Boot Animations (requests)

Let's take advantage of this gorgeous screen and throw together some boot animations. Here are a few of my others that I've converted for our 540X960 display. The first thing you'll need to do is figure out where you're boot animation is and what it's called. You can figure this out a couple of ways, the easiest is just browsing the .zip of your ROM. You can also download a File Browser with root permission and look for it from your phone (you'll need a root file browser later anyway, I like Root Browser - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1338582) A lot of the ROMs that are floating around right now, based on an ATT build anyway, are going to be located at /system/customize/resource/ and will be called ATT_bootanimation.zip - note: there will probably be a bootanimation.zip here too. If so, that's OK. Leave it alone - If you don't have an ATT_bootanimation.zip, but only a bootanimation.zip, that's it. If it's not there, check /data/local/ for bootanimation.zip. It could be in a number of places, if you have trouble, let me know what ROM you're running and I'll take a look. Once you've found the location and name of your bootanimation, you'll need to download your new boot animation, and rename it to exactly what your current animation is called. Now it's probably a good idea to back up your current animation just in case something goes wrong, and the easiest way to do that is to browse to it via your File Browser, and rename it with a .bak extension at the end. Now copy/paste the new bootanimation (already renamed) to this directory. Now long press the bootanimation and choose Permissions. Set permissions to RW/R/R. Reboot and Enjoy the animation. IF your bootanimation is called ATT_bootanimation.zip and it's located at /system/customize/resource/, you can download the "Flashable" zip at the end of this, and using 7zip (http://www.7-zip.org/download.html), you can add the downloaded bootanimation (which you've already renamed to ATT_bootanimation) to system/customize/resource/ in the .zip, delete the "placeholder" file, put it on your SD, then flash through recovery. DO NOT FLASH THE "Flashable.zip" BY ITSELF. THERE'S NOTHING IN IT TO FLASH. ADD YOUR ANIMATION TO /system/customize/resource/ FIRST (If this is not where your bootanimation is located and you want a flashable .zip, let me know where the bootanimation is located and what it's called, and I'll throw one together for you). Taking requests... (youtube videos, animated .gifs, or other bootanimations, please. I am NO graphic artist) If anyone wants to know how to make your own, I put together a how to for a fellow Inspire user, with links to the softwares I use. Only difference would be anywhere you see 480 or 800 you would need to substitute for 540 and 960 respectively.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19VWwv7gdSWTxW4eA_x6btP6Zv8dP_gs6lg8_cjoKhDY/edit

All of the following animations can be found here - http://www.mediafire.com/?8kikwfbibbdea

The Simpsons, Breaking Bad, and Big Bang Theory are all the intros for the shows.

Dextoid is Dexter themed

Pee on Apple is just that, the Android Robot taking a leak on the Mac Apple

Calvin Johnson -first 15 seconds of this (for megatronisbeast)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d8oDYNurqM

Panthers - post 34-37 for details
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1561379&page=4

DC Commercial - 3:00-3:23 of this video, then finishes with :15-:20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=btViXvIDsi0#t=179s

GoProSurfing
This from :10-:25
http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLCD364F9ACC603635&feature=player_detailpage&v=ceCosbm5WhI#t=9s

TMOUS
Changes the ATT Animation part to the Stick Together animation on the Sensation (this video the guy moves his hand just in time @~3:22)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=qDDcgweV0B0#t=138s

snOwstOrm
Animation located in post 29
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24698649&postcount=29

WizardPony - The Great and Powerful Trixie
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkzs9xcnRv1qb59nf.gif

htcvividnoob has posted an animation in post 39. Stock animation with inverted colors
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24774202&postcount=39

Thanks to the multiple how-to's I've found over the last year or so that have taught me how to make these, and to the original creators of the videos/graphics that are used in the animations.

megatronisabeast said:

Thanks for the guide! I will read over this. I teach elementary school so I will get a break this summer and maybe I can create some to share with the community!

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I didn't forget about you..ok maybe I forgot. Lol..ill do this tomorrow

randong said:

home...i need help getting boot sounds to work...i wanna make some custom ones but im haveing probs getting the sound to play ...i have edit the default xml file but to no avail pm me as i would like to do this on my own but i need a lil help

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Haven't played much with boot sounds. Ran into some problems when the inspire started getting ics builds and haven't looked too closely since. Sounds like you might have gotten further than I've dug. I'll look a little deeper when I get some time...if I find anything ill let you know

I modified the ATT Animation and inverted all the colors so it's on a black background. It looks a lot better than the stock one imo. Assuming your ATT_bootanimation is located in system/customize/resource/ATT_bootanimation.zip, you can flash the zip in recovery. I also included the original in case you want to go back to stock. Note I've only tried this on a Vivid with wcx rom, not liable if it doesn't work.

Huge thanks to homeslice976 for helping me figure out how to get it working and the flashable zip file.

homeslice976 said:

ah that's pretty cool. You want it to just keep looping, loop twice then stay on the last frame, other ideas?

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Here it is looping until boot. If you're boot animation is located at system/customize/resource, you can use this flashable:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?tsrcdtpqp3r384r

If it's located somewhere else, here's the raw animation, follow the steps in the OP:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ft1mcm73m0y3crf

megatronisabeast said:

Thanks! Like I said, no rush. I just appreciate the fact that you would take the time to make it!

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_calvinjohnson boot animation has been added to the folder with the rest. Here's a direct link http://www.mediafire.com/?s63tcwjqm10rb4s

Instructions in the first post still apply. Rename it to ATT_bootanimation.zip (or whatever your current animation is called), put in in the folder where your current bootanimation is, change permissions to match the other files in the folder, reboot. If your bootanimation is located at system/customize/resource/, then you can download flashable.zip from the first post, put ATT_bootanimation in system/customize/resource/ using WinRAR with store compression, flash in recovery.

Randong, you've got PM