How to change you boot animation
I have seen this question many times, and have asked it myself, so I thought it was time we had a how on it. So here ya go.
The first thing you will need is a kernel that will support custom boot animations. Most of the custom kernels support custom boot animations. The only ones I know of that dont are the stock kernels. I could be wrong so if anyone knows of any custom kernels that dont support custom boot animations please post here or let me know and i will post it.
The thing about boot animation and shutdown animation is that there are a couple of different methods for different files. Start with Method 1 and if that doesn’t work move on.
I should mention that you should create a backup before trying this. However it isn’t necessary to do so every time. I have yet to brick my phone flashing boot animation, and yes I have tried. If it does not work, your phone will not brick, you just won’t have an animation on start up. Data wipe and cache clear are not necessary.
I will assume a beginner to intermediate understanding of the phone to simplify the instructions.
For each of the three methods you will need to download the animation and put them on your SD card. Make sure they are NOT named “bootanimation.zip”. I like to keep things organized, so I have mine in sdcard/ROM’s/Animations.
JaeKar99 has compiled an excellent list of animations:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/ver...oms-hacks/55521-list-roms-kernels-themes.html
Boot Animation Method 1: ROM Manager
I suppose the simplest way is through ROM Manager. This will only work if you have green CWM Flashed.
1. Open ROM Manager
2. Select “Install ROM From SD Card” and press OK
3. Select the animation you want and press OK
4. At this point ROM Manager will ask you check if you want to backup you existing ROM and if you want to Wipe Data and Cache. Pick what you want and press OK.
Boot Animation Method 2: Clock Work Manager
1. Boot into recovery mode.
2. Select update.zip (if you are running red cwm you don’t need to do this)
3. Select install .zip from SD card then choose zip from SD card
4. Select the animation you want then select yes
Boot Animation Method 3: Manually replacing the bootanimation.zip
1. Using a file explorer with su permission, select the animation you want and copy it to system/media.
2. In the system/media folder you will see a file named “bootanimation.zip”. Rename it “bootanimation.zip.old”.
3. Now rename the new animation file “bootanimation.zip”.
4. Restart your phone. You may need to restart twice for the animation to work.
I have seen this question many times, and have asked it myself, so I thought it was time we had a how on it. So here ya go.
The first thing you will need is a kernel that will support custom boot animations. Most of the custom kernels support custom boot animations. The only ones I know of that dont are the stock kernels. I could be wrong so if anyone knows of any custom kernels that dont support custom boot animations please post here or let me know and i will post it.
The thing about boot animation and shutdown animation is that there are a couple of different methods for different files. Start with Method 1 and if that doesn’t work move on.
I should mention that you should create a backup before trying this. However it isn’t necessary to do so every time. I have yet to brick my phone flashing boot animation, and yes I have tried. If it does not work, your phone will not brick, you just won’t have an animation on start up. Data wipe and cache clear are not necessary.
I will assume a beginner to intermediate understanding of the phone to simplify the instructions.
For each of the three methods you will need to download the animation and put them on your SD card. Make sure they are NOT named “bootanimation.zip”. I like to keep things organized, so I have mine in sdcard/ROM’s/Animations.
JaeKar99 has compiled an excellent list of animations:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/ver...oms-hacks/55521-list-roms-kernels-themes.html
Boot Animation Method 1: ROM Manager
I suppose the simplest way is through ROM Manager. This will only work if you have green CWM Flashed.
1. Open ROM Manager
2. Select “Install ROM From SD Card” and press OK
3. Select the animation you want and press OK
4. At this point ROM Manager will ask you check if you want to backup you existing ROM and if you want to Wipe Data and Cache. Pick what you want and press OK.
Boot Animation Method 2: Clock Work Manager
1. Boot into recovery mode.
2. Select update.zip (if you are running red cwm you don’t need to do this)
3. Select install .zip from SD card then choose zip from SD card
4. Select the animation you want then select yes
Boot Animation Method 3: Manually replacing the bootanimation.zip
1. Using a file explorer with su permission, select the animation you want and copy it to system/media.
2. In the system/media folder you will see a file named “bootanimation.zip”. Rename it “bootanimation.zip.old”.
3. Now rename the new animation file “bootanimation.zip”.
4. Restart your phone. You may need to restart twice for the animation to work.
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you can find it on post 17 of this thread. Thanks Sheepy!!!!!
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