I have a non rooted nexus s 4g. I am looking to change the boot animation. I have an animation ready to use. I also have the android sdk on Mac and windows. I have read that it is hard to change the boot animation of Samsung phones. But would it be any different because it is also a Google device? I can not root my phone. Any ideas? I'm sure some dev here knows or can figure something out to change the boot animation. My nexus is fully updated with ics and stock everything. I have seen boot animation changer on the play store but it requires root, just my luck. If anybody has even an idea feel free to post it. Anything helps. Thank you in advance
I don't think it possible to change the boot animation without root access because that's a restricted area of area of system that only deep level root can access.
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Ok thank you... I'm still convinced that you can. Maybe create an app that tells the phone to use a boot animation on the SD card before it uses the original one???
samuelrp1998 said:
Ok thank you... I'm still convinced that you can. Maybe create an app that tells the phone to use a boot animation on the SD card before it uses the original one???
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Nope, at the point the boot animation happens 3rd party apps aren't booted.
Only way to do it is custom recovery(unlocked bootloader) or root access
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Try putting your bootanimation.zip in /data/local instead of /system/media.
He could try but I doubt it will work because you have to change the permissions of the zip for it to work and its only through root access that can be done.
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I have a rooted HP touchpad that I could change the permissions on? Would the permissions stick? And even then data/local is on internal memory... so how would I write to that without root?
like everyone said, not possible without root. if you have root, easiest would be installing Rom Toolbox and use it to install the bootanimation.zip to /system/media or /data/local. Or after copying it to one of those directories (/data/local recommended), in a terminal run these commands:
su
chmod 0755 /data/local/bootanimation.zip
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How would I write to system/media or data/local without root? Can it be done?
It just can't. You either have to do it yourself rooted or have root so you can grant su to an app that does it for you. It's super easy, a cut/paste and a rename, but you gotta have root.
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I have successfully rooted and installed the official cm6 build on the mytouch3g slide. Everything works great except that even with root (RW) access in root explorer I cannot delete any files. It will dlshow as deleted successfully in the program. Yet it will be back when I really enter. I'm trying to remove some stock Google apps.
I think the problem is with SU permissions somehow. I also have an issue with adfree. It will not change my host file.
I can see uptop on the notification bar that SU permissions have been granted in these programs, but have the above issues. Please help!
Thanks
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if I'm not mistaken, even w/ root access, we can't make changes to the system while it is booted. therefore you have to remove any unwanted programs with system mounted in recovery.
I have had no issues on a stock rooted Samsung vibrant so I know its possible
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well we're not discussing the vibrant. we're talking about the slide. it's not possible. we need S-OFF to get /system mounted while booted. currently, that option is not available. therefore, root explorer will not work. as i said before, if you need to remove or make changes to any system files, do it in recovery.
GameOver69 said:
I have had no issues on a stock rooted Samsung vibrant so I know its possible
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lol. My blender crushes ice pretty well too, how can I make the vibrant do it?
What about a program like adfree?
No way to get that working?
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just adb push the hosts file to /system/etc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=722934
So I'm confused. On previous phones such as the Droid Eris and Droid 1, users were able to use custom boot animations without being rooted. All you had to do was push the new file to the boot animation location and it would over ride the old one. I really want custom boot animations on my X but am not rooted. Does anyone know a solution to this other than rooting and how to install without being rooted?
Thanks in advance,
IRM
Its really easy just put the bootanimation.zip in the tools folder in android sdk folder and then type in-
:adb push bootanimation.zip /system/media
:adb reboot
Can anyone vouch for this? I don't want to brick my phone as I just received my replacement. This works for NON-ROOTED stock right?
Thanks again,
IRM
/system/media ??? really i thought its was on /data/local
Its in system/media
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putting it in /data/local works on the X, and I read somewhere that it looks there first for the boot animation before grabbing the one in /system/media. plus to push it to /system/media you would have to mount it rw first, which would require su...
Hi,
I just tried to install a custom boot animation thru root explorer, following Master's instructions. When I go to paste the boot animation it says cannot paste read only. Any Ideas? Thanks in advance.
vabeach454 said:
Hi,
I just tried to install a custom boot animation thru root explorer, following Master's instructions. When I go to paste the boot animation it says cannot paste read only. Any Ideas? Thanks in advance.
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I am not familiar with "Root Explorer", so i'm not 100% sure.
You most likely need to enable the root feature.
if you do not have root access you cannot paste into a -ro file.
You could also use Android Commander (Windows Program). I find that the easiest way to do it.
I am perma rooted (s= off) and root explorer has root privlages, so I dont know what else to say. Master's directions were very clear & easy it just wont allow me to paste.
vabeach454 said:
I am perma rooted (s= off) and root explorer has root privlages, so I dont know what else to say. Master's directions were very clear & easy it just wont allow me to paste.
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Try Super Manager or Android Commander.
vabeach454 said:
Hi,
I just tried to install a custom boot animation thru root explorer, following Master's instructions. When I go to paste the boot animation it says cannot paste read only. Any Ideas? Thanks in advance.
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in root explorer, at the very top of the page youre pasting in, there should be a button that says set r/w. make sure to press that before attempting to paste, otherwise you will get the error you mentioned.
Thanks, I did that and it pasted. I ended up with two files in there and had no boot animation at all and when powering up it went directly to the lock screen. Since that I restored my backup to undo the changes I made. I dont know what went wrong, but would like to try again, as I do want a cool boot animation. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Thanks, I did that and it pasted. I ended up with two files in there and had no boot animation at all and when powering up it went directly to the lock screen. Since that I restored my backup to undo the changes I made. I dont know what went wrong, but would like to try again, as I do want a cool boot animation. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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have you tried using Android Commander?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11104925&postcount=53
to check the boot animation from the terminal type "adb shell" a "#" should appear then type bootanimation. it should so up on the phone, to get out of it hold control and tap C. If you do it from the terminal emulator on the phone only a battery pull will get you out of the cycle.
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Thanks, I did that and it pasted. I ended up with two files in there and had no boot animation at all and when powering up it went directly to the lock screen. Since that I restored my backup to undo the changes I made. I dont know what went wrong, but would like to try again, as I do want a cool boot animation. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Dude, what Rom are you on? Depending on that, the bootainmation needs to be labeled differently.
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Depending on the rom, you will also need to rename the boot animation to the same name as the one on the current rom... for instance on my iced glacier rom, the standard boot animation is named TMUS_bootanimation, rename the file to that same file name and copy it to the same folder and select to over ride the current file in the folder
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I have a special request. Is there a way to retain the bootanimation of the NookColor's 1.2 Stock ROM? Or at least can someone create a bootanimation.zip that has the Stock ROM's boot animation? I can provide you an original nandroid of the STOCK ROM if it's needed. I hope someone can do this.
Here... extract this zip file, remount /system/ rw and adb the bootanimation (NOT the zip) to /system/bin/ and you will have B&N's 1.2 stock animation.
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Here... extract this zip file, remount /system/ rw and adb the bootanimation (NOT the zip) to /system/bin/ and you will have B&N's 1.2 stock animation.
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This. Is. Wicked. Thanks a lot!
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erm... it didn't work for me. Once I placed the content of the zip (bootanimation), in the system/bin it just gave me a blank screen then it went straight to my homescreen. What am I doing wrong? well maybe because I placed the file manually using root explorer. can you tell me how to do it using adb in windows and adb wireless on the nook? what commands should I put on the adb?
UPDATE 2:
I was able to push the file using adb. It still didn't work for me. Maybe we're missing some files? I remember when I'm putting custom bootanimations, I also place a bootanimation.zip in the /system/media directory of the nook...
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This. Is. Wicked. Thanks a lot!
UPDATE:
erm... it didn't work for me. Once I placed the content of the zip (bootanimation), in the system/bin it just gave me a blank screen then it went straight to my homescreen. What am I doing wrong? well maybe because I placed the file manually using root explorer. can you tell me how to do it using adb in windows and adb wireless on the nook? what commands should I put on the adb?
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I was able to push the file using adb. It still didn't work for me. Maybe we're missing some files? I remember when I'm putting custom bootanimations, I also place a bootanimation.zip in the /system/media directory of the nook...
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I know most had a zip in /system/media.... but the stock 1.2 didn't have anything related.... looking through the file I posted, it references some .png files that also are not present... I assumed they were contained as data in the file itself... I will look some more and get this setup for you... Sorry for shorting the research on this one.
Maybe the way Root Tools works will show the way.
Similar discussion here.
I hope we can have an update on this one soon... :'(
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I hope we can have an update on this one soon... :'(
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We will... sorry got busy with some stuff on the IMEI Generator... will track it down for you.
Is there some reason this needs to be done? Deviating from the CM7 code is bound to cause issues....
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Is there some reason this needs to be done? Deviating from the CM7 code is bound to cause issues....
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Just thought it would be cool to retain the stock bootanimation, that's all. The device is still a NookColor after all, even after installing a CyanogenMod ROM in it. It would be nice if the device would say 'NookColor' when it boots. Just my opinion, though.
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It needs to be in the correct format. If you can break it down, it will work:
http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Boot_Animation_editing_and_replacement
So maybe play it in the SDK, and record the screen?
EDIT: Or try pushing it to data/local
Also, read through this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=863439
When all hope seems lost...
When I thought that all hope seems lost on my desire to get the NC's stock bootanimation, in my NC running cyanogenmod, I came across this amazing stock-that-has-been-rooted bootanimation in YouTube... I think it's fate. LOL.
Pretty neat stuff, courtesy of Suteru. On the YouTube page is a link to the bootanimation.zip
Yup, I installed the bootanimation and it's wicked cool. (^_^)
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Just thought it would be cool to retain the stock bootanimation, that's all. The device is still a NookColor after all, even after installing a CyanogenMod ROM in it. It would be nice if the device would say 'NookColor' when it boots. Just my opinion, though.
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Put the bootanimation.zip file in the /data/local folder. It will override the bootanimation in the system/bin as long as it's there. If you delete it, the stock animation in /system/bin will show. FWIW, I like this animation from NookDevs which is a variation on the stock animation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apy-ZcdqZFA&feature=related
I'm trying to install the update. The update said something is changed in the system/bin/app_process. So using root Explorer I saw app_process and app_process.orig.
Thinking the app_process.orig is the unchanged one. I renamed the app_process to app_process.new.
I was trying to rename app_process.orig to app_process but somehow root Explorer can't so I rebooted.
Now its not booting up. Is there a way I can go to the files without booting up and rename the app_process?
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I'm trying to install the update. The update said something is changed in the system/bin/app_process. So using root Explorer I saw app_process and app_process.orig.
Thinking the app_process.orig is the unchanged one. I renamed the app_process to app_process.new.
I was trying to rename app_process.orig to app_process but somehow root Explorer can't so I rebooted.
Now its not booting up. Is there a way I can go to the files without booting up and rename the app_process?
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Some custom recoveries (TWRP) will let you browse the files on your device. I know that files can be copied, moved, deleted - I do not know if they can be renamed. My guess is yes, though. If you can boot to recovery go ahead and try that.
If you can't boot to recovery do you at least have ADB access? You can always ADB push the file you want if you do. There are guides out there if you don't know how to do it. I google for a quick refresher every time I have to ADB push a file.
I'm on stock recovery, I can see the device with 'fastboot devices' but 'adb devices' can't see my device? Is this a problem of driver? Or because I haven't checked the developers option? If I can only access the device I can rename back that file.
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Just reinstalled everything from fastboot. Please close this thread.
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