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Tutorial - How to create your own boot animations.
Animations - Nexus Progress Bar. MGS Codec. Reconstructing Android. AK Diamond Kernel Companion Animations.
Our fantastic community has come up with some great custom boot animations for your beloved Galaxy Nexus.
Here are instructions of how to flash a custom boot animation and some links to all the great animations made by our community!
I have also now added links to scripts, apps and tutorials and uploaded an empty CWM flashable zip file so people can flash their own animations or animations they have downloaded via CWM recovery.
If this thread has helped you, please consider hitting my thanks button and the thanks button of the person who created the animation you have downloaded, many thanks!
Enjoy!
***As always, you modify your handset at your own risk, be careful!***
How to create your own boot animation [TUTORIAL]:
I have now created a tutorial for those folks who would like to create their own boot animations, head to post #3 of this thread for the tutorial, enjoy!!
Ok, firstly, do you like to keep things simple...do you like the stock glowing 'android' boot animation??
If so, you'll be glad to know this is already included in your framework-res.apk located within whatever ROM you may be running! To activate it, just do the following:
Using a root file manager delete the following files (if they exist):
Thanks to Obselite for help with this clarification!
Via CWM Flashable ZIP file:
A few people have requested which animations are flashable via CWM recovery, to help out I have downloaded, emptied and made the flashing script more generic from an existing ZIP file. Thanks to the community for creating this file in the first place.
(If anybody finds any problems with this file please let me know and I will try to correct it)
- Do not extract it, open it using a file explorer, drag and drop your desired bootanimation.zip into the /data/local/ directory within the zip file.
- Delete the Read Me files and flash as normal.
****Please ensure you read and delete the included read me files, I have tested this on my own Galaxy Nexus and it is working fine with a variety of boot animations, as always though you modify your phone at your own risk, be careful!****
My own boot animations (wilskywalker):
Ok, after much experimentation I finally managed to create my own animations, I have made two animations based on the hidden nyandroid animation in ICS 4.0 in the settings menu.
Thanks and credit to Google for including this great hidden extra and cancerouspete for the inspiration to use this source material. Please let me know what you think in this thread, thanks folks!
Cid Loading - My version of the new CyanogenMod mascot, hope people like it (credit to CyanogenMod for the original image). (Flashable via CWM Recovery) Cid Loading - Black Background - As above but with black background.
Classic Dancing Green Android - Pretty self explanatory this one. (Flashable via CWM Recovery) Nyandroid Pop Dance - This is a higher resolution version of the dancing ICS droid. (Flashable via CWM Recovery)
Nyandroid Pop - This is a simple blue background with the nyandroid pop animation. (Flashable via CWM Recovery)
Is there a particular animation you would like but are unable to make it yourself? If so then you have come to the right place, head to this post for more info:
Many thanks to strumcat for this generous offer. Please follow his guidelines below if you wish to make a request:
If you'd like a custom boot animation of your name rotating, more or less like the one in the attachment, let me know. Can be any color, one of several fonts, outlined like mine, or solid, or reflective.
If you have a short video clip you'd like made into a boot animation, post it and I'll see what I can do. Video has to be playable on my computer. The bigger, the better for more quality. I can resize them down, but resizing up doesn't look good. Background is best black for blending into black screen, but not absolutely necessary. If you have an existing boot animation that's too big for your screen I can resize it for you.
I can do one request per day, chosen at random.
Please respect the developers stipulations...and as always people, no ETA's!
Boot modifications
Here is a great script by djmcnz that allows you to randomize a number of different animations each time you boot your phone:
If you are a fan of the oldskool 'android' boot animation then you might want to check out this great set of files that replace your boot animation with a custom Galaxy Nexus version created by nikosrs4
RootzWiki: I am sure you are all aware of this great website, here is their boot animation forum.
I hope this helps some people out, if I have missed anything out, made any mistakes, or failed to credit someone please let me know in this thread and I will happily correct it.
Also, if you find any great boot animations optimized for Galaxy Nexus (on XDA or anywhere else) let me know in this thread and I will update this post, hopefully we can start to build a good list, thanks for your help!
Ye I don't like it either, like you say it's quite low resolution and rather than the background being black it's more of a purple colour which really doesn't do the screen justice.
Firstly lets create our 'desc.txt' file, this will tell your phone how to display the images you have chosen for your boot animation.
Using Notepad++ create a new file with the following attributes:
Code:
Normal text file
UNIX
ANSI
INS
You then need to type the following into that file:
Code:
720 1280 24
p X Y partZ
***blank line***
Below is an explanation of what all this means and how to define your values:
720: animation width value
1280: animation height value
24: animation frames per second value
p: defines that a new animation section has begun.
X: how many times this animation part loops (0 will loop infinitely until the android system boots).
Y: defines a pause after this animation section has played (0-10 maximum).
Z: is the folder name where the images are located to be played in this section of the animation.
***blank line***: This is literally what it says, a blank line, type nothing here, just make sure the line exists or you animation will not work.
Here is an example of what your file may look like once you have finished:
Code:
720 1280 24
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
Create Image folders:
We now need to create the folders which will contain you image files. Each folder contains the images for the corresponding section of your animation as defined in your desc file above.
To start create a new folder named:
Code:
part0
Depending on how many sections you are having in your animation, you can continue to create folders with this naming convention, always lower-case followed by a number, no spaces:
Code:
part1
part2
etc
I am unsure if there is a limit to how many of these folders you may create and how that may or may not affect performance, this needs further clarification. If anybody can provide clarification I will update this tutorial.
Create Images:
Now the fun (and hours of editing begins). Choose what you want as your animation, this can be from any source you decide...that's the 'fun' bit. Then comes the editing. You will need to convert your selected source material into a series of images or 'frames' if you like to make up your animation.
You need to use the following values for your images:
All images must be PNG or JPEG format. They must not be interlaced. They should be sized according to the screen resolution of the device you wish to run them on, so for the Galaxy Nexus that would be 720x1280.
You should number the images beginning from 10001 and onwards depending on the number of images. This numbering should be continuous through all your folders and not reset for each folder, for example:
Please be aware I have seen other image files and naming conventions used on occasion, I am giving the information above based on my own experimentation and what has given me the best results and performance.
Create 'bootanimation.zip' File:
Once you have finished this process we need to create your 'bootanimation.zip' file.
Once you have installed 7zip, select your 'desc.text' and all your 'partx' files and right click on them, choose the following options from the context menu:
7zip > Add to archive...
The 7zip menu will then appear, ensure you have the following settings:
Archive: bootanimation
Archive format: zip
Compression level: Store
Update mode: Add and replace files
...leave all other options as default.
Then click 'OK'
You now have your 'bootanimation.zip' file.
This can be manually placed in your /system/media or /data/local directories.
Create Flashable ZIP File:
If you want to create a flashable zip file then please follow the instructions in my tutorial below:
As always, if anybody spots any glaring errors here, or can provide additional information please post in this thread and I will update the tutorial, many thanks!
I hope this helps people out creating their own boot animations.
Still unable to find any custom boot animation's for the Galaxy Nexus, or even confirm that it can be done!?
Unfortunately Google searches only seem to bring up the stock GN boot for other devices.
Anybody had any more luck, or could confirm it is possible and point me in the direction of a good tutorial so I can try to start the ball rolling with some of my own?
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