some boot animations that are clever. So now I have some dancing droids!! Hopefully 2.2 froyo will be released to everyones Bravo soon, it really speeds functions up. Thanks again for your efforts!
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does anyone have the original boot animation .zip file I could get? I am really stuck the custom animation I have is keeping me from being able to update to 2.2. you can pm me or email me that would be awsome. thanks

Still kinda new to this, but:
I was able to push the animation, but the sound isnt working. Phone is not on silent when it reboots either. I'm using bandroidx's RC2 rom with Froyo, and when I tried to push into system/media, the command prompt told me it was a read-only file system. So I tried pushing into data/local and the animation was working, just without the sound. Any help would be appreciated, as I would like to make my own custom animations with sound.

chemicalsmile said:
Still kinda new to this, but:
I was able to push the animation, but the sound isnt working. Phone is not on silent when it reboots either. I'm using bandroidx's RC2 rom with Froyo, and when I tried to push into system/media, the command prompt told me it was a read-only file system. So I tried pushing into data/local and the animation was working, just without the sound. Any help would be appreciated, as I would like to make my own custom animations with sound.
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There's a way to mount /system as rw in adb, but I don't know it. Do you have cwm? You can easily mount /system in cwm recovery and then push the file there I think.

I have bandroidx's bootstrapper CWM from when I flashed the ROM, and found the mount /system option, do I simply just mount it and push to the aforementioned directory with adb while in CWM? As I said, I'm still rather new to android filesystems and I don't want to do anything to brick my phone. Thanks for the patience and any help you can provide.
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i use the bravox rc2x rom that bando made, will it be any different if i try to change it?

chemicalsmile said:
I have bandroidx's bootstrapper CWM from when I flashed the ROM, and found the mount /system option, do I simply just mount it and push to the aforementioned directory with adb while in CWM? As I said, I'm still rather new to android filesystems and I don't want to do anything to brick my phone. Thanks for the patience and any help you can provide.
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Yea, make sure the USB cable is plugged in when cwm recovery turns on, mount /system in the cwm menu, then push the files to where the tutorial tells you.
And if you do somehow brick, there's always an sbf.
slowcurve said:
i use the bravox rc2x rom that bando made, will it be any different if i try to change it?
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Maybe, the boot animation for that might be in /data/local/ so either delete that file and put your boot animation in /system/media/ or just overwrite the file in /data/local

chemicalsmile
* You will notice that inside the :
system/media directory there is an audio folder as well.
This is where the sound associated to the bootanimation is stored
originally called :
boot_att.ogg

[Q] Boot Animations

Hey, I was wondering how one would create my own boot animation, I have my own splash screen (link in my signature), but I was wondering if the boot animation was just a GIF that has been converted or what? Any help would be appreciated.
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You can open up a boot animation zip and see its a series of png images in order in a folder. There is a file that then dictates the speed of the animation and can also run multiple folders of images so that the first folder is run once and then the second folder is looped, etc. I'm sure if you created the series of images someone could help with the rest.

Ill have to take a look into that, thank you
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Need default boot animation

I'm going to swap my phone for the black version tomorrow but I dont want to have to reflash the whole firmware so im going to trick them by putting the default boot animation back on it, can anyone help me by uploading this for me thanks, it;ll be found in /system/media/bootanimation.zip

No it isn't, the default is a .qmg file. So just delete the .zip file and it should revert to using the default.
Also remember to wipe the phone of all your personal data.

I found the bootanimation zip file but i cant delete it. Why is that so hard????

Install Darky OTA from Market and you have option to back to default boot animation (and some other good stuffs)
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[Q] Bootanimation failure

Hello guys!
OK, so here we go. I installed CM12 official nightly on my samsung galaxy s4 GT-I9505 and i wanted to change the boot aninmation, normally a simple task. so I installed the disco ball boot animation from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2334927
this worked totally fine, but i decided to make the bootanimation a little bit more personal, so i went to photoshop and eddited all 30 PNG files, put it back together as a bootanimation.zip and installed it in my phone.
now when i go to the theme engine in CM12, and i go to my current theme (the original cm12 theme) and i preview the bootanimation, it shows my own made animation perfect, but when i restart my phone to actually view it, it becomes just a black screen
Download This is the original discoball bootanimation.
Download This is my own one. (i know its not much but i would like to have this one)
and yes i did change the permissions.
URL's uploaded via Airload

Fix the following problems with your zip and the boot animation will work properly.
1. You have a "thumbs.db" file in your personal version of the boot animation. Remove this.
2. When you made the zip file, you compressed the images within it. In order for a boot animation to work the images within it must be stored in an uncompressed form. For example, WinRAR has a setting titled "Compression Method". You would set this to "store".

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Fix the following problems with your zip and the boot animation will work properly.
1. You have a "thumbs.db" file in your personal version of the boot animation. Remove this.
2. When you made the zip file, you compressed the images within it. In order for a boot animation to work the images within it must be stored in an uncompressed form. For example, WinRAR has a setting titled "Compression Method". You would set this to "store".
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thanks man, i dont know how that thumbs.db file got in there but it works fine now, thanks!

Windows automatically drops them into every location that has a picture or document. It is possible to disable this behavior, by following the instructions here.