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[Captivate Themes and Apps] warri:
Awesome Job... However, i would love to see some standard Android Animations, Not ROM Specific, maybe some hating on apple, (like the android peeing on apple logo (seen around the forums somewhere))

Since your the graphics artist i'll leave the creativity for you.. ;)

You should start cranking some cool ones out, start a thread and share with the world!!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] pyrplhaze:
HHAHAHA! that'd be so awesome
[Captivate Themes and Apps] joeybear23:
awesome stuff, guys.

bookmarked
[Captivate Themes and Apps] joeybear23:
Any way to do this a terminal emulator on the phone?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] avgjoegeek:
So I have some silly questions about creating a custom bootanimation.zip

Does it have to be a specific size for the pictures?

Ive been trying to get a Nexus one loaded and not having much luck :(
[Captivate Themes and Apps] cmbrougham:
Thanks! And I'm already working on a couple concepts along that vein ;) I don't know if I'll go the "Andy Peeing" route (I dunno--I live in an area where every pickup truck has Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes peeing on the logo of another company :D) but I've got a couple ideas mocking fruit phones.

This is my first Android phone--and I never drank any Apple juice--so I'm more than happy to partake in some iPhlaming.

If you guys have any crazy ideas, let me know, and I'll try to cook something up :cool: Also, if you've found another boot animation that you like that doesn't seem to format correctly to the Captivate, post a link and I'll see if I can rework it.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] cmbrougham:
Yup; just be sure you're running as SuperUser (type in su at the terminal prompt).

Then:

cp /sdcard/[filelocation]/[bootanimation-name].zip /system/media/bootanimation.zip
reboot

Replace [filelocation] and [bootanimation-name] with the appropriate information.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] cmbrougham:
Not that I'm aware of. The ones I'm building are 480x800 (width x height), which is the same resolution as the Captivate screen. However, I was running one that was something like 480x420, and that looked fine.

Why? Are you having issue with the image distorting?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] joeybear23:
Okay, that's where I was going wrong. I was using the cp command, but I did not name the zip file on the destination, and I kept getting an error.

Thanks!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] JimmyStale:
Very nice work! What about an apple being squeezed thru some gears(cognition) and an android being spit out at the bottom?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] fritzgerald:
Can anyone take a look at my animation and see what I'm doing wrong? I'm thinking I may have to many frames. All I get is the ATT screen then a black screen until my home screen comes up.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] cmbrougham:
I think you had a few things going on:

Your zip file seemed a bit... off. When I unpackaged and rezipped, I got a different file size (no compression--store only).

Not sure this had anything to do with it not working, but the images were only 180x320; this appears as a postage stamp in the middle of that beautiful screen :)

Your desc.txt might have been improperly encoded. When I wrote it from scratch it worked.

Anyway, I uprezzed the images and repackaged it; zip is attached. Did you build the graphics? Bloody! You might want to re-export the animation frames as 480x800, if you can--they'll look better that way. You should be able to just replace the PNGs in the folder structure of the zip, and maintain the desc.txt file. Be sure to zip up in Store mode; 7-Zip works great.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] fritzgerald:
Thanks for taking a look at it. I thought I was saving it with no compression but I guess not. I must have something else going on because even after you fixed it I still get the same thing. White ATT screen...Black Screen...Home Screen. I wish I had done the animation so I could export at a larger size but I actually got the animation HERE. I just recolored it to look bloody instead of splatters.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] halfbrainhunter9000:
i keep getting a "failed to copy 'bootanimation.zip' to '/system/media/bootanimation.zip': Permission denied" error. Anyone know what that's all about? I think I mounted into rw correctly but I don't know for sure.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] di11igaf:
kinda weird, first boot of one of the animations i got stuck in a bootloop, had to pull battey. booted the second time and it was fine. this shouldnt have made a difference but i did adb-reboot since i was doing some other things instead of a power off then back on.

and OT-Demented71 im right around the corner from you (northern wilmington DE)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] iamamp3pimp:
yeah this is freaking awesome!

looks real good.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] joeybear23:
Are you rooted? Are you allowing superuser permissions when you start the process?

When you first use the su command, you must "allow" when the permission request dialog box comes up on the phone.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] ozone777:
Great Job

This looks really good.

The only thing I would do to it is fade it out at the end instead of ending it abruptly.

Maybe even fade just the lightning and background first then fade the text and logo.

Still looks good as is, and it's my new favorite.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] cmbrougham:
THE NEW DOPE: Another Cognition boot animation

I know you guys are hankering for more generic boot anims, but I had to get this one out of my system first :D

This one's a wee bit dorky, I'll admit--but I giggle every time I watch it :)

(Yay. I can post images'n'links'n'stuff.)

I'm going to work on this one a bit and spruce it up. I think I've bumped into a frame rate issue with the boot animations. More testing is needed, so consider this a beta.

Download is attached. And I'm working on some more generic Android booties... though I should probably do some paying work first ;)

Enjoy!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] cmbrougham:
Thanks! Actually, the real animation loops about halfway through the animation, so that the electric arcs are seamless. The animated GIF has to go all the way back to square one, so it looks a little choppy.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] avgjoegeek:
If your getting permission denied you don't have permission :)

... Now I didn't do this the best way (not very secure) but all I did inside a terminal was chmod +777 /system/media and I was able to read/write to the folder just fine.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] warri:
place the bootanimation.zip in /data/local delicious

or you can go into root explorer and remount your /system/media as r/w
[Captivate Themes and Apps] avgjoegeek:
No.. I realized what I was doing wrong. Got it working now - got the basic Nexus one bootup running and looks awesome.

Was playing with a few - the Cognition with the lightning was pretty awesome too.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] joeybear23:
Dude... you... rock!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] cmbrougham:
Android vs. Apple, v1.0 | Generic Android boot animation

This is the first round of a little game I like to call, "How Long Will It Take to Receive a Cease and Desist?"

This one goes out to all my iHaterz homies out there:

I'm going to tweak this one some more; I've been working on it while the power is out--thanks to the gales of November coming earleeeeeeee...

Enjoy it, iPhools :p

EDIT: Retired, due to the release of a mo' bettah version here...
[Captivate Themes and Apps] warri:
awesome puting this on my phone now.. oh well for my old decepticon boot animation, i like this better!

It runs nice, except the begining its a little slow, and infact my phone boots before the animation completes. Maybe speed it up in the begining ? It skips the "android" appearing at the bottom. Right before that comes up my phone boots up ..fast booting phone thanks to VOODOO!!!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] halfbrainhunter9000:
thank you, I don't know why I didn't think to try root explorer it worked perfect :)

thanks all for helping me :) and thanks to cmbrougham for the sweet bootani's :)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Chief Beefalo:
THIS IS GREAT!

However.... Correct grammar would be Apples "Are" for eating...;)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Jirv311:
Absolutely that is awesome. I'm getting somewhat of the same issue though. Mine never shows the Android at the bottom. Too fast now with Voodoo. :D
[Captivate Themes and Apps] cmbrougham:
Copy that on the speed up; I'll issue v1.1 later with that change. It's an interesting challenge to time these things, because you really have no idea how long the animation will last, depending on the ROM/kernel you're using. Stupid Voodoo, screwing everything up :)

The "Apples is" was intentional ;) However, I'll probably change it before this thing goes viral.

If anybody has any interesting ideas for how a certain piece of fruit should meet its demise, let me know!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] ri3tn:
I love your work! And just wanted to suggest that maybe a version of the android eating apple animation with a black background instead of white would look awesome.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] fatttire:
CLASSIC! getting now. haha thanks for making it.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] di11igaf:
that is one of the best boot animations i have ever seen.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] rasroygbiv:
Beautiful! I just slapped it on the Cappy... you've made me happy.. :)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Symmetric:
I'm having the same "problem" with the Apple boot, but it's absolutely awesome!

I would also like to see it with a black BG though.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] insaneturbo13:
i wish i was halfway good with photoshop, i want to make a boot animation that has the cognition cogs turning and the apple goes through like wood through a wood-chipper.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] JimmyStale:
+1 this is pretty much what i suggested a few pages back
[Captivate Themes and Apps] cmbrougham:
Android vs. Apple, v1.1 | TWO FLAVORS | Generic Android boot animation

Based on the comments regarding the animation running too slow (or rather, your Captivate running too f-a-s-t :p), my intentional/silly slaughtering of the Engrish, and the desire for a black version, I submit for your approval...

ANDROID VS. APPLE - WHITE - V1.1

ANDROID VS. APPLE - BLACK - V1.1

Get 'em while they're smokin'...

(Let me know if the primary part of the animation doesn't make it all the way through before you hit the main launcher screen. It seems to be OK here, but timing these things is a bugger.)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] cmbrougham:
Alright, this may seem WAY too analytical for a freaking boot animation, but my issue with that image is that it appears that Android is somehow a derivative or a mash-up of iOS, and by proxy, so is Cognition. Admittedly, I know little about Android and less about iOS, but I'm pretty sure some would take exception to that particular intimation :rolleyes:

You'll have to forgive me: this is the day job getting in the way. Video production = advertising = being a puppeteer of optic nerves and neural pathways. You don't have to say what you mean, but you do have to mean what you say ;)

Keep 'em coming, though--I don't mean to dissuade creative suggestions. I just have to go "oooooh" when I hear the idea.

I can get behind something like this; time to break out the particle generators :D
[Captivate Themes and Apps] insaneturbo13:
that is awesome guy! thanks in advance for giving it a shot, cant wait to see the results!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Symmetric:
perfect!

I can stop looking at boot animations, this is a keeper.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] cmbrougham:
Oh, don't stop now. I've got some pretty crazy shizzle in the hopper ;)

Stay tuned...
[Captivate Themes and Apps] puros_bran:
You need a donate button.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] sinichi21:
Like that apple be eaten by android keep it up :D
[Captivate Themes and Apps] cmbrougham:
Really? People would throw in for one of these things? I mean--I certainly wouldn't put up much fuss--but that would be kind o' cool.

Gotta figure that one out...
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Jirv311:
Your work so far is fan-freaking-tastic. Thank you for being good at what you do. :D
[Captivate Themes and Apps] 10tonhammr:
You, sir, are damn talented.

My suggestion: RED DROID EYE + LASER BEAM + APPLE LOGO= ????

or..... expand on your star wars themed cognition boot animation and have the death star blowing up the apple logo?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] cmbrougham:
Thank you for the nice comment!

I like those ideas... though I think I'm more inclined to turn the Apple logo INTO the Death Star and then blow THAT up :) What say you? :D
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Sulphur4724:
I liked "Apples IS for eatin'!"

Personally. :)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] RKight:
I started with the R2D2 Droid 2 boot screen and I'm currently using your Cognition one sans the beta info...but I'm thinking your "Apples are for nom" with the black background is going on my phone in just a few minutes. Lol. I know a lot of people with iPhones and I just can't help myself. I'll be taking full advantage of that reboot option that DG added to the power menu in Cognition. Haha
[Captivate Themes and Apps] cmbrougham:
Android vs. Apple, v1.2 | TWO FLAVORS | Generic Android boot animation

Your wish is my command. For those who like trashed grammar and aren't fond of 'Net lingo, I present:

ANDROID VS. APPLE - WHITE - V1.2

ANDROID VS. APPLE - BLACK - V1.2

Download below.

NOTE: I'm trying out a different image compression, so let me know your results. These are JPEGs instead of PNGs. I don't notice much/any difference in quality or playback, and in fact the files are just bigger. The animations still aren't as smooth as I'd like, and I don't know if that's a frame rate issue, a compression issue, or a hardware issue. Obviously, I can do something about the first two--it's the last one that's a fixed factor.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] warri:
Maybe Start your Own Thread, With All the Boot Animations You Create, and update them them as you go (with changelogs and pictures)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] RKight:
+1 (a la Cognition)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] puros_bran:
All Your Phone Are Belong To Us
[Captivate Themes and Apps] RKight:
Where's the "like" button when you need it? :D
[Captivate Themes and Apps] cmbrougham:
That's probably a good idea. I've got a bunch of ideas, and as long as they're well-received, it would make sense to keep them a little more organized.

I'm not too familiar with this forum software. Is it possible to add new posts at the top of the thread, so that as I added animations, they weren't mixed in to any comments and discussion (just to make locating them easier)? I suppose I could do it all in one post, and continually edit that, but I've got about two dozens ideas right now, and they just keep on coming ;)

Like this, for example... this just gave me an exxxxxxxxcellent idea :p
[Captivate Themes and Apps] warri:
You can continuously edit your Original Post in the Thread you start, so you can keep updating it with change logs, and etc (title of thread included). I would Recommend you make a thread, and reserve the first couple posts, so you can have one for explanation, one for download, and one for pictures ;) that you can continuously edit as you add, remove, modify, etc
[Captivate Themes and Apps] klcross87:
alright i'm having some trouble getting these .zips into /system/media. trying to copy&paste to move the .zip from my sdcard to /s/m using ASTRO File Manager and the program doesn't seem to want to allow me to paste the file into that directory. am i using a ****ty program or am i just doing it wrong?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] cmbrougham:
I think you need to use Root Explorer for this (payware app) if you want to copy and paste. I can't get Astro to work in this way either, so I don't know if it can or can't or if I just don't know what I'm doing (likely).

My usual practice is to use a terminal emulator (search the Market if you don't have one--there's a good free one) after I copy the ZIP to the SD card. When that's done, open up the term-emu and use these commands:

su
cp /sdcard/[filelocation]/[bootanimation-name].zip /system/media/bootanimation.zip
reboot

The first time you use the "su" command, the SuperUser allow/deny pop-up will appear. Obviously allow it, and then use the rest of the commands, replacing [filelocation] and [bootanimation-name] as necessary. After the reboot, your boot animation should play.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] JPxM0Dz:
Nice work! Is it possible for you to just update your first post to reflect all new boot animations ? ;)

Thanks
[Captivate Themes and Apps] RKight:
Cmbrougham, your donate button is awesome! Craft beer is almost always amazing and probably helps keep the creativity flowing, too. Lol
[Captivate Themes and Apps] cmbrougham:
Yep. I'm going to start my own thread, and I'll log them there. I'm trying to figure out the best way to organize it; I've got ideas for at least 4-5 different categories right now, so I'm trying to figure out if that's the best approach. I've been working on another animation (should be up before the end of the day), and I just jotted down about 12 new concepts.

<le sigh>

I'm going to be a busy boy... but you gotta give the people what they want :D
[Captivate Themes and Apps] JPxM0Dz:
Nice! Thanks again and maybe if you get time for another boot animation, maybe a quakedroid railing an apple! ? ;)

See my avatar

Thanks, I think it would make for great animation with your skillz ;)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] finalrequiem:
I'm seconding and totally down with the "Apple as Death Star" idea.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] cmbrougham:
Android vs. Apple, v2.0 | Generic Android boot animation

I'll start a new thread later and try to corral all of these into one place, but until then, I'm servin' up something spicy and hot ;)

ANDROID VS. APPLE - BLACK - V2.0

Can you tell I like Apple? :)

The motivation for this: I once worked with this crazy guy (maybe not legally so, but he was bizarre--cool guy, though--he makes his own knives) who screamed at one of our employers, "I'll pop your head like a bad Scanner!" You know the movie Scanners? I can't help but look at the Android and think of Michael Ironside :p

Anyone want a white version of this? Also, if it's possible, would anyone be interested in having custom start up sounds that go along with (some of) these animations? Just thinking out loud...

OK, thanks for tuning in. The next one will be posted in a fresh, shiny, new thread.

Be safe out there, kids...
[Captivate Themes and Apps] JimmyStale:
I have a wallpaper of the android taking a bite out of the apple. that would be cool to see animated
[Captivate Themes and Apps] chipsa964:
Yeah, I definitely would like some boot sounds to go with the animations. How would we incorporate them though? Where would the sound file go?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] ozone777:
+1 on that.

I'm very curious about adding audio to some of these animations.

Can someone give a how-to?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] cmbrougham:
I think it's just a matter xof creating an OGG or WAV file and naming it correctly and putting it in the proper folder. I'll look into it.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] chipsa964:
Right now in Beta 9, I don't think there is a load sound, so I don't even know where it would be put if we made one.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] 10tonhammr:
The SGS Tools in the i9k roms allow you to dump the boot up/shutdown sounds right from the settings menu. Bootup sounds are .wav, shutdown sounds are ogg. NO IDEA if that same setup would apply to Cog though...

Also, turning the apple logo INTO the deathstar and blowing it up is a MUCH better adaptation of my idea. Would love to see it!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] zmob123:
Need an animation

Does anybody have the bootanimation from Darky's Raw Steel where it says "android" written landscape and is glowing?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] driike:
gonna have to say...android as luke with a saber...apple as the emp or DV.....lets go from there =-p

and dude...these are all awsome
[Captivate Themes and Apps] dirtyballoonot:
I've asked this in a couple threads, and no disrespect, as some of these animations are nice, but, I'd REALLY prefer the stock boot animation and sound. The Galaxy-S animation.

Do you have that file?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] kdwolf85:
Help with my own boot animation

Can I get some help with this boot animation? I'm not even sure how it looks on the phone right now. I tried to push it to my phone and got the access denied message. So I copied with root explorer. Now my boot animation is just a black screen :(.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Jirv311:
Yeah I think you can find that in the stock firmware. :D

Sorry, I don't have it.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Sine.:
Even if you might have found it since, here is the original "bootimage", bootsamsungloop.qmg (/system/media/) :

While waiting for the edit, I add the link to the cmbrougham's excellent animations topic : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=822955
[Captivate Themes and Apps] gh0stshell:
new boot push issues

getting this when pushing a new bootanimation.zip

c:\Android\platform-tools>adb devices

List of devices attached

1000a87693ac recovery

c:\Android\platform-tools>adb push bootanimation.zip /system/media

failed to copy 'bootanimation.zip' to '/system/media/bootanimation.zip': Permiss

ion denied

im tired so im calling it a night and picking up tomorrow, had this issue with my HTC Aria, anyone have any ideas?

tried the remount command and at first it worked, now it does not, on my Aria i did remount, push, push, reboot and voila!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] gh0stshell:
steps that worked for me

steps in the third post of this link worked for me, couldnt get the normal commands i used when i had my aria to work.

http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-736412.html

3rd or 4th post, it has numbered steps at the bottom of the posting
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Caliesv:
Very nice!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] nightwanderer:
There is a step that seems to be left out during the whole instructions part, took me hours to search out!

Exact steps for those like me that are getting the permission denied:

1. Go to the tools directory where you have adb installed and type "adb root" this will give you root permission.

2. Type "adb shell"

3. Type "mount" at the $ prompt. You are looking for something like /dev/block/stl9 /system ext4 ro,noatime,commit=20,barrier=1,nodelalloc,data=writeback 0 0

4. Type "mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/st19 /system". As you can see the /dev/block/st19 is what showed up for me, might be different for you
[Captivate Themes and Apps] dacoda38829:
i have not been flashing very long and just flashed a cog4.2.3 and would like to have one of those awesome boot anims could you give a quick tutorial on how to install it i have the voodoo cwm
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jenod:
Hello,

This is my First android Application. This was tested on HD2 (mdeejay evo rom). And now im working on a game. I thought this will be useful for those who try to skin android to look like wp7. And those who wanna test it.

Updated to v1.1

-Now you can add multiple numbers continously

-improved graphics

-No bugs as far as i know

**skinning in progress**

feautures

-Sin and Cos functionality

-wp7 style

-button animation

Please report if any bugs.

How to install:

1)download the Calculator.apk file

2)put the file in Android\AndroidApps

3)Reboot

:-)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] vua777:
please keep update, very good for first app!

i cant find a simple calc with digit group since WinMo (ex: 1000000 => 1.000.000) , why is this not a standard? waiting for your update
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] atticus182:
Very nice first app!

I would tone the blue down a little bit, it seems just a little too bright when compared to WP7, and the numbers look a bit stretched too.

Good luck further developing this app!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jenod:
Yeah sure will update it soon.. :-) And i will try to implement digit seperator
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jenod:
Yes will re skin it to look better...

Thanks for your suggestion