Hey there. I have little problem here. I decided to change boot animation. But there is a problem. After replacing bootanimation.zip in /system/media and opening it to be sure its the new one (and yes, every picture is from new animation), it still shows stock samsung animal. What am I doing wrong? Can you guys help me?
Kubas_inko_CZ said:
Hey there. I have little problem here. I decided to change boot animation. But there is a problem. After replacing bootanimation.zip in /system/media and opening it to be sure its the new one (and yes, every picture is from new animation), it still shows stock samsung animal. What am I doing wrong? Can you guys help me?
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Samsung changed the boot animation format.
The boot animation is no longer in zip file format.
They are now QMG files and have been QMG files for almost two years.
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QMG files are very difficult to work with.
Good luck.. Have a great day.
Kubas_inko_CZ said:
Hey there. I have little problem here. I decided to change boot animation. But there is a problem. After replacing bootanimation.zip in /system/media and opening it to be sure its the new one (and yes, every picture is from new animation), it still shows stock samsung animal. What am I doing wrong? Can you guys help me?
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Misterjunky said:
Samsung changed the boot animation format.
The boot animation is no longer in zip file format.
They are now QMG files and have been QMG files for almost two years.
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QMG files are very difficult to work with.
Good luck.. Have a great day.
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here youll finde some great animations, and soon the most awesome watchdogs animation. Moreover you can follow the install tutorial in this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/themes/bootanimation-zip-to-qmg-service-free-t3572057
nad here u have a big collection
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2611682
The watchdogs animation is exactly what am I tring to get.
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First time poster here. I am working on a boot animation for the Droid X that features a clip from the 1986 animated movie of Optimus Prime blasting some Decepticons before his battle with Megatron.
Just have to fix a few things before I release it for download. I am trying to add audio but am having a problem. I have tried everything I can think of. Named the file boot.mp3 boot.ogg (changed format of course) I have placed the file in the /system/media/audio/ and /system/media/ directories.
I have edited the build.prop file. When UI do that i get like 1 second of audio after the animation is done and it brings up the lock screen.
I have looked everywhere online. there doesnt seem to be any easy solution or for that matter, any solution. I was hoping someone out there can help. I have a pretty cool boot animation I am working on.
I would like to show it to you.... but I guess my account has to be approved.
cullenisprime said:
First time poster here. I am working on a boot animation for the Droid X that features a clip from the 1986 animated movie of Optimus Prime blasting some Decepticons before his battle with Megatron.
Just have to fix a few things before I release it for download. I am trying to add audio but am having a problem. I have tried everything I can think of. Named the file boot.mp3 boot.ogg (changed format of course) I have placed the file in the /system/media/audio/ and /system/media/ directories.
I have edited the build.prop file. When UI do that i get like 1 second of audio after the animation is done and it brings up the lock screen.
I have looked everywhere online. there doesnt seem to be any easy solution or for that matter, any solution. I was hoping someone out there can help. I have a pretty cool boot animation I am working on.
I would like to show it to you.... but I guess my account has to be approved.
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boot sound is found in /data/local directory as a mp3 file, try there
also to get ur boot sound working properly, you have to edit desc.txt in the bootanimation.zip file according to all your specification of your bootanimation, good luck on this.
dr154 said:
boot sound is found in /data/local directory as a mp3 file, try there
also to get ur boot sound working properly, you have to edit desc.txt in the bootanimation.zip file according to all your specification of your bootanimation, good luck on this.
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I too am looking for a way to add a sound. You wouldnt happen to have a link to a post to look towards for editing the desc.txt to allow sounds would you?
After days of unsuccessful searching of the forums and also Google and multiple flashes between stock Rom and Th3ory's I have figured out how to add sound to his boot animation or your own custom boot animation in his rom.
NANDROID BACKUP FIRST!! YOU WILL BE EDITING A SYSTEM FILE USED DURING BOOT
1. copy default.xml from /system/customize/CID to /sdcard using Root Explorer or another app.
2. open VZW_bootanimation.zip to see what the name of the folder with your boot png's in it is named. Write that down. If using the boot animation that comes with GINGERTH3ORY the folder will be "part0"
3. open default.xml from your sdcard using a web editor. I use Android Web Editor Lite.
4. on line 120 will be the info for where the phone looks for the boot animation and boot audio. notice that boot animation is VZW_bootanimation.zip and audio is Verizon_Thunderbolt_3sec.mp3
5. on line 120 change audiostart="VZW" to audiostart="part0" or whatever the name of the folder is with your boot animation png's in it
6. save the xml and exit your editor
7. change the name of the original default.xml to default.xml.old
8. using Root Explorer paste the edited default.xml from /sdcard into /system/customize/CID
9. now paste whatever mp3 you want to play at boot into the /system/customize/resource folder and rename it to Verizon_Thunderbolt_3sec.mp3
10. reboot and finally enjoy the audio
If using a custom boot animation simply rename it to VZW_bootanimation.zip and paste it into the /system/customize/resource folder.
Hope this helps those that were having issues!
Kudos man. I can't test tonight, but will test it in the morning.
EDIT: Worked perfectly on Th3ory's v4.5.1 Great work!
Sent from my rooted Bolt
Currently making a backup and then I'm going to try this... hope this works for me. Haha.
EDIT: Works great. Thanks so much. I missed my phone coming to life.
THANK YOU!!! This worked great! Now I can apply thunder/heart beat combo as the eye comes to life...lol
@ ILMF - Thanks for keeping a look out.
hinds73
great tutorial, thanks for posting it.
anyone want to share their custom sounds for the stock Gingerth3ory animation?
Excellent tutorial, gave me back my thunder.
Ron750ss said:
great tutorial, thanks for posting it.
anyone want to share their custom sounds for the stock Gingerth3ory animation?
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Thanks for the thanks everyone.
I don't have the stock animation any more. I inverted the colors on th3ory's stock animation and added the first dozen or so png's (the one's that fade in to "Th3ory" and then fade out, not the eye ones) to the beginning of the white boot ani from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1024038
mp3 of "Bodies" by Drowning Pool plays while those zombie's get shot up and hit the floor.
Hi stoudtlr, I'm trying to do a custom boot animation. I zipped the files and named it VZW_bootanimation.zip but all I get is an empty screen after the white htc screen. Any ideas?
I'm on gingerth3ory and I took the boot animation zip from there and put in my own icons with the same file names and format, but nada.
stoudtlr said:
Thanks for the thanks everyone.
I don't have the stock animation any more. I inverted the colors on th3ory's stock animation and added the first dozen or so png's (the one's that fade in to "Th3ory" and then fade out, not the eye ones) to the beginning of the white boot ani from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1024038
mp3 of "Bodies" by Drowning Pool plays while those zombie's get shot up and hit the floor.
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xjedi said:
Hi stoudtlr, I'm trying to do a custom boot animation. I zipped the files and named it VZW_bootanimation.zip but all I get is an empty screen after the white htc screen. Any ideas?
I'm on gingerth3ory and I took the boot animation zip from there and put in my own icons with the same file names and format, but nada.
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When you zip the files make sure that compression is set to "store". That's the first thing that comes to mind if you are sure you don't have a typo in the name and you have them in the right location.
Ron750ss said:
great tutorial, thanks for posting it.
anyone want to share their custom sounds for the stock Gingerth3ory animation?
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Here's one that I did.
stoudtlr said:
"Bodies" by Drowning Pool plays while those zombie's get shot up and hit the floor.
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Wow, that sounds really badass. I might do that.
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hinds73 said:
Here's one that I did.
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AC/DC Nice! might go back to stock animation for a bit just to have that.
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Dear all,
I have a strange issue with my redrawn BIOS boot animation for our devices – here is case:
After moving bootanimation.zip to /data/local I have nothing. Absolutely black screen at booting process.
Could someone help me to fix it, please?
Here is link
Here is mirror
And how it is looks like:
Copy system/media
Shir_man said:
Dear all,
I have a strange issue with my redrawn BIOS boot animation for our devices – here is case:
After moving bootanimation.zip to /data/local I have nothing. Absolutely black screen at booting process.
Could someone help me to fix it, please?
Here is link
Here is mirror
And how it is looks like:
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Check permissions on the bootanimation.zip.
placing the file in /data/local should work.
I don't see the redraw issue you are talking about. Can you be more specific?
entropyiv said:
Check permissions on the bootanimation.zip.
placing the file in /data/local should work.
I don't see the redraw issue you are talking about. Can you be more specific?
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Sorry for my poor English - the problem is that after adding this archive to/data/local, nothing is happens.
After Acer splash screen I saw the black screen for 20 seconds and after that Android just starting.
Can anyone test that bootscreen on own device?
Make sure permissions on the bootanimation.zip is set to read/write for all.
When I get the black screen boot, that is usually the reason.
Shir_man said:
Dear all,
I have a strange issue with my redrawn BIOS boot animation for our devices – here is case:
After moving bootanimation.zip to /data/local I have nothing. Absolutely black screen at booting process.
Could someone help me to fix it, please?
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The problem is that you have zipped the files using compression, android can't read boot animation from compressed files. You have to select the method as "Store" in order to get it working.
Here's a DOS boot I made few days ago, it might be useful.
Hm, now it is working. Maybe you know any HOWTOs, where I will find information about best ways to make custom bootscreens?
Thanks for tip
title pretty much explains itself. i have not been able to change the boot animation. im running 4.4 google play edition rom.
More details please. What boot animation are you trying to use in place of the GPE one? What happens when you do make the change? Where are you copying the new boot animation to?
euhm well i tried apps and manual copying. i tried placing gif, zips and qmp? files in /system/media and some other locations. i tried allot of apps and explainations but nothing worked. when i made the change it either didnt change or it went completly black. im a root noob btw but fast learner sorry for the little detail and thanks for the quik reply!
You cannot use QMG boot animations in the Google Play Edition, Cyanogenmod, or AOSP ROMs as QMG only works in Touchwiz. The only boot animations you can use are in the ZIP format, such as the one linked in my signature. Instructions on how to manually install it can be found on my boot animation's thread, but in short, you use a file manager, copy the new boot animation to where the old one is, change permissions, and reboot.
so tried exactly what you said and it would not work. in my /system/media therr are only qmg files.(and now the zip) now i think i have the wrong location. like its the location from the original ma from the samsung system.
If it didn't work, you're not on a Google Play Edition ROM. Please take some screenshots of your About Phone listing in Settings and post them so I can see them.
Hi! I have been playing around with bootanimations and they suddenly don't work anymore. I think it has something to do with the /system/bin/bootanimation file but I've replaced it and it still doesn't work. I've tried tons of resolutions, mp4 and png, nothing happens. I could clean flash LOS again but not atm. If you can help me, that'll be great! Thank you in advance
polykiwi316 said:
Hi! I have been playing around with bootanimations and they suddenly don't work anymore. I think it has something to do with the /system/bin/bootanimation file but I've replaced it and it still doesn't work. I've tried tons of resolutions, mp4 and png, nothing happens. I could clean flash LOS again but not atm. If you can help me, that'll be great! Thank you in advance
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In /system/bin, bootanimation is not correct thing for replacement. You need a zip file of 1080p and place it in /system/media.
____Mdd said:
In /system/bin, bootanimation is not correct thing for replacement. You need a zip file of 1080p and place it in /system/media.
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i've clean-flashed los again, the original boot animation works but just that. any of the modifications nor re-compressing the file work. I know /system/media is the path, that's where I throw the bootanimation.zip.
polykiwi316 said:
i've clean-flashed los again, the original boot animation works but just that. any of the modifications nor re-compressing the file work. I know /system/media is the path, that's where I throw the bootanimation.zip.
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But in 1st post you said, you are putting zip in /system/bin.
Anyway, try flashable zip, many available on XDA. Find and try flashing. Also see what permissions should be set if you put manually.