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Root how to change the boot animation

What you said in your last post. Put your bootanimation.zip into data/local. If there's one in there already, move it elsewhere and rename it. Since data is internal memory, best not to keep 2 there
 
danfrance said:
What you said in your last post. Put your bootanimation.zip into data/local. If there's one in there already, move it elsewhere and rename it. Since data is internal memory, best not to keep 2 there
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Just tried it & didn't work.

Won't let me put the zip into /system/media/ as it says it is read only.

Do I put the whole zip file in there or unzip it on the PC first?
 
You can't put anything.in.system.without s-off unless you use adb.

So you put it in data/local and boot anim was same.

Yes, the entire zip

Maybe some roms don't support data/local
 
ianb11 said:
My old bootanimation zip is in /system/customise/resource

Guess I should try replacing that?
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If /data/local doesnt work do the /system/media one. Done replace the original. The idea is these locations override the normal location.

You will need to adb push the file. I'll make some instructions later
 
danfrance said:
If /data/local doesnt work do the /system/media one. Done replace the original. The idea is these locations override the normal location.

You will need to adb push the file. I'll make some instructions later
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Cheers, won't let me move the file to /system/media.
 
Download Android SDK for windows from: http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r06-windows.zip


The Android SDK should be extracted to the root of your C:\ drive. The folder structure should be C:\Android-sdk-windows\tools

Also put your bootanimation.zip on the root of C: (C:\bootanimation.zip)


• Boot the phone into recovery and connect the USB cable


• On your PC open Command prompt (Start>Run Type “cmd” [without the quotation marks] and press enter)


• In the black window type "cd\" and press enter


• Type "cd\android-sdk-windows\tools" and press enter


• Type "adb shell" and press enter


• Type "Mount /system" and press enter


• Type "exit" and press enter


• Type "adb push C:\bootanimation.zip /system/media/bootanimation.zip" and press enter

Thats it.
 
ianb11 said:
This is the bit I'm struggling with.

When I extract the files the tools file is in there along with various other folders so do I just move that to the main folder?
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Tools folder should be in c:\android-sdk-windows\

Adb is in tools you just extract the zip to c:

Also put bootanimation.zip on c: as in, not in any folders
 
Interesting...I wonder if you have to label the images in the bootanimation folder as:
boot_00001
boot_00002
boot_00003
boot_000xx
 
I used root explorer and it took the boot animation in system/customize/resources. The animation works but right after splash screen I get about 4 seconds of black screen. Any idea whats causing this?
 
Are the images the same format? Are you using Part0 and part1? Whats in the text file? Do the part1 file names continue in sequence from that part0 file names?
 
There was no part0 part1. On my phone the animation was just labeled bootanimation.zip. When I opened the original animation file it just had numbered images.
I tried making a folder part0 part1 and placing those in a folder called bootanimation (later changed to android because that how my phone recognizes it) then creating the correct desc with:
part0 1 1 android **later changed to part0 1 1 android part0
part1 1 1 android **later changed to part1 1 1 android part1

My phone would not accept either.
 
I'll be honest, although I would expect it works the same, I can't be sure on that one. Sorry.
 
EDIT: Notes to the above.
If you don't get "~#" after typing in "adb shell" (for example, if you get "error: device offline" like I did), then try disconnecting the USB cable from your phone and reconnecting it. Once I got ~# I was away...

Oh wait, I got another error now.
Can someone help me here?
Desire HD.
EDIT2: I just realised I'm at the Desire not the DesireHD forum... anyone here able to help me anyway?
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... edit3.
I've found the reason "Mount /system" doesn't work is because "mount" has to be in all lower case.
Secondly, I just ran through with mount instead and it worked, the push worked (#### bytes in ### seconds), to /system/media - however the boot anim didn't display on restart.
I am now back in the cmd prompt and I'm trying ls /system (to see the contents of that system folder) and all I'm getting is bin - no "media" folder created...
Where's the zip gone?
Someone please school me.
 
rather than editing a 4th time (I don't know what stopped me), the solution for my DHD is to use data/local not system/media - I missed that in the above posts :(
adb push c:\bootanimation.zip /data/local

thanks for all posts above this one - I got there in the end (skim reading =/= my friend)
 
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