Bootanimation not running? - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Just finished installing a new theme (Evangelion NERV theme) and I want to customize my bootanimation aswell. I put the bootanimation.zip file in /system/media and rebooted. There was no animation, so I checked various sources online to try and find an answer (http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-change-customize-create-android-boot-animation-guide/) but I couldn't find an answer to my question.
I changed the H*W in the desc file, nothing changed, still a black screen where the bootanimation should be -.-.
Any help? please and thank you
EDIT
forgot to mention that in the the desc file, the H*W was set at 320*320, I changed it to 480*800. Don't know if this does anything or not. Apparently lower resolution bootanimations should run fine on higher end devices according to this source:
"As a rule, a boot animation made for a lower resolution device will run fine on a high resolution one but it will be centered on the screen, with the extra screen space around it not being used. Using a high resolution boot animation on a low resolution device will result in the boot animation not fully displaying on the screen, with its outer parts being cut off due to being outside the screen’s bounds."

After placing the bootanimation, did you set the permission for it?

erpurohit said:
After placing the bootanimation, did you set the permission for it?
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Yea I set full permissions on /system /media and bootanimation.zip. I re-zipped the the bootanimation in STORE mode. I changed the H*W to 480*800 and once on 480*480 because that was the default that came with cyanogenmod. I did everything that I could find online/think of. Hopefully someone has an idea, I could try posting the bootanimation if anyone is interested in having a look.
Thanks

arkaic said:
Yea I set full permissions on /system /media and bootanimation.zip. I re-zipped the the bootanimation in STORE mode. I changed the H*W to 480*800 and once on 480*480 because that was the default that came with cyanogenmod. I did everything that I could find online/think of. Hopefully someone has an idea, I could try posting the bootanimation if anyone is interested in having a look.
Thanks
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yes pls post it. I will have a look tonite

erpurohit said:
yes pls post it. I will have a look tonite
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Thanks, here it is.

hey mate sorry for late response... i see you have on folder with named as part another with something else.
I would suggest you to download any running boot animation and check out its folder structure or just move ur images into it and delete all the images from that and while zipping do not use compression.
Hope this helps.
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[B]Custom Boot Animations[/B]

Hey everyone.
Thought id make a thread so everyone can show there fav boot animations.
& maybe even shutdown animation ?
Lets see what ya got
Does the boot animation have to be made specifically for the DHD or can it be from any device?
Where would I find one and how would I install it?
AndyCr15 said:
Does the boot animation have to be made specifically for the DHD or can it be from any device?
Where would I find one and how would I install it?
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i dont think they hve to be made specifically for the dhd but they hve to be 800 by 480 in size.
im using a custom boot animation that i got from some site (cant remember the site though)
ive attached the boot animation tht im using.... its for apple haters
just google android boot animations u will get many links...thts wat i did
and then just copy ur bootanimation.zip and drop it in /data/local
Hmm, doesn't work for me? I did see someone saying the file might be stored else where?
Also, anyone with some time able to build me a hemorrdroids boot anim?
AndyCr15 said:
Hmm, doesn't work for me? I did see someone saying the file might be stored else where?
Also, anyone with some time able to build me a hemorrdroids boot anim?
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oh
maybe different roms hve different locations or sumthing
im using leedroids rom
otherwise try putting it in
/system/customize/resource
Yeah, that did the trick. Thanks
I need some help as I don't know what file name or file type or location for the shutdown sound I've created. Does anyone know this? I'm guessing it should go in "/system/customize/resource" as this works for replacing the shutdown animation (which is "downanimation.zip")
Does anyone know this?
I'll be sure to post the boot & shutdown animations plus the sounds in the Themes & Apps section once I'm finished... just need this and I'll be done soon.
mohit1234 said:
i dont think they hve to be made specifically for the dhd but they hve to be 800 by 480 in size.
im using a custom boot animation that i got from some site (cant remember the site though)
ive attached the boot animation tht im using.... its for apple haters
just google android boot animations u will get many links...thts wat i did
and then just copy ur bootanimation.zip and drop it in /data/local
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Love it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07SZtsOyew0 managed to get the sound working on this. The link in the video
Mods, I suggest a merge: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=941828
CitizenLee said:
Mods, I suggest a merge: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=941828
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I also suggest people search the forums before creating threads
+1 for the merge!
if we change the jpg will it still work?

[Boot Animations][MEGA-THREAD] updated 11-06-11 QVGA 240x320

THIS IS CURRENTLY THE LARGEST THREAD FOR BOOT ANIMATIONS ON PLANET!
BOOT ANIMATION COUNT:35
HOW TO INSTALL BOOT ANIMATIONS
FOR CUSTOM ROMS
​1) download your desired bootanimation.
2)rename the file to "bootanimation.zip"
3) Using any root explorer copy/push your bootanimation to /system/media/ or /data/local/
IF YOU ARE ON STOCK ROM>>>>
1) make sure you are fully rooted...use z4root to root the phone and its perminent root,
install busy box from market and also install root explorer from market!
2) Using root explorer SET to R/W delet the original bootanimation.zip from by Navigating to /cust/(what ever folder depending on which firmware you are using)/media.
SO its from CUST to MEDIA!!!!
3)Copy your desired bootanimation.zip to /data/local/
AND BINGO!!
WILL BE ADDING MORE CUSTOM ANIMATIONS
LINKS TO SECOND POST FOR ALL BOOTANIMATIONS
DOWNLOAD LINK( FOLDER)
ALL NEW THEMES FOR IDEOS CLICK Here
[Custom Splash Logo]FLASHABLE ZIPS!!! HUAWEI IDEOS U8150/C8150
This is pretty cool
+1 Nice!
I have installed the Android Particles 1 Blue, but the circle is no perfect, can fix?
grotesque02 said:
I have installed the Android Particles 1 Blue, but the circle is no perfect, can fix?
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fixed and re-uploaded!
marcNvidic said:
This is pretty cool
The matrix was always my thing
+1 Nice!
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............thanks
For make new bootanimation, for example, I just have to take frames of a video with the same resolution (480x800)?
We need a precise MB for the zip?
grotesque02 said:
For make new bootanimation, for example, I just have to take frames of a video with the same resolution (480x800)?
We need a precise MB for the zip?
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Nope...it could be any size depending on screen resolution
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So I have to made with low resolution?
Because the image in particle blue 1.zip have that resolution
grotesque02 said:
So I have to made with low resolution?
Because the image in particle blue 1.zip have that resolution
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resolution is large,,howver i have edited its properties to fit on ideos
Does IDEOS U8150 auto resize boot images to fit screen?? :wow:
Noticed Nexus images are not 240x320
King_Rat said:
Does IDEOS U8150 auto resize boot images to fit screen?? :wow:
Noticed Nexus images are not 240x320
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Yes it does..Your right ill put 240 x 320 nexus version soon.
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hey guys, i tried changing bootanimation exactly like in the steps on first thread, first i tried to copy bootanimation.zip to syste/media/ and it said u cannot paste here because the file system is read only ,so i went to data/local/ and pasted there ,rebooted, no new bootanimation , i then went back to system/media and changed mount r/o to mount r/w and it pasted rebooted and no new bootanimation
i had been using custom roms but restored nand backup hoping to get my apps back , they came back but my original rom as well
does this method only work on custom roms?
I also checked the site you refer to for more help but didnt really understand how to do that
any help much appreciated thanks
cal2011 said:
hey guys, i tried changing bootanimation exactly like in the steps on first thread, first i tried to copy bootanimation.zip to syste/media/ and it said u cannot paste here because the file system is read only ,so i went to data/local/ and pasted there ,rebooted, no new bootanimation , i then went back to system/media and changed mount r/o to mount r/w and it pasted rebooted and no new bootanimation
i had been using custom roms but restored nand backup hoping to get my apps back , they came back but my original rom as well
does this method only work on custom roms?
I also checked the site you refer to for more help but didnt really understand how to do that
any help much appreciated thanks
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In the stock rom the Ideos checks the cust partition for boot animation. You'll need a custom rom to push the animation to system/media
thanks tila
worked great, thought it was the custom rom, i read on the froyoman forum someone wanted the original bootanimation, i way prefer the custom ones , the android bee rocks, but if u do use original i hope we can still change them ,
love your work , cant wait for froyoman v3 and gingerman
cal2011 said:
thanks tila
worked great, thought it was the custom rom, i read on the froyoman forum someone wanted the original bootanimation, i way prefer the custom ones , the android bee rocks, but if u do use original i hope we can still change them ,
love your work , cant wait for froyoman v3 and gingerman
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You can always change them!
sorry i meant cant wait for froyoman v4
:Booyaa: the Matrix one is slammin!!
King_Rat said:
:Booyaa: the Matrix one is slammin!!
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Good that you liked it
can you please guide how to create boot animation by my self

[BOOT ANIMATION] Modern Warfare 3 Teaser -

This may not be the best looking boot animation, as it's just a combination from the teaser trailer on YouTube.
It's looped and will just replay. This is my first boot animation....first of anything in this sorts. Going to do a complete overhaul this week of it, so please refrain from flaming this noob . In Xbox terms...I'm a scrub
Here is the video I made of it as a preview:
Download Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?oudaa6nmcjbaloy (15MB) I know...it's HUGE.
Instructions:
-Backup current bootanimation.zip to bootanimation.zip.bak
-Download and copy the MW3 boot animation and paste it to system/media and change permissions
-Reboot
Another GREAT boot animation, but for the wildfire can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1006336 It's sick.
**Splash screen was made by Tribalartgod and can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059520
This is great...thanks a bunch. I'm looking forward to seeing your update. Rock ON \m/
Does this require a rooted phone?
sheanzyy said:
Original thread is over in the Inspire forums.
This may not be the best looking boot animation, as it's just a combination from the teaser trailer on YouTube.
It's looped and will just replay. This is my first boot animation....first of anything in this sorts. Going to do a complete overhaul this week of it, so please refrain from flaming this noob . In Xbox terms...I'm a scrub
Here is the video I made of it as a preview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxHAQb2LZFw
Download Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?oudaa6nmcjbaloy (15MB) I know...it's HUGE.
Instructions:
-Backup current bootanimation.zip to bootanimation.zip.bak
-Download and copy the MW3 boot animation and paste it to system/media and change permissions
-Reboot
Another GREAT boot animation, but for the wildfire can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1006336 It's sick.
**Splash screen was made by Tribalartgod
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there a link to the splash screen? looks sick
jdale38 said:
This is great...thanks a bunch. I'm looking forward to seeing your update. Rock ON \m/
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Thank you for the support! Glad you liked it.
Nick281051 said:
there a link to the splash screen? looks sick
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Edited the OP to include the thread where you can find the MW3 splash screen.
probably a stupid question, but does this work with different phones?
Thanks man, it looks great!
evaradar said:
Does this require a rooted phone?
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by all means if your not rooted plz try to flash this...
sheanzyy said:
Thank you for the support! Glad you liked it.
Edited the OP to include the thread where you can find the MW3 splash screen.
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it just goes right back to this thread
Nick281051 said:
it just goes right back to this thread
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Try now haha..
My bad!
looks good man, tons of people will be getting this.
hey can you tell me what the settings are you used to make the .zip i know it has to be zero compression but what settings are the images and the .txt file
as i have tried a few ones i made myself but they just dont show up
gaeilgeganeagla said:
hey can you tell me what the settings are you used to make the .zip i know it has to be zero compression but what settings are the images and the .txt file
as i have tried a few ones i made myself but they just dont show up
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I used WinZip. I highlighted all my files(pictures tthat are in the two different folders you're using to store photos ,and desc.txt file- right click and choose: add to archive and make sure the setting is set to 'store'.
I used 256 x 256 (PNG FILES) The same dimensions as the animation in Cyanogen Mod. My current project uses a different resolution than my current.
When you play the YouTube video, you will see an annotation that leads you to my newest boot animation, that is the video sshowing the boot animation running at different res.
Download my ananimation and extract the files to you desktop. Take the desc file and the names of the folders, and put them on your desktop. The desc.txt file will have your settings and you can just change them.accordingly to your devices dimensions or FPS you want your animation to run at.
Did this help?
Conkker said:
looks good man, tons of people will be getting this.
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Thanks man. I appreciate the support. Tell your fanboy buddies about it
Hmm yeah i have tried that i shall try zip them differently maybe thats where i go wrong
cheers
gaeilgeganeagla said:
Hmm yeah i have tried that i shall try zip them differently maybe thats where i go wrong
cheers
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When zipping your material, do you make sure the compression method on the bottom left hand corner is set to STORE?
Likey
Nice job! Another reason I need to figure out how to root my droidx. Lost root since gingerbread and have not found easy way to get it back.
Nice!
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j.13.leach said:
Nice job! Another reason I need to figure out how to root my droidx. Lost root since gingerbread and have not found easy way to get it back.
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vincepg13 said:
Nice!
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
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Thanks guys, I appreciate the support!
evo 3d ?
sheanzyy said:
This may not be the best looking boot animation, as it's just a combination from the teaser trailer on YouTube.
It's looped and will just replay. This is my first boot animation....first of anything in this sorts. Going to do a complete overhaul this week of it, so please refrain from flaming this noob . In Xbox terms...I'm a scrub
Here is the video I made of it as a preview:
Download Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?oudaa6nmcjbaloy (15MB) I know...it's HUGE.
Instructions:
-Backup current bootanimation.zip to bootanimation.zip.bak
-Download and copy the MW3 boot animation and paste it to system/media and change permissions
-Reboot
Another GREAT boot animation, but for the wildfire can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1006336 It's sick.
**Splash screen was made by Tribalartgod and can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059520
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can this be flashed on a EVO 3D?
Yes. depending on the dimensions of your phones screen, you wont have a problem.
rename your current bootanimation.zip to bootanimation.zip.Bak..
Flash my boot ani and test it. If not, you'll still have the stock bootani.
Or you simply put tthe bootani in system/data where your initial boot animation was/is.

[Q] Can someone make a Tiamat boot animation?

I would love to have a custom boot animation made from one of the Tiamat wallpapers shown here. If some one could take the these and simply add a spinner I would really appreciate it.
My artistic capabilities are pretty basic and even then I do not understand how to create these bootanimation.zip files. I tried modifying an existing one and it did not work, so something went wrong.
If someone can help me with the creation of the zip file I have come up with some art work that is passable. I have tried creating the zip file, but the Xoom does not like it.
I've converted a few videos to bootamimations and have a few working desc.txt files. Also fixed a few phone animations to work on the xoom. What do you need help with?
Working on a few right now for others but I can see if I can help in any way
Thanks for the offer to help. Basically I think I understand the desc.txt file and the required folder structure but when I push the file over the animation does not work. Now I just took the wallpaper and added a progress indicator as simply as I could, so it is not very artistic. If you could take a look I would really appreciate it.
I am using WinZip and I have it set to no compression.
i'll give it a quick look today and let you know.
edit: it looks like you may need to just put part0 and the desc.txt file in the zip file, not put them in a folder first, then in the zip file. good idea for the loading, you could get some crazy designs with it if you wanted to take it further. i'll try and modify the zip file and update again.
edit 2: works now bro. it runs a little fast, so if you want to reduce the frame rate a bit from 20 to maybe about 15 or so, it could help (just a thought). anyway here is the updated zip.
Thank you very much. The version you posted works fine. Could you tell me what program you are using to create the zip file? I am using WinZip and whenever I create the file or edit it, the resulting file does not work for me. I checked the folder structure and it should be fine. I edited the text file to reduce the frame rate but then when I recreated the zip file it would not work.
no problem. i used 7zip to zip it, just make sure you have the compression set to STORE. ive tried with winzip before and had no luck.
HuckFinn - Try this one out and let me know what you think.
http://www.multiupload.com/K97WHV8T9U
Credit: phokusone
Nusince said:
HuckFinn - Try this one out and let me know what you think.
http://www.multiupload.com/K97WHV8T9U
Credit: phokusone
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Very nice, much better than anything I could come up with. This should be included with any Tiamat ROMs.
Thank you very much!
Hi guys.
Before rooting/flashing my Xoom, it had a nice Motorola animation with the red Motorola logo and some kind of circle waves going out from it.
Can anyone point me in the right direction to install that animation? I did a CWR backup before flashing, so it might be in there ¿?
Or is it available in the forum?
Thanks
Rodrigo
As far as I know, the default boot animation on the Xoom was the blue Honeycomb animation. I've never seen anything resembling the one you mention, although I wouldn't mind seeing it as a sort of collector.
Not sure how you would get that one little part out of CWM, so short of finding a copy somewhere online, you might be out of luck.
rsilves said:
Hi guys.
Before rooting/flashing my Xoom, it had a nice Motorola animation with the red Motorola logo and some kind of circle waves going out from it.
Can anyone point me in the right direction to install that animation? I did a CWR backup before flashing, so it might be in there ¿?
Or is it available in the forum?
Thanks
Rodrigo
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This is the Moto Atrix bootanimation, maybe you can find it in atrix forum, but it needs to be adapted to Xoom resolution
Nusince said:
HuckFinn - Try this one out and let me know what you think.
Credit: phokusone
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That looks great, nice job Nusince. HuckFinn, thanks for posting the question.
Any chance of additional colours? I'm partial to the blue one myself.
Nusince said:
HuckFinn - Try this one out and let me know what you think.
http://www.multiupload.com/K97WHV8T9U
Credit: phokusone
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I like it alot
looks good
Nice animation. I uploaded it and it worked great. Thanks
Nice animation. Now, with the Tiamat Dragon Head Logo, someone should do a full Dragon theme for the Xoom. With dragon icons and graphics I think it would be great. Just wish I had a little talent as an artist and themer.

[Bootanimation] NERV Android Boot Animation v2 (re-generated)

(cant post links yet)
Preview:
youtu.be/6L901BwlO6o
DL:
$www$.badongo.com/file/27091993
no sound, should compatible on most devices. Enjoy!
File not found
His site is a bit malware happy. I ripped the frames and remade it. Set to 30fps so go in and change the settings if you're not happy with the scroll speed.
Either Vista or Winzip were causing me issues so I would appreciate if someone gets the chance to redo this as a functional mtz.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/42016407/bootanimation.ZIP
kirkla79 said:
File not found
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$www$.badongo.com/file/27091993
Remove the "$"
Hope it works on Wildfire
hope it works for galaxy ace. )
Great. I am porting it to the Samsung Galaxy i5800 (240*400)
Neat Work!
Looks very good, but seems that is too much compressed, with blocking, blurring and ringing.
Can u, or someone other, regenerate it with lossless encoding?
Hi everybody, i contacted edwardgtxy cause i guessed he was the original author of this awesome bootanimation, and he gave me the link to the mtz (theme for miui) that now i share with you, with the link to the bootanimation.zip if you prefer it to just copy&paste in /system/media
It is pretty perfect, without any blurring nor any other problem, exactly as you can see in the video posted by him in youtube, the one that is in #1.
mtz link: edwardxwu.com and... -> /file/theme.mtz
zip link: mediafire /?1mkwbcwmcwx3q08
(yes, im a noob and i cant post links XD)
Hope you like it as i do, and again, all thanks to edwardgtxy.
Hello,
I have installed suceffully on my phone, problem, it's only centered on the screen (because my phone need 1280X720P or 1080p annimation)
I have tried to resize the picture (720X1200, Also tried to 720X1280) (and set in the desc.txt file the resolution) but it isnt working, i have no boot screen when it loading (i have Zip with Win rar with "Storage" compression setting as i see on the Tutorial)
EDIT: The best thing for do it and make it working, is resize them with the Bootanimation app on the android
On my phone, the correct bootanimation file is named "bootanimation_hd720.zip" in this case, The Bootanimation app cannot set it automatic. I need to add with the App, resize with the app, and use EZ file explorer (root) and change the filename "bootanimation.zip" to "bootanimation_hd720.zip"
What's wrong?
Hello all. Does anyone still have this file and would be willing to share? All of the links no longer work.
Thanks.

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