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Root bootanimation: DroidX eye teaser (Landscape) [HQ]

doomedromance said:
You can use Astro to do this only if you are using Bugless Beast and enable the god mode script. But if you are using Bugless Beast its easier to put the bootanimation on the root of you SDcard and then run Pete's switchboot script in Android Terminal Emulator

rw and ro is read/write and read only. The /system is set to read only so that it doesn't get changed. with root access you can change that. Using root explorer is the easiest way IMO because there is the option to switch it on the fly. Otherwise you have to use terminal emulator to mount it and move it and it's a lot of typing.

Code: 
su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 dev/block/mtdblock4 system
busybox cp system/media/bootanimation.zip sdcard/data/bootanimation.bak
busybox cp sdcard/bootanimation.zip system/media/bootanimation.zip
mount -o ro,remount -t yaffs2 dev/block/mtdblock4 system
sync
if you don't want to back up the stock animation then don't do the first busybox command (Not recommended)

If you did not put the new bootanimation.zip on the root of your sdcard then you have to change accordingly. i.e. if you put the bootanimation in your download folder it would look like this
"busybox cp sdcard/download/bootanimation.zip system/media/bootanimation.zip"
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so i did all that in the terminal emulator...and got no results. still get the normal boot animation...
 
Then all you have to do is copy the file to your SD card. the root directory, meaning not inside any folders. Don't extract the zip or anything. Leave it as it is. The using Android Terminal Emulator (by Jack Palevich) type
Code: 
su
switchboot
If you did it right it will say
Switched Boot Animation
Bugless Beast by Pete
 
got "bootanimation.zip: applet not found" using the script, on sapphire 0.6.0

must have mistyped something, because it worked fine the second time ;-)
 
If I look in data all I see is beautifulwidgets no local.

Can someone explain how to do this a lil more clear for the non tech people like me...lol
 
just put it on the root of your sd card and run the scripts it really isn't too bad at all, i moved a copy of my original bootanimation to a folder on the sd and then ran the script as written without using the first busybox command to backup, if you copy it verbatim it will work fine and it only takes like 30 seconds to type and run all the scripts.
 
Never mind guys/gals got it figured out. I'll find the write up I went with and post a link in this
post.

Using Root Explorer…
1. You have to be rooted in order to do this. Rooting info here and here.
2. Download Root Explorer from the market.
3. Download the Droid Life boot anim: bootanimation.zip (alt link)
4. If you downloaded via PC, mount your Droid and drop the .zip file onto your SD card.
5. Unmount your Droid.
6. Open Root Explorer, tap on “sdcard” and locate bootanimation.zip.
7. Long press on bootanimation.zip and choose “Move”.
8. Hit the back button once and locate the “data” folder.
9. Tap and open “data” and then “local”.
10. Hit “Paste” which should be an option at the bottom of your screen.
11. If there is already a bootanimation.zip file, let Root Explorer overwrite it.
12. Back out of Root Explorer, reboot your phone, and BAM!
13. Enjoy your new Droid Life boot animation.


from this site Link
 
Can you make it with the droid x eye at the end of it now that will be awesome, this one is great, but I think it will look even better with the droid x eye....
 
ronaldramsayii said:
Is there any way that you can implement this boot animation with the Droid X eye that Fab posted?
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Genuwine1976 said:
Can you make it with the droid x eye at the end of it now that will be awesome, this one is great, but I think it will look even better with the droid x eye....
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Done.


dB Zac said:
Thanks so much for this, I was just saying it would be cool but can you make it slower?
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Try the v1.0 10mb file size one. It will slow down the framerate, but it won't play all the way through. Or you can extract the zip. change the 25p in the desc.txt file to like 10p or something. Then rezip it making sure you use no compression. But it really won't make too much of a difference.
 
goldz28 said:
If I look in data all I see is beautifulwidgets no local.

Can someone explain how to do this a lil more clear for the non tech people like me...lol
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Its the data folder on your phone. The one with beautiful widgets is the data folder on your SD card.
 
Love the animation. I've been working on modifying it so sound plays with the boot screen. I should be done with it pretty soon, and I'll make sure to post it when it's ready.
 
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