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Help Droid Incredible Boot Animation help

masully1984

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Jul 25, 2010
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I would like to change the boot animation on my droid incredible I saw these 2 threads on here. I downloaded all the zip files and I've been trying to change the boot animation with terminal emulator. I'd like to change to the boot animation with the droid peeing on the apple logo. I'm have no knowledge of programming and the more I read these the more confused I become. Has anyone been able to change the boot animation using terminal emulator? Ever time I try to change it the apps keeps telling me "permission denied." Any help would be greatly appreciated.

http://androidforums.com/tips-tricks-incredible/70040-incredible-boot-animation-3.html

http://androidforums.com/htc-incredible/128602-custom-boots-we-all-wanted-lol.html
 
If you're not rooted (I wouldn't doubt that you can use this if you are rooted as well) and you are using a Windows OS computer just use this method mentioned in this thread. It's the simplest way of loading a boot animation.

An easy way to get boot animations on your phone (source: mattguyver)

1) Download this file PutYourBootHERE.zip ? RGhost ? file sharing
2) Make a folder called PutYourBootHERE and extract the files from above zip file into it
3) Drop a copy of the .zip file for the boot animation you want -don't even have to rename it, the batch will rename it for you- into the PutYourBootHERE folder
4) Run the .bat file
5) Enjoy your new boot
6) Hit Thanks >>>

If you get a 'device not found error' make sure to run the HTC Sync app, that will make sure you have all the drivers you need installed.
 
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The only reason it says to install Sync is that the download includes a generic driver for USB recognition. No need to actually run the Sync program. It causes more problems than it helps for many people.

And you can pretty much skip #2 in those instructions also. Do this:

Download the linked file and save to desktop, right click the ZIP and "extract all". It will auto create the new folder of the same name. In the new, unzipped folder drop the boot animation of your choice (fully zipped still) into the PutYourBootHere folder. Then...

Connect your phone to the computer's USB slot. Need to have connection type on phone set to disk drive and also enable USB debugging. Once that is done, on the PC double click the RunMe batch file in the PutYourBootHere folder. That will auto open a modified DOS window and you'll have to answer a few yes/no questions. Can't remember the exact wording b/c I did this a long time ago but the questions are very intuitive and you should have no problems at that point.
 
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I manually updated my phone today to 2.2, the OTA not RUU. It wiped out my old boot animation, will this same method work on 2.2? Thanks
This method will no longer work with a stock 2.2. The location and file names for the bootanimation has changed. The new location is /system/customize/resource and the filenames are VZW_bootanimation.zip and VZW_Droid.mp3. Unfortunately, the location is not writeable unless you have root.
 
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This method will no longer work with a stock 2.2. The location and file names for the bootanimation has changed. The new location is /system/customize/resource and the filenames are VZW_bootanimation.zip and VZW_Droid.mp3. Unfortunately, the location is not writeable unless you have root.


Damn!!! I loved my droid x boot animation and I don't want to root so I won't be able to get it back. :mad:
 
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This method will no longer work with a stock 2.2. The location and file names for the bootanimation has changed. The new location is /system/customize/resource and the filenames are VZW_bootanimation.zip and VZW_Droid.mp3. Unfortunately, the location is not writeable unless you have root.

My phone is rooted, I installed the leaked 2.2 OTA a few weeks ago [a few days before it was officially released]. So how do I get that location to be writable. I just checked via ASTRO and it wouldn't let me rename to VZW_bootanimation.bak due to lack of permissions.
 
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My phone is rooted, I installed the leaked 2.2 OTA a few weeks ago [a few days before it was officially released]. So how do I get that location to be writable. I just checked via ASTRO and it wouldn't let me rename to VZW_bootanimation.bak due to lack of permissions.

You can bypass the lack of permission by using Root Explorer instead or move and replace with your own animation/sound using SDK.
 
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