Hi guys! I despise Verizon with a passion, and I have been on a mission to remove all things Verizon ever since I got an unskippable ad to install a bunch of Facebook games direct from Verizon. I got an undismissable notification prompting me to "review" the apps I have. It freaked me out and pissed me off.
I have since Frankenstein-ed and Rooted with the WTF method using the incredible guides made by @ChazzMatt. I am now running stock debloated @JohnFawkes VS996 Pie for working VoLTE/VoWiFi. I uninstalled every Verizon app (aside from carrier), and my last step was to replace the boot animation.
Now that you know the specifics of my device, I want to detail the process for replacing the boot animation on the VS996 V30.
THIS CAN CAUSE YOUR BOOT TO FAIL. PROCEED WITH CAUTION.
Requirements:
1) V30 running VS996 firmware (this method may work with VS998 or Carrier variants)
2) TWRP and Root
3) CURRENT SYSTEM PARTITION BACKUP
3) File Manager capable of root access and permission editing. I used Total Commander.
Process:
1) Obtain a boot animation!
You WILL need a boot animation in a specific format.
Link to a post with a huge collection of working boot animations: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/bootanimations-collection.3721978/#post-74901989 Credit to @mauam for this great work!!
I nearly bricked my phone by attempting to use a .gif converted into a .zip, as was suggested on another post. If your boot animation is not in the correct format, the phone will hang on the LG V30 screen.
Now that you have an animation you like, save it. Use the google drive link in the post.
2) Create system backup in TWRP
This is a critical step for recovering if you mess up. Do this every time you try something out of your comfort zone. I had to restore from a backup after deleting one too many System LG apps last night. This is what saved me from a brick before writing this guide.
3) Replace stock animation
We can now navigate to the location of the boot image. In your file manager, navigate to root/system/product/media.
Spoiler: More Details
This is where most boot animation replacer apps fall short! There are two locations where boot animations may be stored on the V30: system/media, and system/product/media. I believe that the LG animations are stored in system/media. Carrier boot animations are stored in system/product/media, at least on VS996/Verizon. If you want to check, try browsing through the existing bootanimation.zip file and opening one of the images. It should be a still from the carrier boot animation. If it is not, try the system/media folder. If you still can't find the carrier boot animation, I don't have enough experience to guide you further.
Having found the location of the boot animation, move your downloaded .zip into this folder. I made an additional copy as a replacement for the LG shutdown animation.
Rename the old boot animations, and simply add .bak on the end of the existing name. This preserves the animation if you mess up or want to revert.
Now, rename your new downloaded animations to the same as the old animations without .bak at the end.
Check that you have been successful by: press and hold > properties > permissions. They should match the old permissions, as well as the permissions detailed in @mauam post. (rw-r--r--)
4) Reboot
That's it! Goodbye Verizon.
If you get hung up on LG V30 screen, or phone will not boot:
Hold down the volume down and power buttons to force the phone to shut down. Ensure that the phone is off! Do the hardware button sequence to force the phone into recovery: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/hardware-button-boot-into-recovery-with-twrp.2534981/
This method worked for me! From here, restore the backup that you made BEFORE starting this guide!
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Hi, I would like some help with changing first boot logo that I understand is in the kernel, also I would like to know how do you change the animation when you reboot or shut down your phone, if some other phones have similar, same instructions I would like to know which phones or just pointing me the right direction would be much appriciated. Because I have seen quite few threads around the net about similar things, but they are not for XZ.
If this helps - im running
C6603 with Unlocked bootloader
Boot Splash Logo Is in the kernel! (That big Sony Logo appear on first screen) for modify you need linux as you need to modify ramdisk and you need to create a raw file for your device, for boot animation (which will apear second and is that flying colorful) is in the /system/media/bootanimation.zip as Jpeg sequence it can be easily modify and you can put it back afterward just don't forget to look at the text file in it and also don't forget to rw-r--r-- permission after you put modified bootanimation back. (there's bunch of tools and tutorials about this one) good luck
sijav said:
Boot Splash Logo Is in the kernel! (That big Sony Logo appear on first screen) for modify you need linux as you need to modify ramdisk and you need to create a raw file for your device, for boot animation (which will apear second and is that flying colorful) is in the /system/media/bootanimation.zip as Jpeg sequence it can be easily modify and you can put it back afterward just don't forget to look at the text file in it and also don't forget to rw-r--r-- permission after you put modified bootanimation back. (there's bunch of tools and tutorials about this one) good luck
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I know about, the second boot animation, but I need a full tut about the 1st boot logo, and linux is not a problem, but what about restarting and shutting down animation?
using the .zip from this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357926)
I'm trying to change my boot animation. I've place the new animation zip in the /system/customize/resource. I renamed the animation zip to that of "att_bootup_one.zip" since that is the zip file that is called for in the XML file in /system/customize/resource/CID.
I got it to work once. I restarted the phone a second time and all the boot animations were that of a stock HTC one.
The thing I don't understand is; I overwrote the orginal .zip animation and on the second restart (after the first successful restart with new boot animation) the damn original boot screen was back.
I even set the permission on all necessary folders to rwx-rwx-rwx. I am a total rookie and hoping some one can advise me.
Thank you
Also, sorry if this is not the place to post this topic.
EDIT: I found that it will work if I "Power off" then turn the phone on. If I "Restart" boot animation restores to stock.
What ROM and version are you running? I've always placed the bootanimation.zip file in /system/media
Stock kernel has write protection on the system partition, so changed or deleted files return upon reboot. You'll need a custom kernel with the write protection disabled or make the change in custom recovery via an adb shell.
cschmitt said:
Stock kernel has write protection on the system partition, so changed or deleted files return upon reboot. You'll need a custom kernel with the write protection disabled or make the change in custom recovery via an adb shell.
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Thanks buddy. This rookie appreciates the advice :laugh:
This leads me to another question though. I've also tried deleting the orignal boot animation. How does the stock animations come back if I have deleted them?
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What ROM and version are you running? I've always placed the bootanimation.zip file in /system/media
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4.4.2
HTC Sense 6.0.
Im not sure if thats info you asked for. Im pretty sure its the stock rom. All I did was root the phone.
Im still learning
Ok so im stuck.
I've tried everything to install a different boot animation on my T-Mobile Note 4.
I tried downloading a file that was titled "CWM_CustomBootanimation_44_Enable.zip"
then going into an XDA thread that had a bunch of "bootanimation.zip"'s and choosing the one I liked.
Downloaded and placed it in my system/media/ folder.
Gave it the right permisions.
But nothing happened... I rebooted the phone and now all i had was just the stock samsung note 4 boot-up, but oddly i was now missing the T-mobile one that would show up right after, although the T-Mo jingle remained.
I kept searching and then found the strategy of just replacing the "bootsamsung.qmg" and "bootsamsungloop.qmg" files.
I found another boot animation i liked with .qmg format.
It came in zip folder and i extracted the 2 files, copied them over and named them like the original files (also adding an "_old" to the titles of the originals incase i ever needed them again)
Gave them the right permissions
Rebooted
And same thing again... just the stock black note 4 screen
At this point i decided to try another .qmg file, but this time for the shutdown animation...
Did pretty much the same run around...
and it worked! so the shut down animation was changed without a hitch.
I went back to the media folder and realized there were other boot files such as "bootsamsungmini.qmg", "bootsamsungminiloop.qmg", "bootsamsungmini2.qmg" and "bootsamsungmini2loop.qmg"
so i tried switching all of them to the 2 .qmg files i originally downloaded, with the right permissions, but nothing... still same stock black boot up.
So now, like i said, I'm stuck...
Should i have just put the whole zip file in the media folder? there were two folders in that zip. One was system/media with the two new boot animations and the other was META-INF/com/google/android/ with two files "update-binary" and "updater-script". Not sure if i have to do anything with these files.
Ive also heard theres an app on the market called Boot Animation but it has lots of mixed reviews, dont feel like going through the hassle of possibly bricking my device now.
And ive never been a custom rom kinda guy so i dont want to switch roms just for a boot animaion.
Any help would be appreciated thanks.
Anyone?
Most system/media files contain a bootanimation.zip folder. Make sure you delete it or when you put in the new qmg the system will boot from the zip file before the extracted qmgs
This flashable zip file is intended for those who have maybe changed their boot animation, but still have the stock boot up sound playing in the background. It might also be for those who have flashed an animation that came with sound or those who just plain don't like the boot sound and don't want it to play anymore too. Yes it's true that the boot sound can be removed manually, but for those who don't know how or even those who do, why not just flash a quick file to remedy the problem?
This should work on most Android devices, everything from AOSP to Samsung, etc. You must be rooted though to be able to delete system files obviously. Other than that...
Here Are The Only Steps You Need To Follow For Removing Your Boot Animation Sound:
1) Just download the "bogartysoundremover.zip" file and copy it to the root of your sdcard.
2) Reboot into TWRP or whatever custom recovery you have.
(There are also apps in the Play Store like "Rashr" that flash zips if you don't have a custom recovery.)
3) Select "Install", navigate to the zip file and install it.
That's it. Easy! You should now be boot sound free.
NOTE: There is no risk in flashing this file btw. If it doesn't work on your device, then it just simply does nothing. Be sure to leave a comment with your make, model, android version, etc. though if that's the case and I'll add an exception for your device in the script that makes sure it does.
Also, if this file helped you then please be sure to hit the "THANKS" button.
Additionally, PLEASE DO NOT MIRROR THIS FILE! If you want to share it with people, then simply link them to this thread. Thank you!
Just a few boot animations.
BACKUP YOUR SYSTEM PARTITION!
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ISSUES YOU MAY INCUR FROM MAKING CHANGES TO YOUR PHONE.
Install to /system/product/media after renaming your original boot animation and reboot.
Since the phone boots very fast timings have been adjusted to allow the animation to run through at least once.
Learn all about boot animation desc.txt format HERE.
I did not create these I only changed the desc.txt file so they would fit the device and play though at least once before stopping. The Cowboy Skull was converted from a gif.
Thanks.. I had a matrix for another phone just to lazy to try and get it to work on this phone.. I think it was green matrix instead of blue.. But this works... Just renamed other zips with the bak extension and gave this zip the right permissions.