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ok so i read on XDA that you can get sound on your boot animations. i have put together a droid x boot animation and with your help i got it to "install". now, i was told to edit the "desc" text document to read:
"320 480 22"
p 1 0 android
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
so i did that. then they said to name the mp3 file "Anroid_Audio.mp3" so i did. then they said to put the file into the "bootanimation.zip" where the desc txt document and the part0 and part 1 files are. then they said to copy that and go into data, then local, then paste it. so i did. then they said to reboot the phone and it would work. so i rebooted the phone. and all that happened was a blank screen for a little while and then it went to the homescreen.
anyone have any idea on how to get this to work?
anyone? i really would like to have sound..
Lol. I would like but don't know how to make it work.
seems like no one knows
Use WinRAR to compress your bootanimation.zip, and set the compression to "Store."
saturnine_sweet said:
Use WinRAR to compress your bootanimation.zip, and set the compression to "Store."
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tried that but then when i opened up Root Explorer on my phone i pasted it into data/local and it said it pasted but it still showed the old bootanimation. tried same with system/media. no luck :/
Hmm idk about installing it that way. Using an update.zip or pushing from ADB might be more effective.
You spelled "Android" wrong in the file name of the mp3. Maybe that's the problem.
I've never added sound to my boots, but I do have a custom boot picture and custom animation. It seems to me that the title in your txt file should refer to the mp3 by the exact file name.
Let me know if you get this working. I'd love to change mine.
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why don't you browse through the original rom seeking for bootanimation.zip ?
btw by my own experience changing the original bootanimation.zip through a recovery script (aka update.zip) simply doesn't work so if its your case just do it manually with root explorer.
Hope it helps
joshw0000 said:
You spelled "Android" wrong in the file name of the mp3. Maybe that's the problem.
I've never added sound to my boots, but I do have a custom boot picture and custom animation. It seems to me that the title in your txt file should refer to the mp3 by the exact file name.
Let me know if you get this working. I'd love to change mine.
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lol sorry about that. i spelled it right on the file, just a mispelling on the post
Mister-Tea said:
why don't you browse through the original rom seeking for bootanimation.zip ?
btw by my own experience changing the original bootanimation.zip through a recovery script (aka update.zip) simply doesn't work so if its your case just do it manually with root explorer.
Hope it helps
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I've changed the boot anim a number of times using a zip through recovery. However in these instances I was not the one that compiled the zip so I'm unsure about the exact process.
I belive your boot anim has to be a anim GIF along with a XML file.
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Have you tried putting the android_audio.mp3 file into /system/customize/resource/ and not inside the .zip?
That works for me.
5noc said:
Have you tried putting the android_audio.mp3 file into /system/customize/resource/ and not inside the .zip?
That works for me.
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no i havent tried that but thanks for the tip, ill try it a little later
edit: i didnt see a folder named customize..?
roblikeschocolatecake said:
no i havent tried that but thanks for the tip, ill try it a little later
edit: i didnt see a folder named customize..?
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On my Android 2.2 (froyo) device, the path to the bootanimation and sound file is:
/system/media/bootanimation.zip
/system/media/android_audio.mp3
Both are at the same folder level. Also, each 'frame' of the animation is a separate .png file in two directories. One directory has the opening part of the animation, the second directory contains just the looping part.
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On my Android 2.2 (froyo) device, the path to the bootanimation and sound file is:
/system/media/bootanimation.zip
/system/media/android_audio.mp3
Both are at the same folder level. Also, each 'frame' of the animation is a separate .png file in two directories. One directory has the opening part of the animation, the second directory contains just the looping part.
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i have a cliq with a 2.1 rom on it. inside the bootanimation.zip is a part0 and part1 folder. part0 contains the png's for the opening part of the bootanimation and part1 has the png's for the looping part. now, do i add a line into the txt file saying "android_audio.mp3" ? and then put the android_audio.mp3 into /system/media/ ?
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i have a cliq with a 2.1 rom on it. inside the bootanimation.zip is a part0 and part1 folder. part0 contains the png's for the opening part of the bootanimation and part1 has the png's for the looping part. now, do i add a line into the txt file saying "android_audio.mp3" ? and then put the android_audio.mp3 into /system/media/ ?
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In my bootanimation.zip, my 'part0' folder is named 'android' (the opening part of the animation). There is no entry in the 'desc.txt' file for the audio file, it just sits in the media folder along side the .zip file, not inside it.
I just had an idea that the name of the audio file needs to match the name of the folder that has the first part of the animation. For example, my folder is named android and the audio file is 'android_audio.mp3'. If you're still having problems getting the audio to play, try naming the audio file 'part0_audio.mp3' and see if that works for you.
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In my bootanimation.zip, my 'part0' folder is named 'android' (the opening part of the animation). There is no entry in the 'desc.txt' file for the audio file, it just sits in the media folder along side the .zip file, not inside it.
I just had an idea that the name of the audio file needs to match the name of the folder that has the first part of the animation. For example, my folder is named android and the audio file is 'android_audio.mp3'. If you're still having problems getting the audio to play, try naming the audio file 'part0_audio.mp3' and see if that works for you.
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im not even gonna bother messing with it now. i mean the hd2 is a windows mobile phone yet it can run an android 2.2 rom. im jealous of my dad... and im sitting here with a cliq that still has android 1.5 and yet again moto has delayed the update. im ready to give up on the cliq. its got nothing out there. i mean, ive got it rooted and have a 2.1 rom on it but i just cant handle not having any development for it. but the thing is i just got my cliq from tmobile around april so im not sure if i qualify for an upgrade yet. should i maybe complain to tmoblile about moto being horrible with there updates and im not satisfied with the phone to try and get them to give me a new phone for free?
Im fairly certain you leave the sound file OUT of the bootanimation.zip. Just place it in there, and make sure the desc has the part0 sound thingy...
Didn't the older Android versions have sound in the boot animations?....Just for a brief moment. You could probably download a 1.5 rom, extract the boot animation from it, change the mp3 (and maybe something in the text file) and put it in data/local or system/media (or both) of your current rom.
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Would be nice to have a local list of working boot animations here. I figured I'd throw a few out there that I've played with so far. It's a bit of a pain searching threads to find all of them, so if anyone knows of a good collection thread in another forum, a link would be great.
Android Scribble
Star Wars R2D2
Android BIOS Boot Animation
Good thread. I'm sure there's more. Please link!
Cyborg Creation
Ok just go here for them. haha!
http://droidboots.com/downloads/boot-animations/
So you're telling me all these work for the fascinate?
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So is it safe to flash these over voodoo wolven?
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taypotts said:
Ok just go here for them. haha!
http://droidboots.com/downloads/boot-animations/
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Awesome page!
ksizzle9 said:
So is it safe to flash these over voodoo wolven?
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I wouldn't flash any of them. Make sure you only have the bootanimation.zip portion, and drop it in your system/media folder, replacing the existing one with it. I have a folder on my SDCard to store them by name, so I can copy and rename when I want.
How do you change the bootup sound? I went to data/local and didn't see anything there...what folder do you have to drop the mp3 in?
aroy002 said:
How do you change the bootup sound? I went to data/local and didn't see anything there...what folder do you have to drop the mp3 in?
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Find a wav file you see fitting for your bootup sound. Download it to your SD card. Rename the file "PowerOn.wav" (this can also be done in the next step). Use Root Explorer or what have you to copy it from your SD card and paste it into system\etc. Reboot and enjoy.
Love the Android Skribble, thanks for posting these.
i've been using this one:
halo reach auntie dot
thanks for the info about where to put the boot audio. now to find something that fits. i can't stand the verizon portion of the boot audio!!
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Find a wav file you see fitting for your bootup sound. Download it to your SD card. Rename the file "PowerOn.wav" (this can also be done in the next step). Use Root Explorer or what have you to copy it from your SD card and paste it into system\etc. Reboot and enjoy.
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Thank you for this.
You can also replace the shutdown sound with an ogg file of your choice. Make sure it is named shutdown.ogg and place it in the system/media/audio/ui folder. I have replaced both my startup and shutdown sounds with the "Droid" sound.
how do I do this on my fascinate? I took the bootanimation.zip and dropped it in the folder, but it won't do anything? Do i need to delete the verizon one or samsung ones?
eorsini said:
how do I do this on my fascinate? I took the bootanimation.zip and dropped it in the folder, but it won't do anything? Do i need to delete the verizon one or samsung ones?
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You need to either delete them, or tack .old on the end of them, so that there is only one file named bootanimation.zip in you system/media folder.
Daswolven said:
Would be nice to have a local list of working boot animations here. I figured I'd throw a few out there that I've played with so far. It's a bit of a pain searching threads to find all of them, so if anyone knows of a good collection thread in another forum, a link would be great.
Android Scribble
Star Wars R2D2
Android BIOS Boot Animation
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lol, those are awesome. I like the R2D2 the best, very cute.
spotmark said:
You can also replace the shutdown sound with an ogg file of your choice. Make sure it is named shutdown.ogg and place it in the system/media/audio/ui folder. I have replaced both my startup and shutdown sounds with the "Droid" sound.
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Where did you guys get the droid sound files? Can you please post a link to where I could grab them? THanks!
Does anybody know if it's at all possible to extend the amount of time the boot up sound can play? The boot animation I have works great with this drumloop I have behind it, but it gets cut off at about 8-10 seconds.
ugh, newb ? here.. how do I access the system/media folder?
Can someone explain how to open a .apk folder to view the files within? Also how to convert it back again with changes made to it? I would like to open the attached folder and change the dialer tones. I tried doing this changing the files in the ui but it didn't change the tones. My belief is they are wrapped in the .so
pretty sure its not in an .so because i dont see a .so tied to that apk. it would either be tied into the smali or you could make changes to the xml to point to different sounds.
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pretty sure its not in an .so because i dont see a .so tied to that apk. it would either be tied into the smali or you could make changes to the xml to point to different sounds.
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My apologies. I'm working with two issues one is an .so and then there is this one, which is indeed an .apk.
So can you explain how I open this?
Get 7zip for windows, install it, open apk with 7zip file manager
tomween1 said:
My apologies. I'm working with two issues one is an .so and then there is this one, which is indeed an .apk.
So can you explain how I open this?
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studacris said:
Get 7zip for windows, install it, open apk with 7zip file manager
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but in order to edit any of the xml you will need apk manager.
Could someone make a boot sound with this
allchannels99 said:
Could someone make a boot sound with this
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The boot sound part is easy I think? It's when it comes to making the animation part is what I find daunting... What rom are you on? Do you want the whole song???
No just the beginning part where it has the guitar and the crowd saying Thunder. BAMF stripped 2.1
I too, would find this very interesting. That, or the battlemech turn on computer.
Try this one, I made it 30 seconds long.
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Could someone make a boot sound with this
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How about this? It has a 4.5 second lead in...if you want I can adjust? Made it to work with Th3ory rom. Rename as you need.
hinds73
Edit: Just loaded it on mine and I think I need to adjust the audio levels a little? Seems too loud. Let me know
Edit 2: Ok, new file attached.
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How about this? It has a 4.5 second lead in...if you want I can adjust? Made it to work with Th3ory rom. Rename as you need.
hinds73
Edit: Just loaded it on mine and I think I need to adjust the audio levels a little? Seems too loud. Let me know
Edit 2: Ok, new file attached.
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Just saw this and its awesome. To install it would i just flash the zip?
joshjunior said:
Just saw this and its awesome. To install it would i just flash the zip?
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No, open zip and extract the mp3. Name to whatever you need to match your existing boot sound. Rename existing boot sound by putting .old at the end to keep for backup.
What rom are you running?
Move newly named mp3 to either system/customize/resource or system/media? Make sure to correct the permissions and ownership of the file.
I am using BAMF GB Remix mod. Do you know how I could/where I would make these changes?
Thanks in advance!
Anon_Emus said:
I am using BAMF GB Remix mod. Do you know how I could/where I would make these changes?
Thanks in advance!
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Not sure about Bamf? Looks like its in system/media. Rename to FinalThunder.mp3
Use root explorer to change permissions and ownership once file is in system/media.
Make sure to rename existing FinalThunder.mp3 to FinalThunder.mp3.old so you can revert back if you wish.
If this helps, say thanks! lol...I see you did...
Edit: Oh yea, and you take all responsibility to anything you do to your device...blah blah blah
Thanks again, so it looks like I cant move, rename or delete the original file, I assume "root explorer" is the solution to this?
Anon_Emus said:
Thanks again, so it looks like I cant move, rename or delete the original file, I assume "root explorer" is the solution to this?
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Yes use root explorer. Extract the mp3 from the zip folder. In Root Explorer "Mount R/W" Navigate to system/media and long press on FinalThunder.mp3 rename to FinalThunder.mp3.old....Then find the extracted mp3 I gave you.... Then long press on the file and choose copy... Then navigate to system/media....choose paste....then long press on the file I gave you and rename to FinalThunder.mp3
If for any reason it wont let you change anything make sure you are still mounted as R/W on the top.
Now long press on the mp3 and choose permissions...make it look like below.
Read Write Execute
(x) (X) ()
(x) () ()
(x) () ()
Then select ok
Now long press on the mp3 and choose change owner
In owner select 0-root
In group select 0-root
Select ok
i'm running cm7 atm. there isnt a mp3 to replace so should i just drop it into the folder?
/system/media/...
just dropping it in and changing permissions like the above post didnt seem to work. ive still got the cm animation but no sound
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Yes use root explorer. Extract the mp3 from the zip folder. In Root Explorer "Mount R/W" Navigate to system/media and long press on FinalThunder.mp3 rename to FinalThunder.mp3.old....Then find the extracted mp3 I gave you.... Then long press on the file and choose copy... Then navigate to system/media....choose paste....then long press on the file I gave you and rename to FinalThunder.mp3
If for any reason it wont let you change anything make sure you are still mounted as R/W on the top.
Now long press on the mp3 and choose permissions...make it look like below.
Read Write Execute
(x) (X) ()
(x) () ()
(x) () ()
Then select ok
Now long press on the mp3 and choose change owner
In owner select 0-root
In group select 0-root
Select ok
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Thanks again for the help! I got it working and it "Rocks"
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i'm running cm7 atm. there isnt a mp3 to replace so should i just drop it into the folder?
/system/media/...
just dropping it in and changing permissions like the above post didnt seem to work. ive still got the cm animation but no sound
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Give me a little time. I'll download CM7 and look into it.
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Thanks again for the help! I got it working and it "Rocks"
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Awesome! Glad I could help.
joshjunior said:
i'm running cm7 atm. there isnt a mp3 to replace so should i just drop it into the folder?
/system/media/...
just dropping it in and changing permissions like the above post didnt seem to work. ive still got the cm animation but no sound
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Ok, so it would appear that CM7 is totally different as I would've expected. I have provided a couple links that might help you out. I was just going to try to post the files here, but you might as well download them yourself and give thanks to the guy that actually figured it out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048231
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030101
If you want, you can simply try to rename the file android_audio.mp3 and see if that works...but I'm thinking it won't? Don't forget to change the permissions and ownership.
hinds73
Thanks for the help I'll check it out
Swyped from my bolt running cm7
Wow! It's everything I hoped for! Thanks guys!
OP, damn good idea man.
@Hinds, good work yo.
Ok. Now can someone restructure my preferred bootanimation.zip to work with this? Thanks in advance!
i see how to get music when flashing a bootanimation zip with qmg and binary files, but if i want to just manually add a bootanimation.zip file (part0, part1, etc. + desc.txt) to the system/media folder, how do i get music to play on boot? any help would be appreciated!
aeneas1 said:
i see how to get music when flashing a bootanimation zip with qmg and binary files, but if i want to just manually add a bootanimation.zip file (part0, part1, etc. + desc.txt) to the system/media folder, how do i get music to play on boot? any help would be appreciated!
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The way that you are asking this question is very confusing as first of all bootanimation.zip files are different than qmg files as there are no "part0", "part1", these qmg files are proprietary to Samsung devices only, see what I mean from my collection. Not to make matters more confusing than they really need to be. To get a music file to play aside a bootanimation, this file is often converted to an .ogg file often runs under the file name PowerOn.ogg depending on the device, the system/media/audio/ui name bootanimation sound, there can also be a shutdown sound either named PowerOff.ogg or Shutdown.ogg again this varies depending on the device. Often the most challenging part working with sound files is timing getting the Sound file to start and finish the same time as the bootanimation, and to get the two files to work consistently together time and time again. GL.
from what i understand you can alter your boot animation by either changing the omg files or by adding a bootanimation.zip file (part0, desc.txt, etc.) - and this can be done by manually adding the omg files or zip to a specific folder(s) or by flashing a zip (that contains the omg files or the bootanimation.zip along with with binary files) via recovery. my question is if i choose to go the manual bootanimation.zip route (part0, desc.txt, etc.), i.e. adding the bootanimation.zip it to the system/media folder, how do i get audio to work at boot? and how do i get a shutdown animation to work? it's pretty easy to get audio, boot animation and shutdown animation to work using omg files, but how do you accomplish this using the manual bootanimation.zip method?