Custom bootup animations for the Droid X- Android Central bootup too

[sicario666]

Just dl'd this on my wifes incredible and it worked beautifully. Use the same process as explained on the first page

 

[JkdJedi]

nice!!!! mines has sound

How do you get sound?

 

[mission214#AC]

Loaded black one. Lovin it. Directions worked perfectly. DX :Kennedy X rc2

 

[nvmehaterz]

pink

Not responsible for anything you do to your phone. This is a basic hack but still proceed with caution.

Wanted to spice up my DX today so I mad my own custom boot animation. I used my avatar for the one I'm using but decided to do some alternates. Here are a couple along with an Android Central bootup.

Here is a youtube video of the bootup. Please forgive the crappy video. Will make a better one soon.

YouTube - Droid X custom boot animation

MUST BE ROOTED
The easiest way to install this is to use Root Explorer. Download the file and rename to bootanimation.zip. Copy the file and navigate to system/media. Change the permissions to R/W by clicking the button in the top right. Rename the existing bootanimation.zip to bootanimation.bak. Then paste the file in this directory. Change permission back to R/O. Reboot and enjoy the show.

Will be adding more colors soon. Put in your request.


Green DOWNLOAD

Black DOWNLOAD

Red DOWNLOAD

Blue DOWNLOAD

Android Central DOWNLOAD

would love to request a soft pink one, thanks

 

[MaXXimus]

Non ADB method for boot animation changeout

The animations are cool, so I thought I'd give them a whirl on my Optimus S. It worked. Here's what I did (which I think is the easiest way to change boot animations if you're ADB averse )

1) Save the zip file to sd card (somewhere you know where to find it again)
2) Using a file explorer that can access and write to root system directories (I use Root Explorer) copy the desired zip and paste in /data/local.
3) Long press on the zip file and rename it to bootanimation.zip.
4) Reboot and check out your new boot animation.

Credit for this method goes to cmags. You can see his OP here.

There are also some other cool boot animations here that I thought were pretty cool.

 

[tntdroid]

The animations are cool, so I thought I'd give them a whirl on my Optimus S. It worked. Here's what I did (which I think is the easiest way to change boot animations if you're ADB averse )

1) Save the zip file to sd card (somewhere you know where to find it again)
2) Using a file explorer that can access and write to root system directories (I use Root Explorer) copy the desired zip and paste in /data/local.
3) Long press on the zip file and rename it to bootanimation.zip.
4) Reboot and check out your new boot animation.

Credit for this method goes to cmags. You can see his OP here.

There are also some other cool boot animations here that I thought were pretty cool.

Not to be that guy but that's the most common method to drop a new boot animation on your phone. Copy paste from sd to data local or system media. Wow and they guy in that post thought he found this on 2/2/11. Been doing this from the OG Droid days.

Edit - also them boots from xda were posted here already over a week ago. Again sorry for being that guy again.

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[michaeldufault]

Are there instructions anywhere for making your own?

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[tntdroid]

Yes not sure what site but just google how to. Its simple but time consuming if making a custom boot. I have made a few and in just one animation you may create over 100 different images. The zip is just 2 folders of images in order like a flip book and a command file that tells it what to do, size and speed. If your good with photoshop you could make one in a night.

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[mdlissner]

Natemz,

Looks awesome. I have the Liberty 1.5 ROM installed on my DroidX, was wondering if you could make this as a logo.bin to be installed throught the Liberty toolbox! Would be great.

 

[tntdroid]

Nate don't come by here often but I could do this for you. What one you want done?

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[mdlissner]

Tntdroid - red one.

 

[michaeldufault]

Yes not sure what site but just google how to. Its simple but time consuming if making a custom boot. I have made a few and in just one animation you may create over 100 different images. The zip is just 2 folders of images in order like a flip book and a command file that tells it what to do, size and speed. If your good with photoshop you could make one in a night.

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Any chance you can look over this file and help me figure out why it isn't working? I've even named the files the same as the stock .zip and the phone just shows a blank black screen until it's finished starting up.

Here is a link to my .zip on dropbox;
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16737452/mazebootanimation.zip

 

[tntdroid]

If its blank something is off with the file. Just dl it and drop in data local or system media. Name old one bootanimation.bak. new one should be bootanimation.zip.

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[michaeldufault]

Hmm, well I know it's named correctly and going in the right folder and the stock has been renamed .bak. Only thing I can think is maybe the .zip was created in a way that the phone doesn't like (used 7-zip) or maybe the .png files are somehow wrong? Everything I've checked seems to be done exactly like the stock file. You see anything out of place with my file in the last post?

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[tntdroid]

Nothing but the name. I used these animations already with no issues.

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[michaeldufault]

How odd. I'm not sure why it's not working for me once it's renamed and dropped in the media folder. You said I can also try dropping it into data/local/ with the same bootanimation.zip name and that should work?

Edit* That didn't work either. I'm kind of at a loss. As soon as I switch back to the stock file, the stock file works without issue. I'm doing the renaming/replacing process right. Just to double check I even moved the stock file out of the folder completely, put mine in as bootanimation.zip and still nothing. Why would it work for you, but not for me at this point?

 

[roberte1342]

I would like my bootup animation to be no animation but the actual diagnostic text. Is this possible?

 

[tntdroid]

I would like my bootup animation to be no animation but the actual diagnostic text. Is this possible?

Yea someone made a linux one. Search it out.

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[Oj467]

I'd like to try this - but I have no bootanimation files in my system/media folder - only an "audio" folder - but nothing else.

Running Apex 1.31 with Watermark'd Theme. Any ideas? Does Apex move the bootanimation file somewhere else?

 

[wildman]

Boot Animation Changer PRO https://market.android.com/details?id=com.simproductions.bachangerpro allows you to import animation that works well..