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[Android Themes] despotovski01:
OK guys I'm back. :)
[Android Themes] Dblfstr:
welcome back
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Thanks! :)
[Android Themes] eternistarr:
OOO does that mean you could possibly help me?
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Sure, just tell me what's wrong. :)
[Android Themes] eternistarr:
--Ill just repost this :P

Could some one please help me fix this boot animation. Ive been messing with it for 5 days now reading everything I can find and nothing has fixed it. It even works on the program that u can view them b4 trying it on ur phone.

All I get is A black screen and it plays my mp3 I have set.

This is for MIUI btw

Im just trying to create my own theme this was the first thing I did and It still doesn't work. If someone could help me id appreciate it immensely.

http://www.mediafire.com/?2qq39mk9pw64lm8
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Hi,

Your problem is with the compression method. Yours is DFLT-N and it should be Store.

P.S. Didn't you read the "Common mistakes" section of the startpost at the end of it? In the future if you have problems, please check if you made a mistake from the following:
[Android Themes] eternistarr:
I did read it many times, I re zipped that thing a million times with 3 different programs using only store that's really strange that its different for you....but thanks ill keep looking
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Try with Power Archiver. I use that for managing archives and zipping boot animations. :)
[Android Themes] eternistarr:
Thanks ill give it a try
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
I'm starting a new project, called "Boot Animation Creator". As the name says, this will be a creator for Android boot animations, which should solve most of the mistakes that people do when creating boot animations, and make the process of making boot animations a much easier and faster job. Here's a list of features that it will have(note that this list may change in the future):

-Generate a desc.txt file for your boot animation

-Compress your boot animation with correct settings

-Built-in previewer

-Very light on memory

-Auto-update function

-......

If you have more ideas for features, feel free to drop a comment! :)
[Android Themes] eternistarr:
That will be nice since its still not working for me, Im using MIUI though so it may be something else holding me up
[Android Themes] Dblfstr:
Need any help? Just let me know.
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. :)
[Android Themes] Diliban:
Issue with Boot Animation

Hi All,

I have attached the boot animation of GingerReal which I edited it for SGA. I resized the picture and changed the codes in the file.

When I run this animation in Boot Animation Preview tool it runs smoothly, but when I run the same on my device I get blank screen. I use root explorer to push the bootanimation in system/media folder. Do I need to set right permission??? Please help.... !!!
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Hi,

I fixed your boot animation:
[Android Themes] Diliban:
Wow.. Thanks a lot.. It works now. If possible please let me know what was the issue in the boot animation so that I can correct it next time.. :D
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
The issue was that the desc.txt file was compressed in DFLT-N mode. It should be in Store. :)
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Boot Animation Creator

Boot Animation Creator is done! Here's its official thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1234611
[Android Themes] CBR_1000RRider:
I tried doing this.

I've rooted my Atrix on current software, Unlocked the bootloader.

I'm currently trying to change my LWP to my custom bootscreen.

Your Boot Animation Preview says its all good, but I need to check my desc.text for errors.

Not sure if its correct. Anyone willing to point me in the right direction?

I've attached the Zip folder.

I only get the Motorola freeze screen first with the "UNLOCKED" in the top left corner of the screen. Then phone goes black and start to load everything from lock screen
[Android Themes] CBR_1000RRider:
Alright I tried the program, but I'm still in the same situation I was in before.

I replaced the .zip in system/media

and still have the same results..

Any idea's?

new .zip attached
[Android Themes] ZaLiTHkA:
The name of the folder holding your images is probably the problem.. I've never tried it, but I've never seen any animations that have special characters in the folder name (like _ or -). Try rename it to a simple 'part' or 'frames' and try again. Everything else looks ok, so that should sort it out.

Another thing while I'm at it.. What application do you use for the images? It might be a good idea to optimise them a bit. In PhotoShop, use the 'Save for web and devices' option. It removes unneeded file info (creator, 'date taken', owner, etc) and makes the files much smaller than normal save methods. Your PNGs could drop to anywhere between 40% and 50% of their current size (depending on colour content obviously). :)
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Did you draw your images in RGB 8bit or RGB 16bit color mode?
[Android Themes] karri0n:
I Have some info that pertains to this as well as to those who have been seeing the errors when trying to use the script.

The method you are describing here pertains to many ROMs, but will NOT work on CM7, and may not work on many gingerbread ROMs without first applying another fix - thread for this can be found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1029099

As far as those receiving the root:shell group error, it should still work as long as you perform the reboot command IMMEDIATELY after running the shell script, and do NOT run the shell script more than once. This means you should have already put the android-audio.mp3 into the /system/media folder before running the script.

I also received this error and could not get the sound to work, but as long as you follow the instructions exactly and perform the reboot immediately, you should receive sound.

If you did end up running the script more than once, and you didn't perform a nandroid first(WHY???), you can do a quick fix.

With terminal emulator:

su

sysrw (this should mount /system as read-write, if it does not move on to next section)

nano /system/build.prop

You build.prop will be open. Do NOT modify the contents, instead scroll to the bottom and find one(or many) line that says:

"ro.config.play.bootsound=1"

remove this line or lines. now press VOLUME DOWN + X to exit nano. it will ask you to save changes, say yes, and leave it as the same filename. Now run the script and make sure you run the reboot command immediately.

With Root Explorer, ES File Explorer, or another root access file manager:

navigate to /system/build.prop and open it. Do NOT modify the contents, instead scroll to the bottom and find one(or many) line that says:

"ro.config.play.bootsound=1"

delete this line, save changes, then run the bootsnd.sh script again.

Another thing to note is that if you are NOT using Cyanogenmod, there is a MUCH better and easier way to add sound to your boot animations, linked earlier in this post.
[Android Themes] ZaLiTHkA:
CBR_1000RRider, try the attached animation. I saved all the images using PhotoShop's "save for web and devices" option, renamed them, and created a new desc file for the new folder type.
[Android Themes] CBR_1000RRider:
Thank you for that!

Now I just need to edit the fps so its a little slower for the effect I want.

I was up all night looking for the software for the root, and the unlocker.

So I do appreciate it!

Now does anyone know how to get rid of the "Motorola Unlocked" freeze frame after unlocking the bootloader? After I do that and change the audio file I'll be all good. I just cant find the file for that freeze frame
[Android Themes] eternistarr:
Im not an expert on Motorola But my guess is that's because its part of the kernel
[Android Themes] ZaLiTHkA:
No problem, I'll edit the frame speed and upload it again for you. :)

That sounds like the splash screen, have a look in this thread, you'll find tons of different splash screens there. If you can't find the one you're looking for though, someone could help you make one. It's just a BMP file, nothing too complex.

Edit: Attached ZIP has frame speed of 15. :)
[Android Themes] CBR_1000RRider:
I don't want to replace it, I want to get rid of it. So that my bootanimation is the only thing that comes up, and cycles through until the phone loads.

I'm using root explorer to look through the system to find the file.
[Android Themes] ZaLiTHkA:
Oh... Hmmm... Make a nandroid backup first, just to be safe (in recovery menu, accessed from bootloader). I'm not sure you can actually remove that screen completely... :confused:
[Android Themes] CBR_1000RRider:
hmm ok.. I just won't mess with it right now then.

There are plenty of other things I can do with unlocking and rooting it.
[Android Themes] osana412:
wow... nice tutorial... thnx for shared..
[Android Themes] Xtazy305:
nice making some new boot animations:D
[Android Themes] nibras_reeza:
Cool and easy to understand guide.

Thanks. But, I still didn't come up with a boot anim theme/idea/concept that I want to try. Am tired of the default CM7 animation.

I think I'd try the sound thing first. I was looking forward to it.
[Android Themes] mfenix130:
How do i check if these work on my stock rom ?

(Have on galaxy s2,on which sammy have their propriety .qmg format)
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
If there's a bootanimation.zip file either in /system/media or /data/local, or there's no bootanimation.zip at all, it should work. :)
[Android Themes] mfenix130:
Thanks man,it does indeed work.And it plays the default boot animation sound.i Guess i'll have to replace that also.

Anyway i have a question.Do you know a way to extract frames from a video ?( so that i can make my own animation.)
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Try this program: http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/products/dvd/Free-Video-to-JPG-Converter.htm
[Android Themes] nibras_reeza:
The sound hack doesn't work on CM7/Swiftdroid2.0 =(
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
It works for me on all SwiftDroid versions. Maybe you're doing something wrong.
[Android Themes] nibras_reeza:
Did everything except step 0. =P Making backup. lol

If I'm running bootsnd.sh using sh command, I don't need to do chmod, right? (It's not in your instructions though.)
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
No, you don't. By the way, try this app: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.simproductions.bachanger&feature=search_result It allows you to install the sound binaries with one click.
[Android Themes] nibras_reeza:
Thanks. I tried Boot Manager Free but it didn't download.
[Android Themes] function69:
Can someone help me with getting sound please? When I type "sh bootsnd.sh" command I get the following error messages:

bootsnd.sh: cannot create /system/etc/init.local.rc: read-only file system

unable to chmod /system/bin/bootsound: no such file or directory

no such user 'root:shell'

Thanks in advance!

P.S. The BAC Lite app didn't help either, still no sound.
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Then, maybe your ROM doesn't support boot sounds.
[Android Themes] function69:
That's just too bad :mad:

But thanks anyway!
[Android Themes] mfenix130:
Does anyone know a quick way of converting jpgs to pngs in the proper format for boot animations?i have around 80 jpgs i want to convert .
[Android Themes] ZaLiTHkA:
Either with an image editing application on your computer (PhotoShop, Gimp, Paint.net, etc), or just do a Google search for "convert images online"..
[Android Themes] nibras_reeza:
There are a lot of options.

Once I had to convert a large number of images and run them through a complex set of modifications. What I did was, I used Paint.NET and found the keys to be pressed if I had no mouse. Then, automated it with AutoIT.
[Android Themes] mfenix130:
Thanks for the tips guys.But as i just found out jpgs seem to work just fine.Got my bootanimation to work.Now just need to tweak things a bit :)
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
You can batch convert them with Photoshop. Here's a video tutorial:

[YOUTUBE]TfbFBpkpa20[/YOUTUBE]
[Android Themes] nibras_reeza:
That app didn't work either. The app showed sound binaries were installed when I opened it. I uninstalled and reinstalled but that didn't work.

---------- Post added at 11:02 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:01 AM ----------

Isn't that an expensive paid app? =P
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Yes, it is, but it's well worth the money, if you ask me. :)
[Android Themes] nibras_reeza:
Maybe. It's more user-friendly I guess. I first learnt advanced graphics with Photoshop. Well, the first basic graphics started with MS Paint like for everybody else. Man that feeling you get when you can draw a house with your mouse. Wow.

Nonetheless, I feel that the free alternative like Paint.NET, Inkscape and GIMP can all replace the paid apps very well. However, I was not able to find a viable free alternative for Adobe Dreamweaver and Microsoft Frontpage.
[Android Themes] ZaLiTHkA:
Honestly, I use NotePad++ with the ZenCoding plugin for all my HTML, CSS, JS and PHP coding. Combine it with the already included NppFTP plugin for automatic FTP synchronisation and it does everything I need. :)

Then again, I don't do the WYSIWYG idea, I prefer to code it myself. So you can also have a look through this list on AlternativeTo, just filter the list by your platform OS and look for the free ones.
[Android Themes] nibras_reeza:
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I've tried most of those suggestions.

It's basically not the WYISWYG. Dreamweaver is an IDE rather than an HTML editor. It's a very capable software that does more than just formatting text.

Unlike other apps, the CSS and HTML integration is very well thought and applied. It also supports tight integration with Flash. Especially, the features in Frontpage and Dreamweaver for data driven sites are excellent.
[Android Themes] ZaLiTHkA:
Yup, I'm quite familiar with DreamWeaver, I still prefer using NotePad++ though for coding though... Just personal preference I guess. :)

Still, even looking from the IDE side of things, there are many free and open source IDEs that provide very similar functionality, but I don't want to go hijacking this thread to talk about stuff like that. :)
[Android Themes] Gandolff:
The easiest way is to use paint on your pc. Open the jpg then save as bmp.
[Android Themes] Desi130312:
Sorry for the ignorance, but how am i supposed to download the android_audio.mp3? When I click on your download link it just plays the file.
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Try this: right-click the download link, press save link as, and save the file.
[Android Themes] Desi130312:
I followed your directions exactly and while in terminal, after i pressed enter typing "sh bootsnd.sh" , all it said was "cannot create cannot create cannot create" on and on. then when I tried to reboot it said "not permitted". I typed everything right (twice) and put the files in the right place. Any ideas?
[Android Themes] hockeyfamily737:
It does not work with all roms on all devices.

Sent from my.... click, click boom.
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
If you are on a stock ROM, it's most likely that ADB commands are blocked. You need to install a custom ROM.
[Android Themes] Desi130312:
I'm rooted, I have ENG S OFF ,RADIO S OFF, and I have a custom rom.

Sent from my Coredroid loaded DESIRE HD!
[Android Themes] Esteway.619:
I followed the terminal emulator commands and I have the bootsnd.sh.txt file on my SD card and it says bootsnd.sh not found. So I renamed it to bootsnd.sh and said the same thing
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Did you mount the system as read/write?
[Android Themes] Desi130312:
Yes which didn't work and I did r/o

Sent from my Coredroid loaded DESIRE HD!
[Android Themes] LNKNPRKFN:
i dont know what happened, funs really slow on my sensation...did i do something wrong? i can send you my animations i did...
[Android Themes] iainbp:
will this work on hd2 with android rom ?

thinking of trying it but not sure if it will work on my phone
[Android Themes] Dblfstr:
Yes, this is what I do.
[Android Themes] Benjamincho:
It works great for me. Thank you so much man.
[Android Themes] strat1227:
Is there a maximum number of frames for it to work well? I have 185 and it goes at about 3FPS no matter what I set my FPS to. I've tried manually doing the .txt file, and I've tried the animation creator.

It previews super slow and actually displays super slow too when I put it on my device.

Any suggestions?
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Can you upload the boot animation, so I can take a look at it?
[Android Themes] torvick12:
the audio works and all but shouldnt the sound be when the boot animation is going on? Im getting the testing sound 3to5secs when the phone is booted up already, also it repeats it again once.
[Android Themes] Multisaft7:
Can someone make a bootanimation from the galaxy nexus preview, as long as the robots are there?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F_ke3rxopc
[Android Themes] jamal2367:
Thanks for the Tutorial :)
[Android Themes] torvick12:
I have that animation on my g2x, I'll post the link where u can get it when i get home.
[Android Themes] Hex.sk:
Ok, I have a question. I've made the animation with just a few frames for starters, and the problem is it plays the frames from the first folder, then it shows the first frame from part0 folder AGAIN, and then it shows the frame from part1 folder. What could cause this?

This happens when I manually made desc and when I used boot animation creator. Double-triple-checked that desc.txt is UNIX and ANSI, and that the compression is set to store, and that there are none .db files in .zip.

What could cause this?
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Can you upload your boot animation, so I can see what the problem is, please?
[Android Themes] arnarg:
Hi, I followed your guide and it worked. But, it's very choppy (laggy?) the first time it loops, is this due to low hardware quality on my ZTE Blade or are the jpg files in wrong settings? I attached the bootanimation.zip

Also, I could not get it install through Terminal Simulator (cp /sdcard/bootanimation /system/media), it said that /system/media was read-only even though I gave it superuser permission (not rooted correctly?). I ended up putting the bootanimation.zip inside the rom's zip file (of the rom that I use) in /system/data and reflashing it.

Thanks in advance,

Arnar.

Add: If anyone is interested, I can make the same animation except saying android instead of my name :)
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
Hi, it's normal for the boot animation to be choppy at the beginning - that happens on every phone. You got the 'read-only' error in terminal because you didn't mount the system partition as read-write. You do that with the following command:

mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
[Android Themes] ZaLiTHkA:
The best way to cut down on the lag is to reduce the file size of the images so they load faster. Try saving them at a slightly lower quality and see how it goes. Also, if you have access to Photoshop, use the "Save for Web and Devices" option, it helps cut down file size quite nicely.

Edit: Not sure if you have access to PS or not, so I saved the JPGs using the "Save for Web and Devices" option at "High" quality (60%, "Very High" is generally 80%). The size dropped from about 1.5mb to just under 900kb. Hope that helps a bit. :)
[Android Themes] arnarg:
Thank you, I rendered the jpg sequence in After Effects which has similiar (if not the same) settings as photoshop and I set the quality to 8. I tried your modified bootanimation but didn't see any noticeable difference :( maybe I'll try something more simple, or just keep this one, it's not like I'm rebooting the phone all the time :P
[Android Themes] ZaLiTHkA:
Yeah, that's what PS refers to as 80, or 80%... Well, other than keeping the animation to as few frames as possible (mine has 6 in total), not really sure what else to suggest.

However, here's something I found out by accident, but I haven't really tested properly yet... If you cut the frame size down (for your images, maybe like 480x400, just enough to cover the areas that actually have colour), then make sure the desc.txt file has the file proportions set, your device should display those images centred with a black background. As I say though, I haven't tested it properly; I used a boot animation designed for a smaller screen (which I only found out later) and it actually kept the proportions of the image.

Otherwise, as you said, it's not like we have Androids just to sit and reboot them all day. :D That's Windows Mobile's department. :p
[Android Themes] arnarg:
Customizing your android device is so much fun! :O I made another boot animation, a bit lighter than the 3d stuff I made before. I'm pretty satisfied with it :D
[Android Themes] arnarg:
Does anyone know what the second number means?

As in:

I'm a bit curious, and as far as I can tell it isn't explained in the first post.

Edit: Also, if I make part0 and part1 only loop once, for example, after part1 will go to part0 again or just stop?
[Android Themes] Roqu3:
Its a delay time
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
If you make part0 and part1 to loop only once, your boot animation will repeat. :)
[Android Themes] unibombz:
Custom Boot Animation

Hello, I have been recently trying to do my own custom boot animation for my droid. I have had success with adding an ICS boot ani, but can not get my own to work. I have all my files in png split up and was wondering why my image is not showing.

I have my attached file of my images, for some reason I think it is the size or the format that is not allowing the image I want to appear. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Download my rar below, thank you.
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
You don't have the desc.txt file, that's your problem. I attached the fixed animation.
[Android Themes] ZaLiTHkA:
There's a couple problems with the file you attached: The file needs to be a ZIP file, it needs to be named 'bootanimation.zip' (a RAR won't work here), and it must be created without any compression (use the 'Store' method). Also you don't have a desc.txt file, so the Android OS won't know what it's supposed to do with the file.

On the other side, PNG and JPG files should load just fine for boot animations, I've used both without any issues in the past. The most important thing is to watch the file sizes though, if a picture has lots of varied colours then JPG might be smaller, if it has very basic colours (or even solid black backgrounds) then PNG may be better. I'd suggest you try them both and decide for yourself.
[Android Themes] unibombz:
Yes sorry, I did have that packed in there before (the txt file) sorry i didn't zip it with my previous post , but it still did not work

here is the full .zip of what I had flashed via cwm --- upon boot, i get a black screen as boot animation

This is basically just takin from the WORKING ics_bootani.zip --- with the picture files changed to what i want to use... you can use it as a comparison or, use it of course

Thank you for all the help, hope i can figure out how to get my custom boot working
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
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[Android Themes] ZaLiTHkA:
Is that 'habs_bootanimation.zip' the file you're trying to use here? More specifically, what are you doing with that? Looking at it's contents, it's a flashable ZIP file, but you don't need a flashable zip for what you're trying to do...

Looking inside this file, there's a 'sanim.zip' file in the '/system/media' folder that has every image duplicated in JPG and PNG: this should be called 'bootanimation.zip' and should only have one set of images in sequence that you want as the frames of your animation. In addition to this, the ZIP (the incorrectly named 'sanim.zip' one) is again stored with compression, it must be without compression, otherwise it won't work.
[Android Themes] unibombz:
Working animation

I finally got it to work, I do believe it was the compression setting, so thank you for that.

Here is the WORKING boot animation (flashable via cwm) for the Montreal Canadians (NHL TEAM)

GO HABS GO !!!
[Android Themes] muromysli:
Does the name of the 10th image become 10010 or 100010 ?
[Android Themes] despotovski01:
That would be 10010. :)