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Custom Boot Animation

Has anyone tried yet? If so would appreciate a tutorial. I would love to be able to create my own or a the very least get rid of the Verizon Animation. Thanks.

Howto on its way.

It's very simply. Here's an example to have a Nexus bootscreen.
Delete the file: /system/media/bootanimation.zip
Make a folder called: /system/media/bootscreen/
Unzip these files into there: http://www.sendspace.com/file/0qwx4v
You can open up the xml file and see how to customize it in there, or just replace the nexus .gif files with your own.

GrdLock said:
It's very simply. Here's an example to have a Nexus bootscreen.
Delete the file: /system/media/bootanimation.zip
Make a folder called: /system/media/bootscreen/
Unzip these files into there:
You can open up the xml file and see how to customize it in there, or just replace the nexus .gif files with your own.
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GrdLock, Thank you very much.
Also want to thank all the devs for all their hard work. I know we all do this during our free time as a hobby. And i'm sure i'm like most when i say my free time is very important to me and a lot of the times a rarity. So i truly appreciate everyone's hard work and time put into this.
Also this might be a stupid question (sorry if it is). In order to delete and create those folders... What program do i need to use? I'm assuming SDK? If so what are the commands?
Thanks for any help, i'm trying to learn as i go with this.

Sweet. I can wait to do this once I get root. Im tired of seeing the verizon animation.

You can change this without root just follow the guide here.
www(dot)droidforums(dot)net/forum/droid-hacks/12841-big-lous-boot-animation-tutorial-noobs(dot)html

how might I do this on a Mac?

jman391 said:
how might I do this on a Mac?
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Same thing, and one guy said he could do this with out root

when I try to delete the file /system/media/bootanimation.zip in terminal it says "rm failed for /system/media/bootanimation.zip, Read-only file system" what am I doing wrong?

jman391 said:
when I try to delete the file /system/media/bootanimation.zip in terminal it says "rm failed for /system/media/bootanimation.zip, Read-only file system" what am I doing wrong?
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adb shell mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

If anyone wants it. Here's the default HTC Boot animation from 1.5.
The only thing i did was resize it to 320X480.
This zip replaces the white "HTC Quietly Brilliant" and the verizon wireless animation with original Black HTC boot animation.
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
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does any one have the droid eye boot animation from the moto droid?
edit: never mind i found it

JTK28 said:
If anyone wants it. Here's the default HTC Boot animation from 1.5.
The only thing i did was resize it to fit and shortened to 25 frames to fit 2.1.
This zip replaces the white "HTC Quietly Brilliant" and the verizon wireless animation with original Black HTC boot animation.
View attachment 298982
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What do you mean to fit 2.1?
you mean the number of pngs you can use?
If thats what you mean, just want to let you know you can use wayyyyyyy, more than that, I have out that is 250+ pngs and it runs fine.

id like to see a video of your boot animation t2noob

t2noob said:
What do you mean to fit 2.1?
you mean the number of pngs you can use?
If thats what you mean, just want to let you know you can use wayyyyyyy, more than that, I have out that is 250+ pngs and it runs fine.
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Thanks for the heads up.
I re-posted the boot animation i made.

Thank you! Worked fine for me!
Question:
Can something like this be done to replace the Lock screen?

JTK28 said:
I re-posted the boot animation i made.
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Quick question: does this animation include the little android peeking and waving, or is it just the HTC logo?

K0CAW said:
Quick question: does this animation include the little android peeking and waving, or is it just the HTC logo?
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Just the htc logo

Blue Droid Eye
Hey guys, first time poster, been keeping up to date with everything but I happened to be one of the unlucky ones who installed the leak 2.1 before root..."doh!"
Anyway I have this custom boot animation that I found a while back, but every time I try to re-size it and edit the desc.txt and reload it to /data/local/ it shows nothing for a boot image.
Any ideas?

I stand corrected.

[TUTORIAL] How to change your splash screen (first bootscreen) (o'.')-o Q('.'Q)

MD5 CHECKSUM:0567F3C6260F64AFAF58AE23F67891B9
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Hi thought i'd share this tut i have not seen many things on this.
# Note: I am not in anyway responsible if you brick your phone as this can be very dangerous Good Luck
First you need to flash a new spl version, you can go ahead without and try if it works but it's most likely not going to let you with out changing your spl to an unlocked one
Use the SPL below, flash it as if it were a rom, once flashed reboot it will boot into recovery again, leave it for a little while then hit reboot your phone should then boot up normally. View attachment update-hero-hboot-1.76.2007-signed.zip <-- (SPL)
Now either download this (Click here For Mirror's) (Splash Screen maker) to make your own splash screen out of an image or download one someone has already made (PM me if you want me to do a personalized one for you also include what you want on it and what you want it to say ), here is a cynageon mod one i made if you want to use it (extract the zip and its the .rgb565 file you want)
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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View attachment splash.zip
To make your own create an image with the correct resolution and open it with createG1slash.exe from the splash creator zip file you downloaded, then click convert, in the same folder the program is in you should now have a file either ending in .rgb565 or .nb it doesn't matter which one you have as long as you have one rename it to splash.(Then_whatever_your_extension_was) and move it in to your android sdk tools folder. Next open cmd and get to your android sdk tools folder in that. (Make sure your phone is turned on with usb debugging also on)
then in cmd type
adb-windows reboot bootloader
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your phone should then boot in to fastbootmode let it do that then next type
fastboot flash splash1 splash.rgb565
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(or .nb instead of .rgb565 depending on what file type your file was)
If you get an error message doing the above and havent flashed the new SPL that means you will need to flash it as you have a locked SPL
Then lastly
fastboot reboot
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Hope you enjoy your new splash screen
For the (almost) stock Splash Screen go here
(o'.')-o Q('.'Q) <--- lol

Maybe also supply a MD5 check thingy as Ive heard that playing with SPLs can lead to brickage issues if the download is corrupt.
But thanks for the share pal, bookmarked for future ref.
Thanks again.

Thanks for the info I will look for one tomorrow, your welcome
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App

i've got one now but im wondering how would i use it with the attactched zip ??

So you need to get the MD5 check sum for the original file you have on your pc. Then just put that long code up in your post so when people download, they can check the MD5 on the file they have and cross reference to make sure it is exactly the same as your copy.

Ah okay thanks will do that asap

Thanks got the MD5 sum andput in op

Hello,
I tried to send a private message but for some reason it wont go!
May I request letters B L in yellow/green against black or dark background? Many thanks.

Lord Lucan said:
Hello,
I tried to send a private message but for some reason it wont go!
May I request letters B L in yellow/green against black or dark background? Many thanks.
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Yeah sure (btw i did get it in the end i got two

Here you go there is 4 there in the zip if none of them are exactly what you wanted just ask, maybe be a lil more specific and i'll do you some more

Many many thanks. I appriciate what you did. Will be flashing soon.

Thank-You and Your Welcome but like i said if it's not what you wanted just say

Any chance you could do me one with this image
http://www.josephmcgowanstudio.com/Images/website_images/skating/thumbnails/SlimJimLogo.gif
Much much appreciated
Sent from my girlfriends X10i using XDA App

slimjimwoods said:
Any chance you could do me one with this image
http://www.josephmcgowanstudio.com/Images/website_images/skating/thumbnails/SlimJimLogo.gif
Much much appreciated
Sent from my girlfriends X10i using XDA App
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Nice pic Yeah sure will do it right away (btw just saying i don't know if having bright backgrounds will work i will test on my hero first then upload also i will do a couple for you like i did for Lord Lucan ) Oh and also just checking this is for hero just couldn't help notice the x10 bit

Here you go (i havent tested the red background one but the worst that will happen is you put it back into fastboot and flash a different one (i think))
If there not what you wanted just say and i'll do some more

Just one more.....
Is there anyway to flash original before selling the phone?

Yeah sure i will look around for the original then upload, How come, you selling your phone or is it a just in case situation

Here you go it's not exactly the original but you'd have to be very good to tell the difference

Brilliant thank you, yeah I occasionally swap to her x10, but this is for my hero
Sometimes the hero drives me so crazy, I jump on her x10 and use that for a while, but I can't help coming back to the Hero...

slimjimwoods said:
Brilliant thank you, yeah I occasionally swap to her x10, but this is for my hero
Sometimes the hero drives me so crazy, I jump on her x10 and use that for a while, but I can't help coming back to the Hero...
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Haha okay Your Welcome

[THEME] Slick Black Nvida Boot Screen

Here is a Boot screen i created for myself and figured i'd share with the community
Follow the instructions on this thread to flash the Boot screen
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=859383
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"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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Download the .rar file below to extract the .bmp file needed

Can this be flashed with clockwork?
Can you run NVfalsh by holding volume - and clockwork by holding volume +?
is it possible to have both?

Great looking logo! Pity the SDK isn't available.

You can use the Win CE SDK USB drivers
cesman said:
Great looking logo! Pity the SDK isn't available.
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You can use the usb driver from the Win CE SDK.
Follow these instructions - http://forum.tegratab.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8
Just download the Win CE SDK and when asked for the drivers point to the Win CE SDK Directory.
Explained a little here:
http://forum.tegratab.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=36
Here's a link to the NVFlash Files, download the newest NVFlash and the one for your platform, windows or linux:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wrcd87u1iy31u4e

thank you, flashed nice .. Looks great at bootup

I tried this. Seemed to work but then failed with an error. Now when I boot I only see the bottom half of the graphic. Strange. Any Idea's?

realsol said:
I tried this. Seemed to work but then failed with an error. Now when I boot I only see the bottom half of the graphic. Strange. Any Idea's?
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Sounds like you used the Nvidia bootloader, instead of the Gtablet one.

Ah... I did. I will give it another try in the morning.

Worked like a charm. My bad.
Is there anyway to change the GTablet screen that comes up next?

Dont want to impose over the thread... But hey thought I add this here...
Looking thru the Gtab forum and I got to say Roebeet is doing an awesome job. As others her as well. Just might jump into one because of you guys.
Again dont want to hijack the thread.
Put this together rather quickly...

Bootanimation AFTER the Viewsonic logo
Yep... That's just a bootanimation.zip file that you can replace in the /system/media
Just happened to look into that two days ago and changed mine, then Rothnic showed up the 'other' screen. Funny how things work together that way.
You can ADB and push the file but all I did was find another bootanimation.zip use root explorer to copy in the /system/media (of course I backed up the old one first) then rebooted.
Here is the animation I am using now, little Android guy with a spinning circle that I 'borrowed' from Eugenes Macnut13 release.

realsol Worked like a charm. My bad.
Is there anyway to change the GTablet screen that comes up next?
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EDIT DUPLICATE POST... Was trying to quote from realsol
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JSZESZE said:
Here is a Boot screen i created for myself and figured i'd share with the community
Follow the instructions on this thread to flash the Boot screen
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=859383
Download the .rar file below to extract the .bmp file needed
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Props to you... I forgot to mention that I am using this now. Thanks for the work!

rothnic said:
Sounds like you used the Nvidia bootloader, instead of the Gtablet one.
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Where do we get the Gtabet bootloader?
Nevermind, Rothnic posted it in his thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=859383)

Worked perfectly
Thanks for posting the image and the instructions. It worked perfectly to get rid of those ugly Viewsonic birds that first pop-up when booting the G Tablet. And since I already had CyanogenMod 7 on the unit, that's all I needed to completely give my tablet a non-branded and very cool look.
Thanks for this!

I tried this. Seemed to work but then failed with an error. Now when I boot I only see the bottom half of the graphic. Strange. Any Idea's?
me too

Thank God for these links and guides. I thought I was stuck with those 3 damn birds forever!

sick ass theme, gonna download this puppy later

[BOOT ANIMATION] Vaudeville Android - with Preview

I posted this over in the Vibrant forum, but wanted to share it with all of you. I have one other that I posted there that I'm redoing to include a shutdown animation as well. Let me know what you all think of this!
The zip is flashable through CWM on at least galaxy s phones and a mt4g, so I imagine it works on others, too.
Credit to jlbmgrnr for collaboration on the idea and packaging it.
- Standard disclaimer about me not being responsible for phones getting messed up goes here -
file: dancing-boot-anim.zip is just the dancing, without the fake apple bootscreen.
file: bootanim-dancing-edify.zip is flashable with CWM3
*Preview*
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"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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I love the vaudeville green man. Can you put up a version without the -unqualifiable- apple?
In 2011, it's not as if we still have fight to get the green man a seat at the table.

awesome boot animation man. already installed it to my HTC Desire HD. good thing it's 480-800 resolution by default. i thought i would spice it up by adding my own custom sound mp3 to go along with it. sound file link at the bottom of this post.for those with a DHD you can push the files through AndroidSDK adb with the following commands. for this instance i am using the rom LeeDROID 2.2.2. connect your dhd to your computer and make sure it is set to charge only and make sure debugging is set to on.
first download vaderville-boot-anim.zip and extract the contents to a folder on your computer. first go to system folder and then media folder and find the bootanimation.zip file. copy and paste the bootanimation.zip into the same folder where your adb.exe is located which is usually program files\android\android-sdk\platform-tools\. open up adb through your cmd prompt and execute the following commands to load the new boot animation.
adb remount
adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local
also extract and put the android_audio.mp3 file into the same folder as adb so type:
adb push android_audio.mp3 /data/local
now we test everything out by rebooting
adb reboot
if everything goes well, your dhd will reboot and play the awesome boot animation along with the "new york, new york" song by frank sinatra minus the voice. this tutorial can be applied to any android phone provided you know where your rom stores it's boot animation file and sound file.
thermanlee maybe you can ask jlbmgrnr to add this sound file to the package so it can be flashed through cwm. in the bootanimation.zip you can open up the desc.txt and change the resolution to fit your android phone and then save and flash it. enjoy

Awesome
Can has MDPI version pweez?

nice!!! good work mate...

Awesome! One of the things we were going to do is add sound, but we weren't sure how. Thanks for the heads up. I'll let him know if he hasn't already read this.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

PdtS said:
Awesome
Can has MDPI version pweez?
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What size are you needing?

please....
i want this too for a htc hero (flashable thru recovery if possible) love it!!!!

Great bootanimation! Makes me happy :3

is this appliclable to QVGA devices(240 X 320)??

Love it. Thanks!

Awesome work!

Haha, such a cool bootscreen! Time to replace the Honeybee one I'm currently using.

droidjems said:
Can you put up a version without the -unqualifiable- apple?
In 2011, it's not as if we still have fight to get the green man a seat at the table.
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I have a new version without the apple. I verified that it runs on my phone, but let me know if there are any problems with it:
(I can't post the link because I haven't made eight posts yet, but maybe someone can post a clickable version)
http colon slash slash dl.dropbox.com/u/3780990/dancing-boot-anim.zip

jlbmgrnr said:
I have a new version without the apple. I verified that it runs on my phone, but let me know if there are any problems with it:
(I can't post the link because I haven't made eight posts yet, but maybe someone can post a clickable version)
http colon slash slash dl.dropbox.com/u/3780990/dancing-boot-anim.zip
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Here you go mate:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3780990/dancing-boot-anim.zip

Also added to original post

Looks great but didnt seem to want to install from CWM on my phone, does this not work with the CWM 3.0.0.5?? Sorry for the noob question

exploited000 said:
Looks great but didnt seem to want to install from CWM on my phone, does this not work with the CWM 3.0.0.5?? Sorry for the noob question
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It may not, and I didn't even think about that. I'll look around tonight and see what I need to set up differently for CWM 3, and I'll repackage it if I find any info.

jlbmgrnr said:
It may not, and I didn't even think about that. I'll look around tonight and see what I need to set up differently for CWM 3, and I'll repackage it if I find any info.
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Thanks so much i would appreciate it

OK, here's the CWM3 version. It installed successfully on my phone with CWM2.5, so I believe you should have no problem. Let me know how it works out, and if it goes well then I'm 100% Edify from now on.
http colon slash slash dl.dropbox.com/u/3780990/bootanim-dancing-edify.zip
(Same deal as before. I imagine thermanlee will want to pop this into post #1.)

[Splash Screen] Incredible S AOSP 4.1/4.2 - S-OFF

Hi all,
I made myself a new start-up splashscreen to celebrate the evermore stable Android 4.1 AOSP ROMs which are coming through at the moment, and I thought I’d share it with you.
Then I made a slight adjustment in anticipation of the imminent 4.2 release.
And then, as I had the graphics to hand, I made them into a wallpaper in case anyone would like it.
For those who believe that the HTC Incredible S now has a new lease of life with Jelly Bean, these are for you...
The Splash Screens look like this:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
INSTRUCTIONS – S-OFF ONLY (sorry S-ON users!)
You must unzip the attached folders – they are not flashable in recovery! - the Splash Screen and wallpapers are in here too.
Get just the 'splash1.img' file from within the attached .zip and place it in your adb/fastboot tools folder on your PC (google it if you don’t know what this means.).
Then go to CMD prompt on your PC and set CD to the tools folder.
Connect your phone to your PC via USB.
Set your phone in ‘USB bootloader’ mode, then type in at CMD prompt on your PC:
Code:
fastboot flash splash1 splash1.img
Wait for the confirmation in CMD (takes less than a second normally).
And that’s it, job done! :fingers-crossed: Reboot to see it appear before the bootanimation.
EDIT: Added realigned wallpapers so the text isn't behind the buttons - see attached 'edited' zip for all originals repositioned!
If you want to revert back to the original white HTC Splash Screen at any point, please find it also attached. Follow the exact same instructions as above to install it.
Any tweaks or requests for variations of the above images ‘may be considered’ if, a) I understand what you want, b) I am physically capable of doing it (I’m no expert!), and c) if I get time!
Please use my files as required.
In case you wondered, I'll probably not do a new bootanimation as the standard CyanogenMod animation is and doesn’t need changing!

Any screens?

babicz99 said:
Any screens?
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The Splash Screens look like the images in the first post...
If you want to see a wallpaper, they all look like this...
...but say either 4.1 or 4.2, and there is a bright one and a 50% shaded one of each.

nniicckkss said:
The Splash Screens look like the images in the first post...
If you want to see a wallpaper, they all look like this...
View attachment 1652559
...but say either 4.1 or 4.2, and there is a bright one and a 50% shaded one of each.
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Thx! I try this later.

hi. if u can pls create a PG32IMG.ZIP so we can flash Splash Screens exactly from phone!
Sent from my Incredible S using xda premium

cyrus_the_great96 said:
hi. if u can pls create a PG32IMG.ZIP so we can flash Splash Screens exactly from phone!
Sent from my Incredible S using xda premium
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I don't know how to, sorry!
If anyone else has a template or could do this for me it'd be useful... thanks!
I could research it but haven't got time at the moment...

Why dont you just use Android Flasher for the PC
Make your BMP image, at the right size for you phone
Then select Splash in Android Flasher
Select image
Flash done