Here's how to disable the start up and shut down sounds

jsmith8858 · Jul 21, 2010

This may be common knowledge to all, but in case it is not:

1) To disable the start up sound, in the /etc directory, rename the file PowerOn.wav to PowerOn.wav.bak.

2) To disable the shutdown sound, in the /system/media/audio/ui directory, rename shutdown.ogg to shutdown.ogg.bak.

I did this using a rooted phone with ADB. I am sure there may be an easier way if someone would like to provide further instructions regarding this.

I hope this info helps someone, those sounds very super-loud and annoying! If this info is available elsewhere, let me know and I will remove this post.

shaneaus · Jul 21, 2010

Sounds great! Thanks for the tip.

Also, for those that do wish to have startup/shutdown sounds: Rename your favorite sound in the same format as the file you will be replacing and you should have new sounds.

Since we have a lot of Noobs here (no derogatory intent as I was once a noob as well) here is a little bit better explanation:

Startup sound: locate the sound file you want played, convert it to a .wav file format, rename the file to "PowerOn.wav" and remove the original/replace it with your new file.

Shutdown sound: The same above - but the sound file must be in the .ogg file format and needs to be renamed "shutdown.ogg"

The location of the two files can be found in the above post.

jsmith8858 · Jul 21, 2010

shaneaus said:
Sounds great! Thanks for the tip.

Also, for those that do wish to have startup/shutdown sounds: Rename your favorite sound in the same format as the file you will be replacing and you should have new sounds.

Good point. In fact, just replacing these files with modified versions that are a much lower volume might be a good way to go, so you still get the sounds but without them being annoyingly loud.

MSHampton · Jul 21, 2010

THANK YOU!!!!!

clocke · Jul 21, 2010

Or, if you go to settings>sound and display>system volume you can turn the volume all the way down, which effectively mutes the start up/shut down sounds. No need for root or anything like that.

haydonxda · Jul 22, 2010

Thank you!

I disabled the startup animation but was still left with the startup sound. Now things are complete. Did you find out where this PowerOn.wav is being referenced? And why didn't they put this in the media folder with the rest???

LGSilva · Jul 22, 2010

haydonxda said:
Thank you!

I disabled the startup animation but was still left with the startup sound. Now things are complete. Did you find out where this PowerOn.wav is being referenced? And why didn't they put this in the media folder with the rest???

How did you disabled the startup animation? Is possible to replace it?

jsmith8858 · Jul 22, 2010

clocke said:
Or, if you go to settings>sound and display>system volume you can turn the volume all the way down, which effectively mutes the start up/shut down sounds. No need for root or anything like that.

Sure, that works if (a) you want to always keep your system sound muted or (b) you always remember to change this setting before rebooting. If you never want the start up or shutdown sounds to play at all, regardless of system volume, then you can rename those files and you never need to worry about it.

clocke · Jul 22, 2010

All it muted was the startup/shutdown noises... My notifications, ringtones, etc still sound off. Sounds still work on my games. And even with a reboot my settings are still saved.

md1609 · Jul 24, 2010

LGSilva said:
How did you disabled the startup animation? Is possible to replace it?

yesss, i am also interested in finding out how to disable (at least the att) startup animation

designgears · Jul 24, 2010

jsmith8858 said:
Good point. In fact, just replacing these files with modified versions that are a much lower volume might be a good way to go, so you still get the sounds but without them being annoyingly loud.

The sound level of the startup and shutdown screens depends on whatever volume you had your phone at when you shut it down.

KryptosXLayer2 · Jul 25, 2010

haydonxda said:
I disabled the startup animation but was still left with the startup sound.

md1609 said:
yesss, i am also interested in finding out how to disable (at least the att) startup animation

Waiting on this too - if we disable the horrid AT&T bars logo animation, I can leave the startup sound and animation for the Galaxy S right where it is! that's the hope at least, disable individual animations instead of a setting like "disable all startup animations"

bhrobinson · Jul 25, 2010

Startup Video

The Bars video is located at /system/media/bootsamsung.qmg

Renaming this kills both the bars and the Samsung startup

KryptosXLayer2 · Jul 25, 2010

bhrobinson said:
The Bars video is located at /system/media/bootsamsung.qmg

Renaming this kills both the bars and the Samsung startup

Does this boot faster by removing them? I guess I could sacrifice the cool Galaxy S startup IF it boots faster!

hollywould · Jul 25, 2010

Please forgive me, I'm a total noob when it comes to android. Can you give me exactly what app you guys use to get to these files and rename them? Thanks.

KryptosXLayer2 · Jul 25, 2010

Install "busybox" from the Market, then install Droid Explorer to view root files

(don't worry, I'm a n00b too, just found those instructions and glad to pass it on!)

Unfortunately, like another user on the other thread, even with busybox installed, I cannot get certain folders to open AND cannot make my file renaming stick - I'll rename a file and click another folder, then go back and it hasn't been renamed! I'm certain this has something to do with busybox, but can't figure it out!

Droid Explorer Debug Console
[CommandRunner] adb.exe -s I897793353b8 shell busybox ls -lF --color=never "/data/"
[CommandRunner] ls: can't open '/data/': Permission denied

[CommandRunner] adb.exe -s I897793353b8 shell busybox ls -lF --color=never "/cache/"
[CommandRunner] ls: can't open '/cache/': Permission denied

[CommandRunner] adb.exe -s I897793353b8 shell busybox ls -lF --color=never "/config/"
[CommandRunner] ls: can't open '/config/': Permission denied

09CarreraS · Jul 25, 2010

Help please.
I renamed and deleted the files listed above and they seem to recreate themmselves after. Am I missing something?

H_Scrappy · Jul 25, 2010

Quarter-volume startup sound...

jsmith8858 said:
Good point. In fact, just replacing these files with modified versions that are a much lower volume might be a good way to go, so you still get the sounds but without them being annoyingly loud.

Taking jsmith's suggestion, I've edited the PowerOn.wav sound file down to 1/4 original volume for those like me that don't mind the sound itself, only the ridiculous volume of it.

I am, however, not so skilled at using adb to copy/replace the original in the /etc folder so, any help would be greatly appreciated. I just keep getting permissions errors. Anyway, if someone can offer up specific adb commands for us semi-noobs, it would be a plus. Thanks in advance.

H_Scrappy

-note: File is zipped; just unzip to get to the .wav file.

JanSolo242 · Jul 25, 2010

I also experienced issues with renaming files and having them return to their previous name. I resolved this by re-rooting the phone, used root file explorer and then moved/copied/renamed as I deemed fit.

Infos3c · Jul 27, 2010

You need to remount /system as read/write instead of read-only. This can be done with the mount command or with some file managers like root explorer.

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