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Root How to Change Boot Animation / Boot Sound

bobbyknievel said:
When I went to superuser, the root browser lite app isn't in there and I dont know how to add it. I looked for it sqlite editor too but couldn't find there it either. I really have only used my root for the hotspot function until now. I want to start taking full advantage of my root but I'm still a rookie when it comes to all of the technical aspects of all of this. Thank in advance for any help you can give me in these matters.
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If for whatever reason you side-loaded the file browser or didn't install it using conventional methods (an app store), then it might not show up. If it won't show up, and never prompted you for Superuser permissions/access, then it doesn't have Root access, and therefore cannot do root-permissions-required actions, such as editing the filename of that file in /system. With root permissions, it cannot perform administrator-level actions.

Try using another root-permissions capable file browser, as Dark One mentioned. My personal favorite is Total Commander. If the root-permissions-capable file browser prompts you for Superuser permissions, and you grant that request, you'll be able to do administrator-level actions, such as changing anything in /system.
 
Well, I downloaded Total Commander and it didn't ask me to grant any permissions either. I also downloaded root checker and it told me that my RAZR wasn't properly rooted. It must gave some kind or root because I have free hotspot capabilities. I guess I'll just redo my root sometime today. My new question is this, since Imust have some kind of "partial" root already, is doing it again going to screw anything up that I already have? ( like my hotspot) I really don't want to lose that. Will I need to uninstall anything I already have (superuser, sq editor lite, or vodoo root keeper) to be able to root my RAZR again? I did a search and found this ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDV_72mPt4k&feature=youtube_gdata_player ). Seems easy enough. Your thoughts?
 
I didn't realize you're using a razr and not an elite. I would suggest looking in the razr forum for this information. It could be totally different for your phone. Definitely don't use that app that I linked. And you're going to want hdpi boot animation.
 
bobbyknievel said:
Well, I downloaded Total Commander and it didn't ask me to grant any permissions either. I also downloaded root checker and it told me that my RAZR wasn't properly rooted. It must gave some kind or root because I have free hotspot capabilities. I guess I'll just redo my root sometime today. My new question is this, since Imust have some kind of "partial" root already, is doing it again going to screw anything up that I already have? ( like my hotspot) I really don't want to lose that. Will I need to uninstall anything I already have (superuser, sq editor lite, or vodoo root keeper) to be able to root my RAZR again? I did a search and found this ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDV_72mPt4k&feature=youtube_gdata_player ). Seems easy enough. Your thoughts?
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It won't ask you right away, only for things that require root (the first you run into). If you navigate to File System Root -> Data, or File System Root -> System, you should be prompted by Superuser to grant Total Commander root privileges. Otherwise, I second Dark One's statement:

Dark One said:
I didn't realize you're using a razr and not an elite. I would suggest looking in the razr forum for this information. It could be totally different for your phone. Definitely don't use that app that I linked. And you're going to want hdpi boot animation.
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ktb83 said:
Good stuff.

If anybody is interested, I'll help some of you convert short video clips to bootanimation.zip format. Also, Animated GIFs are fairly easy to convert for this purpose.

Here are the stock bootanimation.zip and PowerOn.mp3 files. If you create your own, you should probably aim for a similar number of frames and length, respectively.

bootanimation.zip
60 Frames (numbered 00000.jpg -> 00059.jpg)
Each image is 320px (width) x 480px (height)
desc.txt:
320 480 30
p 0 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
Download bootanimation.zip from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way

PowerOn.mp3
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
Media Duration: 00:00:04.104
Size: 160.69 KB
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And here are some quick ones I did for my phone.

This is a rip-off of an HTC "quietly brilliant" Honeycomb bootanimation:
60 Frames (numbered 00000.jpg -> 00059.jpg)
Each image is 320px (width) x 480px (height)
desc.txt:
320 480 15
p 1 0 part0
Download bootanimation.zip from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way

This is a clip of Yes - Starship Trooper (Live at Wembly Arena 10-28-1978):
Sample Rate: 22050 Hz
Media Duration: 00:00:06.556
Size: 43.68 KB
Download PowerOn.mp3 from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way
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Hi, I have changed my boot animation to "droid razr", it worked ok but the "droid ogg" doesn't play,..any suggestions would help
Thanks in advance!!
 
cfreeman90 said:
Hi, I have changed my boot animation to "droid razr", it worked ok but the "droid ogg" doesn't play,..any suggestions would help
Thanks in advance!!
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Hey,

I could be wrong, but I don't think this phone supports OGG files out of the box. If you convert that file to MP3 or WAV, it should work. There are many programs which will convert the file for you.
 
Killer but Ive been working on a bootanimation.zip that I created and cant get it to play when booting..... now Im going to put sound to it.... Ill send it to you to see if you can help me out on it..

Here's the link 000080.png 001433.png 002786.png
 
kwknott said:
Since rooting my phone I went ahead and changed my boot animation and got rid of the boot sound since they irritated me. Just a little tutorial if anyone else wants to change theirs.

Things you need:
1. Root
2. Root Enabled File Manager
3. New Boot Animation - Should be MDPI resolution - 480 x 320dpi
4. New Boot Sound If you Want to Change It - MP3 about 10 - 15 seconds - Should be some tutorials online to help you make a 10 to 15 second mp3

*I always recommend a nandroid backup of a phone before messing with system files but since we don't yet have cwm recovery we can't really do that. If you decide to try this be careful that you don't delete or rename the wrong files and I take no responsibility if you do.

Boot Animation
1. Using your file manager browse to system > media
2. You will see a file called bootanimation.zip. Rename it to bootanimation.bak
3. Browse to your sdcard to the location of your new boot animation
4. Rename your new boot animation to bootanimation.zip if it isn't already
5. Copy the new boot animation to system > media
6. Reboot and Enjoy

If you ever want to change back to stock boot animation delete the bootanimation.zip and rename the bootanimation.bak back to .zip and your set to go

Boot Sound
1. Using your file manager browse to system > sounds > poweron
2. Rename the file PowerOn.mp3 to PowerOn.bak
*If you just want to disable the power on sound you can stop here.
3. Browse to the location of the mp3 you want as your new boot sound.
4. Rename it to PowerOn.mp3
5. Copy it to system > sounds > poweron
6. Reboot and enjoy

* Linux is case sensitive so the boot animation must be bootanimation.zip all lowercase and the power on sound must be PowerOn.mp3 with uppercase P and O

Here are a few places you can get boot animations. Some of these are flashable zip's meant to be flashed in recovery but just extract the zips and copy the boot animation from the system > media folders in the zip file

[26 MAR][MOD][PORT] Massive Bootanimation Repository !! - xda-developers

[Boot Animation] [12/04/11] A Huge Collection of Boots ~ Updated - xda-developers
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thanks a lot this has been driving me crazy and the only problem was the uppercase P and O i feel kinda dumb but at least it works thanks
 
Sorry for old thread revival but has this process changed? I can't get the poweron.ogg to play on start up. I set the permissions as stated.
 
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