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Incredible Boot Animation

? Im not sure I dont really use that program, just installed it so i could install this boot animation. it installed drivers fine. someones got to get that guy to post his mp3 from his video or im gonna go crazy
 
I can't get the ADB drivers to load. I installed the whole Android SDK program just as the tutorial says but it says that it can't find the drivers when I plug my phone in. Any ideas?
 
BringTheRain403 said:
I can't get the ADB drivers to load. I installed the whole Android SDK program just as the tutorial says but it says that it can't find the drivers when I plug my phone in. Any ideas?
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If your talking about HTC Sync Drivers, dont worry about it, as long as USB Debugging is on, after it says it cant sync with comp just continue on and it will work..

Had me stumped for hours..
 
Hi guys...
Wow, great posts! I followed the video from MotoDroidHelpandInfo all the way till the end when it's time to plug in the DI via USB to my Windows XP laptop. It ways to connect as a 'Disk Drive' instead of 'Charge only' which seems ok, but then Windows XP comes up with this pop-up:

'Found New Hardware Wizard
This wizard will help you install software for
ADB
-> Install software automatically (recommended)
-> Install from a list or specific location'

I'm stumped here...
Any help would be great!!! I've unplugged my USB cable 3 times and re-added and same '? ADB' window pops up wanting to install some driver(s). When I click Cancel, I get a tray message saying 'A problem occurred during hardware installation.' F&*K!
And yes, every time I connected the USB/DI, I have the USB debugging checked...
 
nickacs said:
Hi guys...
Wow, great posts! I followed the video from MotoDroidHelpandInfo all the way till the end when it's time to plug in the DI via USB to my Windows XP laptop. It ways to connect as a 'Disk Drive' instead of 'Charge only' which seems ok, but then Windows XP comes up with this pop-up:

'Found New Hardware Wizard
This wizard will help you install software for
ADB
-> Install software automatically (recommended)
-> Install from a list or specific location'

I'm stumped here...
Any help would be great!!! I've unplugged my USB cable 3 times and re-added and same '? ADB' window pops up wanting to install some driver(s). When I click Cancel, I get a tray message saying 'A problem occurred during hardware installation.' F&*K!
And yes, every time I connected the USB/DI, I have the USB debugging checked...
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Dont worry about HTC Sync actually connecting, it didnt for me.

As long as you click that option, after it says fail to connect to PC, and as long as USB debugging is on and the icon is up at the top for it then it will work.
 
was anyone else able to get the audio working using a mac? I got the boot animation to load but I was unable to get my mp3 file to play. I talked to some people that got their audio working but all used a pc. I do not have access to one and was just curious as to whether or not anyone else had a problem with this
 
FierceDeityLink1 said:
See http://androidforums.com/695173-post113.html
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Thanks! However, when I do this and click the 'Install manually' and navigate to the SDK /usb_driver folder and click OK, Windows searches for like 10secs and comes back with:
'Cannot install This Hardware
The hardware was not installed because the wizard cannot find the necessary software'

Via Windows Explorer, I navigated to that folder and the .inf file is there, so I don't get it???
Ahhhh!!! killing me... lol... thanks in advance!
 
nickacs said:
Thanks! However, when I do this and click the 'Install manually' and navigate to the SDK /usb_driver folder and click OK, Windows searches for like 10secs and comes back with:
'Cannot install This Hardware
The hardware was not installed because the wizard cannot find the necessary software'

Via Windows Explorer, I navigated to that folder and the .inf file is there, so I don't get it???
Ahhhh!!! killing me... lol... thanks in advance!
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Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer > Show All Devices > Next >> Have Disk... > Browse to usb_driver and choose the inf This hasn't changed since Windows 95
 
civicsisedan said:
Dont worry about HTC Sync actually connecting, it didnt for me.

As long as you click that option, after it says fail to connect to PC, and as long as USB debugging is on and the icon is up at the top for it then it will work.
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Thanks Civic.. if I don't need to get this to recognize, that's ok I guess, but even prior via the YouTube video tutorial, the last step was via Windows CMD was to navigate to the SDK /tools folder and type in: adb devices and then you type the command to push the BootAnimation.zip file.
Only problem is I get 'no devices connected'. When I type in 'adb devices', it says 'List of devices' but nothing underneath it...
Thanks in advance!! :)
 
i never did the last step of adb devices

once i did the adb push bootanimation.zip and android_audio.mp3 /data/local

and it went with however big file size was underneath, i unplugged usb and rebooted and everything worked..
 
FierceDeityLink1 said:
Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer > Show All Devices > Next >> Have Disk... > Browse to usb_driver and choose the inf This hasn't changed since Windows 95
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Thanks Fierce.. Uh man, problem after problem! :)
After I navigate like you said above and actually click on the .inf file, Windows throws up another stupid pop-up:
'Select Device
The specified location does not contain information about your hardware.'

Man, I am totally stumped!! That dayum driver/.inf file is clearly there, but Windows is having a hissy fit I guess????
 
FierceDeityLink1 said:
Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer > Show All Devices > Next >> Have Disk... > Browse to usb_driver and choose the inf This hasn't changed since Windows 95
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Thanks Fierce.. Uh man, problem after problem! :)
After I navigate like you said above and actually click on the .inf file, Windows throws up another stupid pop-up:
'Select Device
The specified location does not contain information about your hardware.'

Man, I am totally stumped!! That dayum driver/.inf file is clearly there, but Windows is having a hissy fit I guess????
 
If you are having problems follow this by the letter.
I did and It works......




Okay, the original instructions are great... provided you aren't a noob. I had to find a lot of stuff out on my own... so please amend the original instructions with these noob friendly additions.

First, you need the Android SDK. You can find that here: Android SDK | Android Developers

Extract the folder and run Setup. It will ask you to download files, do so.



Place this bootanimation.zip into the tools folder of the SDK. You can find the tools folder inside of the android_sdk_windows folder you extracted when you downloaded the SDK.

Connect your phone to your computer with USB. Mount your phone by clicking on the USB message in the notification bar. You will then need to run Debugging mode by going on your phone to: Settings > Applications > Development > USB Debugging. Make sure this is checked; you should get an exclamation mark icon in your notification bar.

Once you are connected, mounted, and in debugging mode, go to on your computer: Start > Run. Type in "cmd" and hit Ok. This will open command prompt.

You need to navigate to the android_sdk_folder from command prompt. If the folder is in your C drive and the letter next to your cursor is different, simply type: "c:" and it will switch to the correct drive. If you are on an XP machine and the folder is on your desktop, you will need to navigate to the tools folder by typing:

cd c:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop\android-sdk-windows\tools

...where "user" is your login name. THIS IS NOT ALWAYS THE ADDRESS, you can see the full path at the top of the open tools folder. The "cd" before the directory path is necessary--it tells the command prompt to "change directory".

If you have correctly typed in the exact directory your tools folder is in, you should see the entire directory path displayed to the left of your cursor on the new line. Now, you need to push the bootanimation.zip folder to your phone by entering in this line of text:
adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local

Once you hit enter, a second should go by and you should see that a certain amount of data was added to the phone. When you see this, turn off your phone and reboot. You should now see the new animation! You may need to unplug your USB cable before you turn the power back on. In debugging mode, it may display weird menu text when you boot up if you are still connected to the PC.

I hope this helps, I know I was in the same boat as a lot of you, I had to scrounge around to find all this info, don't know why it's not all in one place.
 
Geez, sorry for the double posts above! :o

Actually that post is the one I've been doing to a 'T'! The last part when you go to CMD and run the ADB command is where I get problems and that's where I noticed it doesn't recognize the phone plugged into my computer.
Man, I never thought this simple driver getting found would be such a big PITA!!
 
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