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durak

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I cannot get this to work...

i tried replacing htc_downanimation.zip in system/customize/resource, i tried keeping default one in there and just adding downanimation.zip to system/media. End result is the same, black shutdown screen and once it reboots i cant use my launcher, only way to fix it then is to open google play update notification and find my file manager and open it from there.

i got the boot screens working, but has anybody been able to successfully change shutdown?
 
If sprint/boost and not my roms or roms I was part of. You need to change it in customize and I want to say there is 4, two by the name of htc. Then two that starts with spc, you need to change the spc ones. When I say there is two of each I mean a boot and down one.
 
This is for boost and there are 2 for boot. htc_bootanimation.zip and boost_bootanimation.zip. i changed boost one and that worked.
There is only 1 for shutdown though, htc_downanimation.zip.
i tried adding another bootanimation.zip as default in system/customize/cid/defaults.xml, but it only shows it on a quarter of a screen, though i did permissions and set resolution to 540 960...if i try to replace htc_downanimation.zip, the whole system freaks out.

any ideas?
 
Rebatch them (sequence them) , the first one just says HTC then it boots my custom boot ani, the downanimation is HTC quietly brilliant, mine is custom. The post I made that says image tool it will do all this for you.
 
durak said:
This is for boost and there are 2 for boot. htc_bootanimation.zip and boost_bootanimation.zip. i changed boost one and that worked.
There is only 1 for shutdown though, htc_downanimation.zip.
i tried adding another bootanimation.zip as default in system/customize/cid/defaults.xml, but it only shows it on a quarter of a screen, though i did permissions and set resolution to 540 960...if i try to replace htc_downanimation.zip, the whole system freaks out.

any ideas?
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What rom you one as I don't have a clue what jay is talking about. The first white with green htc letters is the splash screen. Then the boot animation opens then to the os. And yea you are right the default for boost is boost, spc was for sprint. You need to change the boost_bootanimation.zip one and keep the same file name. Htc firmwares include the htc ones but use carrier specific ones. Which is why you have to keep the boost_bootanimation file name. Unless the rom dev if on custom switches it.

Though you found the xml that controls it, where the res size is your boot animation.zip you used.
 
It's stock rom.

Nothing i do works for shutdown anim. guess its impossible to change without coding...
closest i get to working is quarter-screen animation (3/4th just black).


Jay, i dont know how to work that tool
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That is funny as I changed it in my ics rom with out coding it while debloating and it works fine. Upload the down or boot what ever you are doing. I will look at it.
 
here are the ones i'm trying to get working.

If i replace Boost_bootanimation.zip with this one, animation freezes sometimes or there are blinking white frames or phone app doesnt respond once booted, very glitchy.

if i try to replace htc_downanimation in customize/resource (only shutdown animation zip i could find on the phone), my whole system goes apesht, no launcher, everything forcecloses. Then phone just shuts down on its own and wont boot until i pull and replace battery :dong:

maybe it's got the wrong fps or something...i'm afraid to experiment more had to reflash backup once already because i couldnt even get to my file manager to restore backups.

also here's a zipped default.xml from customize/CID, dont know if its useful.

Thanks for your help man
 
Blinking white or not working on a bootanimation is due to windows putting in some stupid file in the zip. I can't recall what it is but should stand out. Also changing the bootanimations or down won't cause any other issue but them not work. I will look at your stuff sometime later.
 
2fast4u88 said:
Blinking white or not working on a bootanimation is due to windows putting in some stupid file in the zip. I can't recall what it is but should stand out. Also changing the bootanimations or down won't cause any other issue but them not work. I will look at your stuff sometime later.
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I wouldn't imagine it would mess anything else up, but somehow it does.
"com_android_phone" stops responding at boot as soon as i replace with new bootanimation.zip.

btw tried it on deodexed kingdom rom just now, same result
 
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