[HowTo] Disable HTC Evo 4G Startup Sound

pingpongboss · Jun 8, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7TbLlzFzsU
Wow why is it so hard to embed a Youtube video on here

The startup sound of the HTC Evo 4G is one of the few things I find annoying about the phone. The fact that even plugging headphones into the Evo does not stop the sound is lame. Here's how you can disable it.

Fast and Easy Way for Froyo:
Root your device, use a File Browser (like Root Explorer) and rename the /system/customize/resource/SPC_animation_final.mp3 file.

Requirements

Your phone must be rooted with Toast's method
You must be familiar with ADB and Toast's custom recovery.

If you need more information on Toast's root and recovery, read this {tutorial} how to root \0/ - xda-developers

Disable Startup Sound

Connect your Evo to your computer thru usb and Enable USB debugging on the Evo.
Reboot into recovery. In a commandline do: adb reboot recovery
Start toast's custom recovery by running recovery-windows.bat as Administrator (or the equivalent for Linux and Mac). Do this by right-clicking on the recovery-windows.BAT file and choose Run as Administrator.
Use a different commandline and do: adb shell
Mount the system partition by doing: mount /system
Skip to #9 if you are on 2.2 Froyo
Go into first folder: cd /system/media
rename the mp3 file: mv android_audio.mp3 android_audio.mp3.bak
Go into 2nd director: cd /system/customize/resource
Rename the mp3 file: mv SPC_animation_final.mp3 SPC_animation_final.mp3.bak
You're done! Reboot: reboot

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joackie27 · Jun 8, 2010

Nice one pingpongboss! Come to think of it, modders can tailor made (if they haven't done so. sorry if they have. i'm a n00b.) this procedure to load their own custom sounds and animation during startup.

pingpongboss · Jun 8, 2010

joackie27 said:
Nice one pingpongboss! Come to think of it, modders can tailor made (if they haven't done so. sorry if they have. i'm a n00b.) this procedure to load their own custom sounds and animation during startup.

Yup, that's right. I think BuglessBeast does that for the Moto Droid. You can also replace these files with your own files manually.

liquidkernel · Jun 8, 2010

Thanks for the howto! Definitely glad to remove the sound.

bkofman · Jun 13, 2010

thanks! Naive question, though. Why can't you just to rename the files directly in the evo using a file manager? I thought i'd ask before i try and mess things up .

pingpongboss · Jun 13, 2010

bkofman said:
thanks! Naive question, though. Why can't you just to rename the files directly in the evo using a file manager? I thought i'd ask before i try and mess things up .

That is because when you boot into android, /system becomes NAND locked. So you cannot write anything in /system

You can only write to /system in recovery mode.

Ketty · Jun 14, 2010

Does anyone have the stock sprint start up sound SPC_animation_final.mp3 that can upload it here?
I flashed Fresh 0.2 rom and I don't like the startup sound that goes FRESHHHHHHHH. =/

maback · Jun 14, 2010

Thank you pingpongboss! It was driving me crazy!

pingpongboss · Jun 14, 2010

Ketty said:
Does anyone have the stock sprint start up sound SPC_animation_final.mp3 that can upload it here?
I flashed Fresh 0.2 rom and I don't like the startup sound that goes FRESHHHHHHHH. =/

Haha I was really scared the first time I heard that sound

ticklemepinks · Jun 22, 2010

yeah so how do you enable it if it's gone???

XpAcErX · Jun 22, 2010

You can also set your phone sound profile to silent before you shut off your phone and it Disables the HTC Evo 4G Startup Sound.

pingpongboss · Jun 22, 2010

hotboy8628 said:
yeah so how do you enable it if it's gone???

If you did it yourself, then just redo all the steps, but rename all the files back to .mp3.
If your Rom cane with no sounds then you can probably stick your own mp3 into the right folder.

ticklemepinks · Jun 24, 2010

pingpongboss said:
If you did it yourself, then just redo all the steps, but rename all the files back to .mp3.
If your Rom cane with no sounds then you can probably stick your own mp3 into the right folder.

it said it was read only when i go to the folder

cjohnson · Sep 2, 2010

is this procedure different for froyo?

i get to...

6. Go into first folder: cd /system/media
7. rename the mp3 file: mv android_audio.mp3 android_audio.mp3.bak

and the android_audio.mp3 file doesn't exist?

pingpongboss · Sep 2, 2010

cjohnson said:
is this procedure different for froyo?

i get to...

and the android_audio.mp3 file doesn't exist?

Its very well possible that they may have changed the location of the bootup sound. Is the SPC_animation_final.mp3 still there? And does sound go away when you rename that.

cjohnson · Sep 3, 2010

Code:

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb reboot recovery

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb shell
/ # mount /system
mount /system
/ # cd /system/media
cd /system/media
/system/media # mv android_audio.mp3 android_audio.mp3.bak
mv android_audio.mp3 android_audio.mp3.bak
mv: cannot rename 'android_audio.mp3': No such file or directory
/system/media # ls
ls
audio
/system/media # find / -name android_audio.mp3
find / -name android_audio.mp3
/system/media # find / -name SPC_animation_final.mp3
find / -name SPC_animation_final.mp3
/system/customize/resource/SPC_animation_final.mp3
/system/media # cd /system/customize/resource
/system/customize/resource # mv SPC_animation_final.mp3 SPC_animation_final.mp3.bak
mv SPC_animation_final.mp3 SPC_animation_final.mp3.bak
/system/customize/resource # ls
ls
BigBen.jpg                   htc_wallpaper_small_12.jpg
CCInfo.txt                   htc_wallpaper_small_13.jpg
Colosseum.jpg                htc_wallpaper_small_14.jpg
EiffelTower.jpg              htc_wallpaper_small_15.jpg
SPC_animation_final.mp3.bak  htc_wallpaper_small_16.jpg
SPC_wallpaper.jpg            htc_wallpaper_small_17.jpg
StatueOfLiberty.jpg          htc_wallpaper_small_18.jpg
bootanimation.zip            htc_wallpaper_small_19.jpg
htc_wallpaper_01.jpg         htc_wallpaper_small_20.jpg
htc_wallpaper_02.jpg         htc_wallpaper_small_21.jpg
htc_wallpaper_03.jpg         htc_wallpaper_small_22.jpg
htc_wallpaper_04.jpg         m1b586a02.jpg
htc_wallpaper_05.jpg         m2dcca705.jpg
htc_wallpaper_06.jpg         m43a4ec7b.jpg
htc_wallpaper_07.jpg         m43b340e3.jpg
htc_wallpaper_08.jpg         m4d5e5f0e.jpg
htc_wallpaper_09.jpg         m512d806c.jpg
htc_wallpaper_10.jpg         m53b5efe7.jpg
htc_wallpaper_11.jpg         m6f42e22c.jpg
htc_wallpaper_12.jpg         mbd5dc6f8.jpg
htc_wallpaper_13.jpg         mc8a1ff6b.jpg
htc_wallpaper_14.jpg         md32a3a14.jpg
htc_wallpaper_15.jpg         mdcdc890d.jpg
htc_wallpaper_16.jpg         mfac50f3a.jpg
htc_wallpaper_17.jpg         mfca3085e.jpg
htc_wallpaper_18.jpg         resource
htc_wallpaper_19.jpg         s1b586a02.jpg
htc_wallpaper_20.jpg         s2dcca705.jpg
htc_wallpaper_21.jpg         s43a4ec7b.jpg
htc_wallpaper_22.jpg         s43b340e3.jpg
htc_wallpaper_small_01.jpg   s4d5e5f0e.jpg
htc_wallpaper_small_02.jpg   s512d806c.jpg
htc_wallpaper_small_03.jpg   s53b5efe7.jpg
htc_wallpaper_small_04.jpg   s6f42e22c.jpg
htc_wallpaper_small_05.jpg   sbd5dc6f8.jpg
htc_wallpaper_small_06.jpg   sc8a1ff6b.jpg
htc_wallpaper_small_07.jpg   sd32a3a14.jpg
htc_wallpaper_small_08.jpg   sdcdc890d.jpg
htc_wallpaper_small_09.jpg   sfac50f3a.jpg
htc_wallpaper_small_10.jpg   sfca3085e.jpg
htc_wallpaper_small_11.jpg
/system/customize/resource #

seems as though they did away with "android_audio.mp3" in froyo on the evo. if you skip steps 6 and 7 (and the bit about toast's recovery in my case since i have amon_ra's installed) everything will work fine.

chjade84 · Sep 3, 2010

I would just like to add how I did it.

I rooted using another method but I found a simpler way that works on the EVO 2.2. I downloaded Root Explorer (paid app) for removing bloatware, but I used it to navigate to /system/customize/resource just find SPC_animation_final.mp3 and add .bak to the end of that.

Done and done.

Thanks for the info on which file it was!

Minjin · Sep 7, 2010

chjade84 said:
I would just like to add how I did it.

I rooted using another method but I found a simpler way that works on the EVO 2.2. I downloaded Root Explorer (paid app) for removing bloatware, but I used it to navigate to /system/customize/resource just find SPC_animation_final.mp3 and add .bak to the end of that.

Done and done.

Thanks for the info on which file it was!

Is there any free application that can do this? I don't see the directory when I use ES File Explorer. I'm guessing it is hidden somehow?

edit: Nevermind, I found it with ES. No file manager I've tried will allow me to edit the file. What is Root Explorer doing that is so special? Just giving itself superuser? Can't we do that manually?

edit2: I did it via ADB but I'm still wondering the answer to my question above. Also, has anyone noticed if it takes longer to boot? It seems to sit at the white screen for longer than before. Maybe it's spending time looking for the mp3 file before on? Or maybe it's just my imagination.

chjade84 · Sep 20, 2010

Minjin said:
Is there any free application that can do this? I don't see the directory when I use ES File Explorer. I'm guessing it is hidden somehow?

edit: Nevermind, I found it with ES. No file manager I've tried will allow me to edit the file. What is Root Explorer doing that is so special? Just giving itself superuser? Can't we do that manually?

edit2: I did it via ADB but I'm still wondering the answer to my question above. Also, has anyone noticed if it takes longer to boot? It seems to sit at the white screen for longer than before. Maybe it's spending time looking for the mp3 file before on? Or maybe it's just my imagination.

Sorry for the long delay but it looks like you've figured it out.

IDK what makes root explorer do what it does, but in order to edit anything you have to click the button near the top (once you are in the directory you are working in) that says 'Mount R/W' to make the files read/write instead of read/only. It locks the files as read only by default.

I haven't noticed any longer boot times or anything on mine... dunno.

rscrobinmx99 · Nov 8, 2010

Blah

This sounds to complicated just turn your volume down before you shut it down.

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