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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Feanux:
Yeah I think it has something to do with 7.0. I flashed the 8.0 Lightrom and it seems to be fixed. All SMS and phone calls are coming through, no calls are being sent right to voicemail.

The rom itself isn't super stable and most of the 8.0 roms seem to have an issue with GPS so I'll have to wait for a more stable solution but I'll take a little instability over messages failing.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] mario24601:
Thanks. I've been using my old s5 exclusively but will hunt for a good 8.0. You said lineage 14.1 still has issue?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Feanux:
I tried it with Lineage for 7.0 but not the 8.0 version. Some Oreo roms are having issue with GPS (Lineage included) so I stayed away from those.

I actually just swapped to another rom to see if it's more stable. Currently on ALEXNDR's 8.0 rom - it's super stable so far and pretty barebones in terms of a ROM but I'd rather build what I need into it through Magisk & Xposed anyways.

Looks like the ALEXNDR rom is doing it as well - going to head back to the previous one.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Feanux:
Alright so I've tried a few other 8.0 ROMs and they're all doing, except for Lightrom.

I have no idea what makes Lightrom so special but it's working for now.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] mario24601:
Thanks, have a link for lightrom?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Feanux:
https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s7/development/teamexykings-lightrom-8-0-t3793950

I think it might have something to do with the developer being in Germany. In most of the ROMs I've tried before the CSC that was always given/recommended was BTU (UK). I took a peak in the ROM files to figure out if the CSC was different - the listed CSC "G930FDBT2ERE8" which SamMobile lists as the German CSC (DBT) . T-Mobile is huge in Germany (Deutsche Telekom) so maybe other ROMs might work just as well if I use the German CSC - pure speculation though.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] mario24601:
Hey Feanux, is lightrom still working for you? I tried it and still having issues. I also have been flashing every stock rom I can find on sam mobile but nothing works, it begins to do it eventually.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Feanux:
Yeah still on 8.0.0 LightROM using 3.18.117-TGPKernel.S7.6.6.1

Baseband version is G930FXXU2DRAG

Seems to be the most stable for me. It still happens here and there (usually with long SMS failing to send) but other than that it works.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] mario24601:
Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] mario24601:
Arrrrrrghhhh unfortunately not working. I'm still getting failed messages and receiving texts very delayed. Not sure what else to try. I had bought a brand new OnePlus X sealed in box as back up now I guess I have to use it. Who knows how many other messages not coming through. I even tired countless stock software from Sam mobile but same outcome. Wish I had never updated to 8.0
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] AhmedZein:
all of the sudden i have notification says that my sd card corrupted *its 32 gb sandisk ultra* when i put it in another phone it works fine and when i tried to install it it stops at 20% then fails but when i put the phone in the charger and restart the phone it works for small time and retearn to says it's corrupted is there any fix for that
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] Wolfcity:
Buy a new SD.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] acejavelin:
Although [MENTION=5237901]Wolfcity[/MENTION] is being rather blunt, he isn't wrong. It sounds like your using it as adopted storage which is incredibly hard on an SD card, but once errors occur you cannot trust it again... For the minor cost of an SD card, just replace it.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] Wolfcity:
My answer was a bit short indeed as I was thinking the same, a SD is not so expensive and maybe I presupposed that it is general knowledge from using HD and SD in PC or mobile that if a storage device starts producing errors you'll have to buy a new one real soon in almost all cases.
[Android Head-Units] dust906:
Has anyone found a good link to a matte screen protector for the 10.1 units ?

really nice screen but really shiny. and the fitting process is going to be a nightmare if no one has done it already
[Android Head-Units] huffie:
I believe you can just buy any normal matte screen protector just making sure that it's dimension is bigger than your screen size. That's what I did when I purchased from China's "amazon" equivalent and trimmed the corners to fit.
[Android Head-Units] angus99:
Is the screen usable in bright light. I’m looking at an 8” unit, but it will be fitted in a convertible which is only really driven with the roof down. Main concern is that the screen will unreadable on bright days.
[Android Head-Units] dust906:
screen is actually really well built, glare is not that bad at all. it's just like looking at glass in your vehicle though. im going to just get a flimsy anti glare protector and try a couple from amazon

i got the 10.1 unit and they sent it from china in 3 days. if you know how to work around android, this is a piece of cake.

this thing is the best china built thing i've bought to be honest
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
I finally figured out what was stopping a custom boot animation from being installed onto the HD 10 running stock FireOS. This guide will show you how to replace the boot animation, to just about anything you want. For reference, we are using my favorite Android boot animation from Marshmallow, but there is Lollipop boot animation as well. You need to be rooted in order to complete this guide.

****THIS MAY NOT WORK FOR YOUR TABLET. RESULTS CAN VARY. YOU ARE PERFORMING THIS GUIDE AT YOUR OWN RISK. WORST CASE SCENERIO: NO BOOT ANIMATION (MUST REFLASH YOUR CURRENT VERSION OF FIRE OS TO RESTORE IT)****

1. Download the Marshmallow boot animation zip from this thread (1080p is perfect) to your internal storage. Using a root explorer, open the zip file and tap system then media and extract 'bootanimation.zip' to your internal storage.

2. Download 'bootanimation.zip' at the end of this post and extract the 'bootanimation' file to your desktop PC or the internal storage of your tablet. (THIS IS NOT A FLASHABLE ZIP FILE)

3. Again, using a root explorer, navigate to /system/bin and make a copy the 'bootanimation' file and back it up to a folder in your storage. Now copy the 'bootanimation' file you downloaded in step 2 and paste it in /system/bin, overwriting the existing one. Make sure to set the permissions of the file to rwxr-xr-x

4. Using a root explorer again, go back to your internal storage and copy the 'bootanimation.zip' you extracted earlier in step 1. Then navigate to /system/media and paste 'bootanimation.zip'. Set the permissions to rw-r--r--

5. Reboot and watch your animation. See video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lmNGAn_YIY

HOW?

The answer was in /system/bin. Amazon modified the 'bootanimation' file in /system/bin so only their boot animation is the one used. If you had only placed the zip in /system/media, the animation would animate for a few seconds, freeze and just before the end of booting, would start to animate again. I tried portrait and landscape. I tried different resolutions. I tried different animations and every one of the animations would freeze. I opened up the ROM for the Fire 7 (Fire Nexus ROM by [MENTION=5749760]ggow[/MENTION]) and copied the 'bootanimation' file from /system/bin over to the stock FireOS ROM on the HD 10, and set the proper permissions. Problem solved!

Updates:

January 11, 2019: The bootanimation-STOCK.zip attached below, contains the stock FireOS bootanimation. Simply delete the bootanimation.zip in /system/media (if there is one). Extract/unzip the bootanimation-STOCK.zip into internal storage and copy/paste the bootanimation file to /system/bin, overwriting the one there.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] dondraper23:
Awesome post, as always, Mr. DragonFire1024
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Heads up. If you simply overwrite the file in /system/bin with the bootanimation file (not the zip) and reboot, you get a surprise. I don't want to ruin it ;) With that said, if someone could extend that animation a little...
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Touchpad64gb:
Wonder if we can use the Oreo Boot animation I'm using for my Moto G4??
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Should be able to copy the .zip from /system/media to the same folder on the HD 10. The worst that can happen is it won't work (but won't break anything. You may get a black screen until the booting finishes) or the graphics will be too small.

Edit: still need to overwrite the bootanimation file in system/bin no matter what animation you want to use. It just needs to be done once
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Touchpad64gb:
Alright, I'll give it a try...Thanks for the Reply.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] dondraper23:
DragonFire1024

I was just curious if you plan to do any more YouTube videos as proof of concepts to coincide with your very helpful posts
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Depends what I find or do and if it should have a video. I'm always working on something ?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] dondraper23:
I know you are and I always look forward to what you post next!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Touchpad64gb:
I Just wanted to report back and let you guys know that the Custom Oreo Boot Animation works Perfectly for FireHD10. I used the 1440p Resolution file from here https://www.yourtechnocrat.com/download-android-o-oreo-bootanimation-on-any-android/
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] dondraper23:
I just tested that out. Thanks for the info! Works great.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] smam1338:
I cannot, regardless of what I do, get this to work.

I have followed the instructions - exactly - multiple times now.

I have tried numerous bootanimation.zip, including the one linked to in OP.

Files are in the proper locations, file permissions are set as specified.

It doesn't matter if I have the zip in /system/media or not, I get a black screen until UI loads.

Power on --> amazon logo --> black screen --> UI, no matter what I seem to do.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. This is driving me nuts, I just don't understand what I'm missing or doing wrong.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Delon88:
help

Yeah, I followed all the directions and still cant get it to work nor can I get the original boot animation to work.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] smam1338:
I can't either. I tried after reading your comment.

No zip in /media, restored bootanimation in /bin to the original, still just a black screen during boot.

So this broke the bootanimation altogether.

Edit: I will add that my stock OS was 5.6.0.1. I suspect something has changed from previous versions, what was your stock version? What was OP's?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
You have to place the bootanimation.zip in /system/media after overwriting the file in /system/bin. Unzip the animation in the link in OP. There will be another zip inside it. that's the zip you use.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] smam1338:
Yeah I follow, and I did so several times. I can't even revert to having the stock "fire" boot animation.

Following the guide effectively broke my boot animation altogether. Again, I cannot even go back to having the original boot animation. Same thing the guy who replied after me reported as well.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Make sure the permissions are set correctly. .bin file: rwxr-xr-x and the .zip: rw-r--r--
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] smam1338:
Yes, I have, numerous times. As I have said.

I'm going to flash my system.img backup and see if that restores the stock boot animation, because nothing else has.

Edit: dd-ing my system.img of my post-root supersu backup restored my boot animation to stock.

Final Edit/Update:

Confirming that this does indeed work. I'm not sure what exactly I did the first time, but it completely botched the boot animation.

dd'd system.img (I had other compelling reasons to anyway), followed the instructions again, exactly as they are written.

I didn't even extract the zip on PC and then push, I did it all in ES.

The first time I did this I think I had some sort of permission issues (had to delete bootanimation and then paste the replacement, couldn't overwrite), and I suspect that combined with a little user error ruined boot animation. Anyway, thank you for the guide [MENTION=8165603]DragonFire1024[/MENTION]. This is a little thing, but completely worth it, imo.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Very strange but glad it worked. You can now have just about any boot animation you can find. Simply replace the zip in /system/media, give permissions, reboot. Just make sure to have the right resolution ?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] smam1338:
I still have no idea where I messed it up. It seems like ES wasn't actually in Root Explorer, it showed the permissions as being set, but they definitely weren't.

Was weird that I could delete then paste bootanimation in /bin but not overwrite.

Of course, right after I got this working I used a boot animation that wasn't the right resolution.

I thought 1440p would just look better, not give me a bootloop :eek:

I've spent way too much time on merely changing the boot animation. :laugh:
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
That's ok. It took me months to finally figure out why the animation *couldn't* be changed. One night out of frustration, I decided to overwrite the .bin file, while anticipating a brick. Much to my surprise It worked.

EDIT: ES file explorer used to be the best. Now most will consider it borderline adware. I use root explorer premium. It will always be my go to explorer.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Kekerokr:
Step 2 download link is broken. Would u plz restore it?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
I'll have to do it when I get home later. You could try using bootanimation from /system/bin from another custom aosp room (cm). Any aosp bootanimation aosp bin should work.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Kekerokr:
O.K then, does it ok to use from Lineage OS ?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Look in /system/media. If you see a zip file there, then yes most likely it will work. If it doesn't, the worst that will happen is no boot animation. I'll be home late though. So sometime tomorrow morning
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Kekerokr:
Well, it did not work at all. I restored the back up of "bootanimation" file and all things went back to as it used to be. I guess that I'll have to wait ur verified one.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Strange. Apologies. I'll let you know as soon as I'm done.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Problem fixed. I updated the OP. Just download the bootanimation.zip and extract the file. Don't get the two zips confused with one another.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Kekerokr:
Hey thanks for everything. I got the Oreo boot animation instead of Marshmallow one and it actually worked !!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Awesome ? You can now change your boot animation to anything that supports this format...which means the possibilities are endless. Just a reminder: when or if you change your animation again, you do NOT have to do anything in the /system/bin folder. Just update the zip in /system/media, set permissions and reboot.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] dank25:
Is there anyway to download the stock bootanimation.bin file?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
You would have to extract a system.img from the update.bin. to do that you need to unpack the .dat files.so yes you can, but it requires a bit to set up.ill do it tomorrow.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Rortiz2:
And you can upload the stock bootanimation. The one that says fire in orange color.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Yes that animation is embedded in the bin while the actual drawables are in the sysui if I recall. Either the sysui or framework. Amazon has their pngs scattered between the two.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Blackweiser35:
Adding sound to bootanimation

Is there any luck with adding sound to the bootanimations. I have a Fire Hd 10 on 5.3.6.4
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
You need to find one with sound. These just don't have any built in. Most modern boot animations don't have sound anymore and I can't recall the last time I heard sound on any except my xt907 (Droid Razr M) on stock. You can try this app 'Boot animations for superuser' https://play.google.com/store/apps/...app&pcampaignid=APPU_1_OAo5XMHGMITs5gLK257oCw
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Got the latest .bin downloaded. Going to extract the system.img and post the stock settings and bootanimation bin in a few minutes.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Done. See OP.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Rortiz2:
Thanks! But how do I extract the images?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Ahh...you can't. Well you can...but not from there. That's in the framework-res.apk in /assets/images.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
here is the folder from the framework with the boot images.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Blackweiser35:
I have root and was able apply new bootanimations by using your method. What folder does the sound file to to. Nothing seen with poweron or poweroff in system/media or system/etc data/local.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Do you happen to have my framework mod installed?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Blackweiser35:
I had xposed and flash fire installed for a bit but it started boot looping. Seemed to have better luck I guess. Also tried using the framework but all my slide buttons were frozen. Even did it multiple times with same result. In have Amazon fire hd 10 on 5.3.6.4
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Ah yes. it appears I'm going to have to make one for that dreaded version. Well if this was Amazon's way of playing a little joke, to cause just enough of a headache, I give them credit. It's been a while since we had one of these snafus, but this is a big card they played. Question is was it too soon?

I suppose I'll see what the framework holds today.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Blackweiser35:
Trust me it was accidental updating to this version...
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
And so far as I know, no one has tried to downgrade.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Blackweiser35:
This is way over due for Amazon to release the bootloaer unlock or someone to crack the encryption.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DB126:
- Amazon does not release bootloader unlock keys

- Encryption would be quite useless if it could be easily broken

- Bootloader exploits are the result of identifying and leveraging a vulnerability (coding error or oversight) vs breaking encryption
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] :
Watch Dogs?

Can I use the watchdogs animation file? It is a zip with audio but it doesnt have a bootanimation file. I have copied it to both locations with the perms set, but it freezes 3/4 of the way and then the fire optimising system screen comes up after 10 secs. How do I make it work?

T hank you
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
May not be compatible. I'll have to look at a device I own that has boot audio and get back to you. Sorry I've been very sick the past several days and have been in bed. I will look as soon as I can.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] :
Any news on this?

(Sorry for being impatient)
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
No sorry I haven't had any time to try and or experiment. I've been far too focused on trying to get the bootloader unlocked on this thing. if I come to find that it can't be unlocked on this tablet or at least not by the current means recently discovered then I will give it a shot. But if I can finally get this thing unlocked then we won't have to worry about boot animations cuz hopefully the ROMs that I've been designing for this will finally flash.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
So I tested some boot animation from another device that has sound and guess what...no sound. Until I can research this more, the only thing I can come with at the moment is to try and use the bootanimation bin file and the zip file in the media folder from the same device you're trying to port from. It's possible the bin file in this case is encoded with the proper audio parameters.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] :
Ok, so sound doesn't work yet...

But I'm not too worried with the sound. It's more the animation itself. When I downloaded it, there was no bootanimation.bin file, only a bootanimation.zip and a bootaudio.zip . I copied both to /system/bin and /system/media and set proper permissions. But still when I reboot, it freezes 3/4 way and I have to wait for lock screen. I feel this is because the os didn't see the one in /system/bin and so froze. I also tried renaming the existing bootanimation file to bootanimation_ which actually disabled the whole animation, I just got a black screen until it had booted up.

How to stop it freezing?

Thanks

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Is this possible? If so how close are we to getting it? Cos if it can be unlocked then we get TWRP and Magisk and custom ROMs. Just don't want to brick my fire

Thanks
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Rortiz2:
Hi,

I'm sorry about the offtopic but I want to ask you one thing and since it's related to bootanimation I ask you around here.

I have a BQ M8 tablet (rooted with TWRP) and I would like to change the bootanimation.

What is the problem? That uses bootanimation.mp4. I have tried to replace the bootanimation that is in system/bin and put a bootanimation.zip in system/media but it always stays in the BQ logo.

This method can work?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
The zips go in /system/media permissions 0644. The binary you download in the OP, bootanimation, goes in /system/bin permissions 0755. That's the only time you should have to touch that file in /system/bin. When you want new animation, change the zips. Also the audio files may have to go in the framework or something. When I get time, I'll try to track it down.

Edit: extract the bootanimation from the zip file in the OP and put that into system/bin 0755 permissions. Then it's up to you to find the zips. There are two links in the OP for stock animations. Download the zips from there and rename them bootanimation.zip and put it in /system/media with 0644 (rw-r-r--) permissions.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
I have never seen a boot animation in the file type of an .mp4. is it an actual mp4? It's not just renamed to that? I will have to poke around for this one.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Rortiz2:
Yes, its MP4. I can only replace it with other mp4.

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[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
That's about as annoying as Samsung's method for boot animation. .qmg....
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] :
Blank screen til reboot when I replace the stock bootanimatio n with perms in \system\bin
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
You also have to add the zip of the animation you want to /system/media
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] :
I did. Zips in media and bootanimation file in \system\bin with proper perms.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Touchpad64gb:
After the last latest update, my boot animation hasn't worked the same as before the update. Anyone else having this issue?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
If you let the tablet update, you will have to do the guide over
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] DragonFire1024:
Try another zip. May not be compatible.
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 General] Touchpad64gb:
That's what I did. I followed your guide as I did last time and used the same zip file as last time, did everything exactly the same but for some reason it only runs the bootanimation about half ways and the animation stops until it get into tablet OS. Oh well...Just was wondering if anyone has had this issue too. Thanks for the reply