[Q] Bootanimation isnt working

Hi,

first of all: english is not my main language so pls be gentle! I also hate writing capital letters, so deal with it or gtfo

I'm using a Google Nexus 5 (big surprise) which is rooted. As far as I know boot animations belong into /system/media and are supposed to be an uncompressed zip.

The content should lool like this:

• a folder called part0 (and if u want many more part1, part2 etc.) which contains pictures which should be called sth. like 001.png/jpg
• a file called "desc.txt" which contains resolution, fps and how often which folder should be played, looks sth like this: "270 480 20p 0 0 part0"

I found a gif on 9gag (9gag.com/gag/azbG7yN) which I tryd getting into a boot animation. I resized all pictures to one size and did everything I could but didnt get it working.

A few hours later i found this Thread on reddit (reddit.com/r/jailbreak/comments/1wc9qw/mutha****in_request_fulfilled_to_whoever_wanted/cf0npe4) where u can find this gif (i.imgur.com/neYbN4t.gif) and even a .zip (dropbox.com/s/8efy1j7hzuzev2s/GlitchyAndroid.zip) which contains alle the single pictures. I tryd again making a working animation but it looks like I'm to damn stupid for it, I will upload my try and hopefilly someone can tell me where my goddamn mistake is.

Sincerly,
DaPutzy

EDIT: I forgot to say that I downloaded other animations which worked correctly, so its definitely my fault!

jd1639 said:

Did you set the files permissions to rw-r-r

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Yes. I also though this was my mistake but as far as I know it doesnt even make a difference. But yes i did.

jd1639 said:

I looked at the zip. Usually there is a part 1 and a part 2 and they're .png files

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I tryd other animations with .jpg and .png, they all worked! Do I need more then 1 folder? Is this a must have?? I though I only need one to get it working?

Sinc. DaPutzy

jd1639 said:

I don't know, I've never created a boot animation
Edit, check your desc.txt. it looks different than what I've seen before.

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How about this?

EDIT: Now im getting a white screen followed by a black one,.. then booting is done.
PS: Nexus 5 got a 1080x1920 screen, but can I use every pixel while booting?

EDIT: I used Boot Animation Factory (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1678540) this time and it says "Your boot animation contains frames that have indexed colors...." I understand the meaning of this but i have to google how I can change this. At least i got a real Error message for the first time

Common mistakes that people make:
-Wrong compression method: you MUST set the compression method to Store!
-Missing empty line at the end of the desc.txt file: an empty line is needed! Otherwise, the boot animation won't work!
-Frames drawn in wrong color mode: you MUST draw your frames in RGB 8bit or RGB 16bit COLOR MODE!

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Oh man why didnt i find that earlier...

YES BABY! I got it! Its working as planed, here it is!

Sinc. DaPutzy

EDIT: I will make it perfect and then I'll post it again.