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[Q] how to make custom boot animation

Hello!
I have searched but have not found an answer that works, so here goes:
I can't make my own boot animation. Here are the steps I've taken:
1 started with animation downloaded from the themes & apps section (the animation works fine as is)
2 unzipped in root explorer and replaced the .png's with my own .png's, taking care to make sure they were the correct size.
3 rezipped the files (all files were unchanged except for own .png's)
4 flashed in cwm. Just a black screen on boot.
5 tried moving the bootanimation.zip file to system/media. Black screen again.
What am I doing wrong/missing?
Thanks!
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There are a couple of things that could be wrong. The first and most suspect is that when you re-zip the file, you are using some sort of compression; boot ani's won't work if there is ANY compression at all. I don't know if there is even an option to turn compression off with any of the android based zip apps. The second is that the new bootanimation.zip file is too large. I've had problems when using files over 20mb in size, be sure your .png's are optimized.
The best way to work with creating your own ani's is to do it on a pc, use 7zip (no compression), and AndroidSigner (at ppcgeeks) to create a flashable .zip. You can also use a program like DroidExplorer or MyPhoneExplorer to copy the bootanimation.zip file directly to system/media.

Awesome- thanks! I was using root explorer to rezip the bootanimation, so that's probably the problem. I'll try 7 zip and report back on the results.
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I can't seem to get 7 zip to zip without compression. there's no setting for "no compression". Forgive my ignorance, but any tips on creating an uncompressed zip? (tried winrar too, but to no avail...
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In your file manager, select the files/folders that you want to add to the zip. Right click on any of them, under the 7zip options select "add to archive". Once the 7zip interface opens, name your zip, and under "compression level" select "store".

leatherneck6017 said:
In your file manager, select the files/folders that you want to add to the zip. Right click on any of them, under the 7zip options select "add to archive". Once the 7zip interface opens, name your zip, and under "compression level" select "store".
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That did it! Thank you!

No problem, one of these days I'll get around to making a 'how to make custom boot animations' tutorial.

leatherneck6017 said:
No problem, one of these days I'll get around to making a 'how to make custom boot animations' tutorial.
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When are you gonna make me one
Sent From Da Hood.

mysteryemotionz said:
When are you gonna make me one
Sent From Da Hood.
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Sorry man, totally been meaning to do that! I haven't done any animation work lately, been crazy busy with other stuff...

leatherneck6017 said:
Sorry man, totally been meaning to do that! I haven't done any animation work lately, been crazy busy with other stuff...
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Just busting your balls man.
Sent From Da Hood.

readermo said:
unzipped in root explorer and replaced the .png's with my own .png's, taking care to make sure they were the correct size.
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What is the right size? I've been trying to convert .jpg's into .png's but they won't run in the shutdown animation. I can take other .png's from various animations and they work, but not the converted .jpg's

tpronewbie said:
What is the right size? I've been trying to convert .jpg's into .png's but they won't run in the shutdown animation. I can take other .png's from various animations and they work, but not the converted .jpg's
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dont compress them lol

patalo said:
dont compress them lol
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A "How to Boot animation for Epic 4G" would be an awesome thread.

help with boot animation

i'm tring to make a boot animation and i have the pics as png in a folder,i have a desc, and i have signed and zipped it but when i try to install i get can't find update script. i have looked into other bootanimes and not all have that. so thats where im stuck if anyone could help me learn what i'm doing wrong that would be great. thx

Help Anyone?

dased14 said:
i'm tring to make a boot animation and i have the pics as png in a folder,i have a desc, and i have signed and zipped it but when i try to install i get can't find update script. i have looked into other bootanimes and not all have that. so thats where im stuck if anyone could help me learn what i'm doing wrong that would be great. thx
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How are you trying to install? Did you make sure you bootanimation.zip is a storage zip?

Trying to make it flashable through recovery, and I think on 7zip I used normal, but i'll check into that after I get home.

dased14 said:
Trying to make it flashable through recovery, and I think on 7zip I used normal, but i'll check into that after I get home.
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After creating your bootanimation -- You need to make sure that a couple things have been done correctly for the bootanimation to 1) Work and 2) Be able to be flashed via recovery.
1) To make the bootanimation work
a. Make sure that after creating the animation itself that the .zip you create has NO compression -- (e.g You use "store" mode, instead of "normal" -- both 7zip/Winrar have this feature)
b. Make sure the desc.txt file is properly formatted and has the correct folder names inside the file. Also make sure you have a carriage return (press enter) at the VERY last line of your desc.txt file
c) Make sure the .png filenames are somewhat sequential and organized. (e.g. BootUp001, BootUp002, BootUp003, etc)
2a) To make a flashable package
a. First create a folder to house the bootanimation and you'll also need to explicitly define the folder names that you want the animation to be pushed to. (e.g -- Inside lets say the "MyBootanimation" folder -- you should have three folders; they're names respectively are:: system/customize/resource
Inside the resource folder is where your newly created bootanimation.zip will go.
2b) To make the package flashable and work in recovery; you'll need a update-script file which should be in a folder called:: META-INF (ALL CAPS); inside that folder should reside, three more folders:: com/google/android/. The update-script file will go INSIDE the android folder.
I've attached a simple update-script file that will make your package flashable. Unzip the "Extract-ME" file and you'll find the file.
So, to get this to work, you'll open the "MyBootanimation folder and inside it should reside to folders (system (and it's subfolders); which houses the bootanimation and META-INF (and it's subfolders); which houses the update-script). You need to select both files and zip them up in NORMAL mode, not "store" mode. This will create your new package, which you then need to sign via whatever method you use. I use command line and I'd like not to explain that if I don't have to.

here's the file i'm working on if someone wants to take a look at it and tell me what i'm doing wrong that would help me out a lot.if you can i would like to know what is wrong so for future use and the knowledge.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9628638/bootanimation1.zip

Lemme know if this helps...
dased14 said:
here's the file i'm working on if someone wants to take a look at it and tell me what i'm doing wrong that would help me out a lot.if you can i would like to know what is wrong so for future use and the knowledge.
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Two noticeable things:
1. Your images are 850 x 400 (resize all to 800 x 450)
2. Your .zip file is not arranged right.(look at my attached file, should give you an idea)
Your file is way too big to upload here so attaching the base file here for you to work with.
- First, zip the android folder,part2 folder and the desc.txt file as a storage, and name the file bootanimation.zip.
- Second, 7zip my file and navigate to customize>resource and replace the file there with the one you created in the previous step.
- Close and flash the file (This is in amend so you might want to use clockwork 2x (or equivalent RA) to flash it. Feel free to change the update script if you wish)
I tried this on my myn RLS5, works like a charm. Might want to change the desc.txt to match the image dimensions. (800 x 450)
I hope this helps.
PS: I Like the minion animation.

now it came up E:\wrong digest:customize/resource/bootanimation.zip huh?
i put the file here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9628638/minionsdisco.zip
i know i'm a pain in the [email protected]@, thanks for all the help
edit: i figured out what i was doing wrong it was the way i was zipped files together. now to speed it up and maybe a loop
here's a working one http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9628638/minionsdisco1.zip. how do i speed it up to play more like the movie.
ps thanks to pseudoremora,theidlemonk for helping me figure out what i was doing wrong.

pm me your email...I'll send the file over...i am having trouble uploading it

dased14 said:
now it came up E:\wrong digest:customize/resource/bootanimation.zip huh?
i put the file here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9628638/minionsdisco.zip
i know i'm a pain in the [email protected]@, thanks for all the help
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First and foremost -- I don't know whose method recommended that you leave the "system" folder out of the flashing process, but that's a very incorrect way of doing this.
I've stated earlier that you need THREE folders -- SYSTEM, customize, and resource. You only have customize and resource. Your customize folder (and it's subfolders) needs to be placed inside a folder labeled "system".
Secondly, the command you're using in the update-script, while it will work now; will not work if someone decides to change the structure of your package in the future. The update-script I uploaded earlier allows for future flashing because anything placed inside the "system" folder (which Android 100% relies on) will always be flashed, as long as the structure is correct within the system folder.
You should remove the update-script you have now and place this one inside it (if you decide to use the method I've stated above). I've attached the file below (extract first).
Lastly, quite frankly; I've never seen a 60MB bootanimation before and to be honest, that's just unbelievably huge. You need to figure out either how to shorten your animation or to compress it in a manner which will lower its size.
Also, the native resolution for the EVO is 480 x 800 and not 450 x 800 for future reference.

pseudoremora said:
First and foremost -- I don't know whose method recommended that you leave the "system" folder out of the flashing process, but that's a very incorrect way of doing this.
I've stated earlier that you need THREE folders -- SYSTEM, customize, and resource. You only have customize and resource. Your customize folder (and it's subfolders) needs to be placed inside a folder labeled "system".
Secondly, the command you're using in the update-script, while it will work now; will not work if someone decides to change the structure of your package in the future. The update-script I uploaded earlier allows for future flashing because anything placed inside the "system" folder (which Android 100% relies on) will always be flashed, as long as the structure is correct within the system folder.
You should remove the update-script you have now and place this one inside it (if you decide to use the method I've stated above). I've attached the file below (extract first).
Lastly, quite frankly; I've never seen a 60MB bootanimation before and to be honest, that's just unbelievably huge. You need to figure out either how to shorten your animation or to compress it in a manner which will lower its size.
Also, the native resolution for the EVO is 480 x 800 and not 450 x 800 for future reference.
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ok thanks,how would i compress it to make it smaller? and i want to speed it up to run more like the movie. i have it working it just runs kinda slow?

Not sure if you are on windows, but if you are then pngoptimizer does the trick (should be able to do multiple pngs at a time) and its free online. Also on windows I had an issue with the bootanimation.zip because windows kept adding the thumbs.* file in the two folders other than the desc.txt...that made my animation choppy. Just 7zip into you file and delete if you see it.

pseudoremora said:
First and foremost -- I don't know whose method recommended that you leave the "system" folder out of the flashing process, but that's a very incorrect way of doing this.
I've stated earlier that you need THREE folders -- SYSTEM, customize, and resource. You only have customize and resource. Your customize folder (and it's subfolders) needs to be placed inside a folder labeled "system".
Secondly, the command you're using in the update-script, while it will work now; will not work if someone decides to change the structure of your package in the future. The update-script I uploaded earlier allows for future flashing because anything placed inside the "system" folder (which Android 100% relies on) will always be flashed, as long as the structure is correct within the system folder.
You should remove the update-script you have now and place this one inside it (if you decide to use the method I've stated above). I've attached the file below (extract first).
Lastly, quite frankly; I've never seen a 60MB bootanimation before and to be honest, that's just unbelievably huge. You need to figure out either how to shorten your animation or to compress it in a manner which will lower its size.
Also, the native resolution for the EVO is 480 x 800 and not 450 x 800 for future reference.
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thanks for your help on this, i'm looking for any ideas on how to compress this to make it smaller in size(without losing any animations) i have been usiing 7zip to compress it

dased14 said:
thanks for your help on this, i'm looking for any ideas on how to compress this to make it smaller in size(without losing any animations) i have been usiing 7zip to compress it
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pngoptimizer as theidlemonk recommended should be used for each PNG file and hopefully should bring down the size a bit. Otherwise; it really comes down to cutting the animation.
I'm not saying you can't push a 60MB file onto your phone as a bootanimation; but I think it's huge waste of space for such a thing. You have to remember; we're only talking about the bootanimation here and quite frankly, the EVO tends to boot up rather quickly, so trying to show a clip from a movie really shouldn't be your goal -- if anything, you can take bits and pieces from the clip and use that instead.
Personally, I try to make my bootanimations minimal and light. The important part of the animation is actually the looping; so concentrate on that.

pseudoremora said:
pngoptimizer as theidlemonk recommended should be used for each PNG file and hopefully should bring down the size a bit. Otherwise; it really comes down to cutting the animation.
I'm not saying you can't push a 60MB file onto your phone as a bootanimation; but I think it's huge waste of space for such a thing. You have to remember; we're only talking about the bootanimation here and quite frankly, the EVO tends to boot up rather quickly, so trying to show a clip from a movie really shouldn't be your goal -- if anything, you can take bits and pieces from the clip and use that instead.
Personally, I try to make my bootanimations minimal and light. The important part of the animation is actually the looping; so concentrate on that.
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i'll look into pngoptimizer, now would i set eveything up the same for loop(with fewer animations)like i said this is the first one i have ever tried to make(i hope i get better as i do more) how would i add sound to one. and thx again guys for putting up with me and for all the help

dased14 said:
i'll look into pngoptimizer, now would i set eveything up the same for loop(with fewer animations)like i said this is the first one i have ever tried to make(i hope i get better as i do more) how would i add sound to one. and thx again guys for putting up with me and for all the help
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I'd advise you take a look at this post and this one also. I wrote that quite some time ago, however it's still very much applicable today.
Edit:: It's actually probably good to read the posts from pages 15, 16, and probably 17 as well in the links I've posted above.

what would you guys say is the best png optimizer to (less loss, better compression)

dased14 said:
what would you guys say is the best png optimizer to (less loss, better compression)
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Both of us just told you.
Use pngoptimizer. The program itself optimizes each png, taking away any erroneous data and leaves everything else intact; thus giving you a smaller .png file. Doing this for EACH .png file will result in a smaller bootanimation file.

PNGs can be optimized just so much, I would rather think more on the lines of what pseudoremora said: Cutting down animation to keep it minimal and light. Looping will also be a big part as you have over 300 images. Looping would reuse images and allow cutting of parts. (I hope I made sense).

pseudoremora said:
Both of us just told you.
Use pngoptimizer. The program itself optimizes each png, taking away any erroneous data and leaves everything else intact; thus giving you a smaller .png file. Doing this for EACH .png file will result in a smaller bootanimation file.
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Ok I wasn't sure if that was the name of it or a program type, Googled it and got a bunch of different ones just wanted to make sure. And yes I know its a large file and I will take both of your advice and cut it down. Again thanks for the time and help

Need help with boot animation

I made a custom boot animation to go along with the theme that Shane6374 and I made (you can find our theme here: [THEME]Special Edition:midNIGHT ROM Autism Awareness Theme+LP+Icons+Boot Animation) and its not working. Basically what I did was I took a boot animation that works (its the one I am using now) and replaced the .png's with my own. But when I boot up all I get is a black screen until the phone boots. I have checked everything I can think of. The pics are the same dimensions, the same resolution, the same format. The only thing I see different is that mine uses more colors. IDK if that is a limitation on boot animations (but I doubt it). Does anyone have any ideas? There must be something I am missing. I'm going to post the bootanimation.zip I made here so feel free to download it and see if you can figure out what is wrong.

Johnny.Bravo said:
I made a custom boot animation to go along with the theme that Shane6374 and I made (you can find our theme here: [THEME][EB13]Special midNIGHT ROM Autism Awareness Theme + Launcher Pro + Icons) and its not working. Basically what I did was I took a boot animation that works (its the one I am using now) and replaced the .png's with my own. But when I boot up all I get is a black screen until the phone boots. I have checked everything I can think of. The pics are the same dimensions, the same resolution, the same format. The only thing I see different is that mine uses more colors. IDK if that is a limitation on boot animations (but I doubt it). Does anyone have any ideas? There must be something I am missing. I'm going to post the bootanimation.zip I made here so feel free to download it and see if you can figure out what is wrong.
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Do not have the time do more than a quick look now. If someone doesn't beat me too it, I will see what I can find tmorrow.

jstine671 said:
Do not have the time do more than a quick look now. If someone doesn't beat me too it, I will see what I can find tmorrow.
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Thanks. I've been beating my head against a wall over this for 4 days.

Your desc.txt file is saved in windows format. it uses a different code for carriage returns than does unix formatted text files. you can just open it up in something like notepad++ and under edit-->EOL Conversion switch it to unix format and it should work.

optmsprim2 said:
Your desc.txt file is saved in windows format. it uses a different code for carriage returns than does unix formatted text files. you can just open it up in something like notepad++ and under edit-->EOL Conversion switch it to unix format and it should work.
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Thanks. I'm gonna give that a shot right now.

optmsprim2 said:
Your desc.txt file is saved in windows format. it uses a different code for carriage returns than does unix formatted text files. you can just open it up in something like notepad++ and under edit-->EOL Conversion switch it to unix format and it should work.
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Thanks. I'm gonna give that a shot right now.
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Didn't work. You were right about the the format, so I changed it to Unix, but I still get a blank screen instead of the animation while its booting.
I uploaded the bootanimation.zip with the new desc.txt file just in case you wanted to double check.

Here is something interesting.....
I decided to look at the files in the bootanimation.zip on my phone. I used Root Explorer and went into the part0 folder. The images display just fine with Astro Image viewer, but Gallery just gives me a blank screen. I think its some sort of issue with the native image viewer not being able to display these images properly. If this were Windows I would say I am missing a driver, but its Linux.
So, I say again.....any ideas?

Oh. Your zip is compressed. Make sure you set it to no compression when you make your archive.

optmsprim2 said:
Oh. Your zip is compressed. Make sure you set it to no compression when you make your archive.
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I started with the boot animation that is currently on my phone. I used 7zip to open the bootanimation.zip and replaced the original images with mine. I didn't change any compression settings (that I am aware of anyway).

I'm not sure about 7zip, I use winrar, but I imagine it might work similarly. If I just drag and drop files into and out of an archive it automatically compresses them. When I opened your archive the PNGs were ever so slightly compressed, not much since they are already so small, but any compression will stop it from playing. In winrar I just add the folder and txt file to a new archive and just use "store" as the compression method. I don't know what the setting is in 7zip but it probably has some similar setting.

OK, so now I need to figure out where the compression settings in 7zip are.
Thanks

There was also some issues with your file names. They need to be in the format "ANYNAME_00001.png" I believe. So you need to have any random name with an underscore, it doesn't matter what, but the numbering has to include 5 digits. I went ahead and did it and packaged it up for you. Works on my phone, Bonsai 3.0.1. Cool stuff!

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There was also some issues with your file names. They need to be in the format "ANYNAME_00001.png" I believe. So you need to have any random name with an underscore, it doesn't matter what, but the numbering has to include 5 digits. I went ahead and did it and packaged it up for you. Works on my phone, Bonsai 3.0.1. Cool stuff!
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Thanks! I knew it had to be something simple that I was missing. If I could hit the Thanks button 1000 times I would. I just flashed it on mine and it works.
Thanks again.

Frames can be named anything as long as th order is inlin for android to read properly.
Ex.
Name_001
Name_002
Name_003
Name_004
Name_005
Name_006
Name_007
Name_008
Name_009
Name_010 and so on.
Also use 7zip for zipping them up with it always set on store.
Another thing to watch out for is that when creating your part folders usin a pc running wndows, be careful not to let windows throw a hidden indexing file into the folder. This happens a lot and will give the animation the white flash screen that so many ppl have problems with, it can also cause the black nothing screen.

ZHkilla said:
Frames can be named anything as long as th order is inlin for android to read properly.
Ex.
Name_001
Name_002
Name_003
Name_004
Name_005
Name_006
Name_007
Name_008
Name_009
Name_010 and so on.
Also use 7zip for zipping them up with it always set on store.
Another thing to watch out for is that when creating your part folders usin a pc running wndows, be careful not to let windows throw a hidden indexing file into the folder. This happens a lot and will give the animation the white flash screen that so many ppl have problems with, it can also cause the black nothing screen.
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Thanks. This is my first one so I had a bit of a learning curve. I used up all my thanks on optmsprim2 but I'll come back tomorrow and get you.
BTW I looked but I can't find where you set the compression settings in 7zip. How do I set in on store?

Johnny.Bravo said:
Thanks. This is my first one so I had a bit of a learning curve. I used up all my thanks on optmsprim2 but I'll come back tomorrow and get you.
BTW I looked but I can't find where you set the compression settings in 7zip. How do I set in on store?
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JB, I found it last night. When you "add to archive" the options for compression come up. It almost the same as in winrar.
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Everything works and its packaged up to flash with CW3.
Thanks a ton for your guys' help. Follow the link in the OP and go to post #2 for the Clockwork flashable zip

[Q] HELP!!! Black Custom Boot Screen

This is my first time trying to create a custom boot animation... I think its going to be great if someone would gladly help me out... I can't figure out what has gone wrong with it and why when I restart its just a black screen.. I appreciate everyone who can help me. Thank you... And Thank You XDA... I would upload it directly to xda but the file is too big... so here is the link to whoever wants to help me...
megaupload[dot]com/?d=7NK0BRHR
i noticed and changed alot with it also with the numbering system and still nothing just a black screen...

is it going to the right place some goto (system\customize\resource) some goto (system\media)
whats that ds.store file have never seen that in a evo bootanimation before
both folders are number the same that may make a differance
thing is hugh may want to cut it down maybe split the bigger one in two and remove the smaller and use later as different anime(even after running it through pngoptmizer still over 24.6 mb

hope this helps some
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After creating your bootanimation -- You need to make sure that a couple things have been done correctly for the bootanimation to 1) Work and 2) Be able to be flashed via recovery.
1) To make the bootanimation work
a. Make sure that after creating the animation itself that the .zip you create has NO compression -- (e.g You use "store" mode, instead of "normal" -- both 7zip/Winrar have this feature)
b. Make sure the desc.txt file is properly formatted and has the correct folder names inside the file. Also make sure you have a carriage return (press enter) at the VERY last line of your desc.txt file
c) Make sure the .png filenames are somewhat sequential and organized. (e.g. BootUp001, BootUp002, BootUp003, etc)
2a) To make a flashable package
a. First create a folder to house the bootanimation and you'll also need to explicitly define the folder names that you want the animation to be pushed to. (e.g -- Inside lets say the "MyBootanimation" folder -- you should have three folders; they're names respectively are:: system/customize/resource or system\media
Inside the resource folder is where your newly created bootanimation.zip will go.
2b) To make the package flashable and work in recovery; you'll need a update-script file which should be in a folder called:: META-INF (ALL CAPS); inside that folder should reside, three more folders:: com/google/android/. The update-script file will go INSIDE the android folder.
So, to get this to work, you'll open the "MyBootanimation folder and inside it should reside to folders (system (and it's subfolders); which houses the bootanimation and META-INF (and it's subfolders); which houses the update-script). You need to select both files and zip them up in NORMAL mode, not "store" mode. This will create your new package, which you then need to sign via whatever method you use. I use command line and I'd like not to explain that if I don't have to.

try this(sense base can get asop if thats need)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9628638/racecar.zip

dased14 said:
is it going to the right place some goto (system\customize\resource) some goto (system\media)
whats that ds.store file have never seen that in a evo bootanimation before
both folders are number the same that may make a differance
thing is hugh may want to cut it down maybe split the bigger one in two and remove the smaller and use later as different anime(even after running it through pngoptmizer still over 24.6 mb
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You can also change from png to jpeg. I redid one recently that was 61 mb with pngs, ended up at just over 4 mb with jpegs. Just a thought. And that ds.store, delete it.
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[Q] ICS and boot anamation

In the good old day when we had so many gingerbread options, if your rom allowed it you could change boot animation simply put zip into system/media now that we are moving on to ICS that no longer works, I did some searching that a second file needs to be made or placed for it to work, I tried toolbox but most of those although they do work are droid themes or lame. So the question is was anyone able to change the boot animation with a ICS rom, without using toolbox, if so please post how you were able to do it. I love the android pissing on apple boot. Does any one have that anmation by chance most links I found were to megaupload which has been shut down.

Once you find the one you want just place it into system\media make sure its named bootanimation.zip
It works with dark side evolution ics. I know because I made a animation from scratch and I run it in my phone.
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robandcathy said:
In the good old day when we had so many gingerbread options, if your rom allowed it you could change boot animation simply put zip into system/media now that we are moving on to ICS that no longer works, I did some searching that a second file needs to be made or placed for it to work, I tried toolbox but most of those although they do work are droid themes or lame. So the question is was anyone able to change the boot animation with a ICS rom, without using toolbox, if so please post how you were able to do it. I love the android pissing on apple boot. Does any one have that anmation by chance most links I found were to megaupload which has been shut down.
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The problem with the bootanimation.zip file you were trying to use was that when I unzipped and took a look into the desc.txt file, the second line where it states what folder to run first was not named the same as the folder that contained the images. So when you were telling your phone to look in a certain folder it was never found. In case you run into other problems follow these basic steps.
You need to unzip it and make sure that it is filed in the correct order. When a bootanimation.zip is made it consist of a desc.txt and at least one folder with many or few .png images. The folder that contains the .png images must be named the same in the txt file. In order of course of how you want to see it run. All this is stated in the desc.txt.
And to put it on your phone just copy paste into system/media make sure that you can RW in that directory. Then reboot and your good.
Or an easier way just do adb push bootanimation.zip /system/media from platform tools in your SDK.
XDA upload wasn't working so here ya go!

Ok first off big thanks to cesar, I didnt get his post at first and didnt feel like bothering him any more as he has been much to helpful so in lamemans terms, you need it to be in a zip format when you put it into system/media.....within that zip should be a folder containing you pics and a text file (what ever the folder is called should also be referenced in the text file) I was a little lost when I saw boot and tried several different ways till I got it, and now I understand, also I think within the text file you can set the size of video on the first line. Again big thanks to Cesar.

What about power on sound?
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What rom you running?
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Darkside evolution 3 says it on my signature lol
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