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Incredible Boot Animation

After showing off my new boot animation today at work, there are a couple of people with Incredibles that I work with that want me to put it on their phone. So like a moron I said it was no problem now that I figured out how to do it, it would only take a few minutes. When I attached their phones to my computer and followed the exact same steps, ADB does not recognize that their phone is attached, any idea why? I looked pretty silly, trying to save face here. :D
 
Thanks for the tip on rebooting my laptop. It worked, thing is, when I connected the new phone, it started doing a new hardware install for ADB support. Interesting because it never did that for my Incredible. Anyway, thanks for the help! My face has been saved. :D
 
mattguyver said:
Easiest way to get boot animations on your phone.
Try this on for size :
1) Download this file PutYourBootHERE.zip ? RGhost ? file sharing
2) Make a folder called PutYourBootHERE and extract the files from above zip file into it
3) Drop a copy of the .zip file for the boot animation you want -don't even have to rename it, the batch will rename it for you- into the PutYourBootHERE folder
4) Run the .bat file
5) Enjoy your new boot
6) Hit Thanks >>>
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Sorry for the noob questions but do i do this from my computer or do i put the folder on my sd card? Do i still need to install the sdk?
 
Here's a silly question. What is the command to remove the android_audio.mp3 once you've pushed the file to the phone. I've tried adb rm data/local/android_audio.mp3 which didn't work. My sound file gets really soft in the last 3 or 4 seconds, and I no its not the source material.

Speaking of, I have the Imperial Probe sound file from when Luke is on the ice world Hoth, if anyone wants it. (http://rapidshare.com/files/392335825/probedroid.mp3.html)

It's been a while since I've used a DOS command prompt, and this is my first jump into android (which is freaking awesome by the way, yay for open source!)
 
Serialk1llr said:
Here's a silly question. What is the command to remove the android_audio.mp3 once you've pushed the file to the phone. I've tried adb rm data/local/android_audio.mp3

It's been a while since I've used a DOS command prompt, and this is my first jump into android (which is freaking awesome by the way, yay for open source!)
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You need to change to your adb directory first, for instance if it's on your root drive, you'd type in this at a command prompt:

cd \adb\tools

And then once there type:

rm /data/local/android_audio.mp3
 
Gotcha. So if the folder is located c:\android-sdk-windows, i need to be in c:\andriod-sdk-windows\tools to then run the remval command?
 
Serialk1llr said:
Gotcha. So if the folder is located c:\android-sdk-windows, i need to be in c:\andriod-sdk-windows\tools to then run the remval command?
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Yes, you need to be in the "tools" directory, wherever you have that.

At least that's how mine works, I think if you're using something like "terminal emulator" you would need to use other commands that I don't know.
 
Yes, you need to install sdk on your computer and connect your phone, and then load the bootanimation.zip file using a command prompt from within the sdk\tools directory.
 
gotta question guys, is there a limit to what you can put on the start up screen? i love trucks and itd be awesome to put a truck dragging frame as a start up can it be done or not?
 
bagged00 said:
gotta question guys, is there a limit to what you can put on the start up screen? i love trucks and itd be awesome to put a truck dragging frame as a start up can it be done or not?
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No, you can put anything you want, but to my knowledge they have to be a series of image files with a text file that tells the phone what order to put them in. I don't think a video file will work. Read back in this thread and you'll find the answers.
 
fatpomp said:
Sorry for the noob questions but do i do this from my computer or do i put the folder on my sd card? Do i still need to install the sdk?
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Using Mattguyver's method, you don't need sdk. Here's how I did it although I may have done more than necessary:

1.) Download the file he posted to the PC
2.) Unzip to desktop
3.) Drop your bootanimation.zip into the folder (and .mp3 if you're using the version that loads sound also)
4.) Plug in phone (making sure USB debugging is enabled and the phone is set to act as a drive)
5.) Make an exact copy of the folder and place it on the SD card (edit: this is not required)
6.) Open the .bat file from the folder on the PC

This triggers the program to work and it uses a modified DOS window. You have to answer a couple of Y/N questions and hit enter a few times (on the PC) to make it proceed, then it loads the animation to the phone. It's all smoke and mirrors to me but it worked like a champ and was amazingly quick and easy compared to the sdk route.
 
First off thanks Mattguyver's and everyone else. I think I have done everything in Matts steps but can't get it:

I hit yes
Hit 3 for copy boot (I should be pressing 3 right?)
It starts up but on the next screen I get "error device not found"
It still says it put on the boot animation succesfully but it doesn't come up.

I have USB debugging turned on and phone set to disk drive. I also have a copy of the folder Matt provided with the .zip and audio inside on the sd card and the PC. (And I am running the commands from the PC) yet nothing.

I dont have to update the Google sdk for this method to work right?
 
Keep getting error device not found.

Hmm tried everything don't know why that is.
 
Hand76 said:
First off thanks Mattguyver's and everyone else. I think I have done everything in Matts steps but can't get it:

I hit yes
Hit 3 for copy boot (I should be pressing 3 right?)
It starts up but on the next screen I get "error device not found"
It still says it put on the boot animation succesfully but it doesn't come up.

I have USB debugging turned on and phone set to disk drive. I also have a copy of the folder Matt provided with the .zip and audio inside on the sd card and the PC. (And I am running the commands from the PC) yet nothing.

I dont have to update the Google sdk for this method to work right?
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same here!
 
Hand76/ItsTee,

I had the same thing happen the first time I tried it, and yes I chose option 3 like you said. But it still loaded it ok. Anyway, I'm GUESSING the device not found might be related to a driver problem since the phone is so new. What I did to make my PC recognize it as an HTC phone was to download HTC Sync from the HTC website. I don't actually use the program but it comes with the drivers and even though I don't see specific mention of the Incredible, it allowed my PC to detect the phone properly. I did run through the Sync program once but then stopped before actually syncing anything. Not sure if that's what loaded the drivers or if XP just found them on my machine and loaded them when I plugged in via the USB.

Once I did the above, it actually said "animation load successful" or similar.
 
I have not added audio to my boot animation for one reason...what if my phone decides to reboot during a meeting or a presentation?
 
stanfna said:
I have not added audio to my boot animation for one reason...what if my phone decides to reboot during a meeting or a presentation?
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Yes, I've had that happen at the most inopportune times! LOL


HTC Sync comes on the Incredible. Just plug it into your computer and you'll see it on the root of the phone's drive, just click on it and install it. I didn't have to do this, but others did. It might be because I am using Windows 7. Once you install it, you won't need to run it, but the drivers will be loaded.
 
Wow thanks Iowa that did the trick.

All up and running now and looks and sounds great.



Just out of curiousity you can always change the boot to another one in the future the same way?
 
Hand76 said:
Wow thanks Iowa that did the trick.

All up and running now and looks and sounds great.



Just out of curiousity you can always change the boot to another one in the future the same way?
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I haven't tried a new one yet but my plan is to remove the animation.zip from both the card and PC, drop in a new one in both places and then re-run the .bat. Should work, it's doing the very same thing. Lemme know if you try a new one before I do.
 
How often do you people boot up your phones to care what the boot animation is or do you just like changing it up for $hits and giggles?
 
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