Root Boot/Shutdown Animations

bg4m3r · Nov 22, 2014

Hey, I thought we could make a boot/shutdown animations thread. To kick off the thread, here's a quick mod of an animation that can be found in the ROM Manager Boot Animation app, the Google Play animation. It bothered me that the dots only rotated half a circle, so I added in the other half. I also made a shutdown animation to go along with it. Below are GIFs showing the animations and download links. The startup GIF only shows the circling dots, but the full animation (dots zooming in from the side) is in the download.

I am working on making a Volt optimized version that is only 540px wide (the current one is 1080, to support larger screens, resulting in the outer parts of the animation to be cut off). I will add them as well when I get them done.

To install these without an app, just copy them to /data/local/ and name them bootanimation.zip and shutdownanimation.zip respectively and make sure the permissions are set to rwx r-x r-x.

Looking forward to see everyone's animations!

Second animation thread:
http://androidforums.com/index.php?threads/964704/

bg4m3r · Nov 23, 2014

Here's the 540px animations. They came out nicely.
For some reason, when I cropped them down it added a color index, resulting in these being no smaller than the 1080 ones. They work fine, and at 2MB, it's not huge, but if someone knows a batch method of getting rid of the color index, they should be half the size of the bigger ones.

spunky168 · Nov 23, 2014

bg4m3r said:
To install these without an app, just copy them to /data/local/ and name them bootanimation.zip and shutdownanimation.zip respectively and make sure the permissions are set to rwx r-x r-x.

Looking forward to see everyone's animations!

This may seem like a silly question but: Why place them in folder "/data/local/"? Shouldn't they be placed in "/system/media/" where the original bootanimation.zip and shutdownanimation.zip are located?

Spunky168
"The Original Taepo Dong"

spunky168 · Nov 23, 2014

bg4m3r said:
To install these without an app, just copy them to /data/local/ and name them bootanimation.zip and shutdownanimation.zip respectively and make sure the permissions are set to rwx r-x r-x.

Looking forward to see everyone's animations!

This may seem like a silly question but: Why place them in folder "/data/local/"? Shouldn't they be placed in "/system/media/" where the original bootanimation.zip and shutdownanimation.zip are located?

Spunky168
"The Original Taepo Dong"

bg4m3r · Nov 23, 2014

spunky168 said:
This may seem like a silly question but: Why place them in folder "/data/local/"? Shouldn't they be placed in "/system/media/" where the original bootanimation.zip and shutdownanimation.zip are located?

The system looks in /data/local/ first. If it finds nothing there, then it goes on to /system/media/. By putting your custom animations in /data/local/, you trump the other location and don't have to worry about overwriting the stock animations.

quickdraw996 · Feb 14, 2015

I For anyone who wants the Android L boot animation on their device, use THIS APP to install the boot animation found HERE ON GOOGLE DRIVE or HERE ON MEGA

Or

You can download the animation, navigate to "/system/media/", find "bootanimation.zip", change the extension from .zip to .bak, then copy over the new "bootanimation.zip". The process is the same if you want it to be your shut down animation as well, except you will rename "bootanimation.zip" to "shutdownanimation.zip" and copy it over after you rename the original "shutdownanimation.zip" to "shutdownanimation.bak" first.

bg4m3r · Feb 14, 2015

quickdraw996 said:
I For anyone who wants the Android L boot animation on their device, use THIS APP to install the boot animation found HERE ON GOOGLE DRIVE or HERE ON MEGA

Or

You can download the animation, navigate to "/system/media/", find "bootanimation.zip", change the extension from .zip to .bak, then copy over the new "bootanimation.zip". The process is the same if you want it to be your shut down animation as well, except you will rename "bootanimation.zip" to "shutdownanimation.zip" and copy it over after you rename the original "shutdownanimation.zip" to "shutdownanimation.bak" first.

Made a shutdown animation to go with this.

quickdraw996 · Feb 14, 2015

bg4m3r said:
Made a shutdown animation to go with this.

Perfect, thank you, but I am already using the same animation as boot for shut down, I just love this animation so much.

bg4m3r · Feb 14, 2015

I thought about having the android disassemble, but didn't know if it would fit within the shutdown time.

Rarewolf · Feb 14, 2015

I will have to post my custom made one.

kwknott · Feb 14, 2015

bg4m3r said:
I thought about having the android disassemble, but didn't know if it would fit within the shutdown time.

Here's one that plays the last 2 parts backward so it disassembles the Android logo and fits within shutdown time.

https://mega.co.nz/#!rQNExC5L!Vg4KtgPHrq60npUsUT4uDu7b44V7PuBiGwPiNdbxd6A

Rarewolf · Feb 16, 2015

bg4m3r said:
I am working on making a Volt optimized version that is only 540px wide (the current one is 1080, to support larger screens, resulting in the outer parts of the animation to be cut off). I will add them as well when I get them done.

I just wanted to let you know that you can just change the Desc.txt file to be the same dimensions as the LG volt. and they will play at those dimensions.

http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-change-customize-create-android-boot-animation-guide/

Rarewolf · Feb 16, 2015

NEW POST: It has been fixed.

OLD POST:Well i am trying to get my bootanimation to work but with no avail.
i just want it to be a shutdown animation or a boot one.

can anyone help me with this one?
its a running wolf.
with my username having a glow after.

this is actually from a gif file. so if anyone wants to use it or modify what i have done go ahead.

Update: This one is the New Zip File

kwknott · Feb 16, 2015

Rarewolf said:
Well i am trying to get my bootanimation to work but with no avail.
i just want it to be a shutdown animation or a boot one.

can anyone help me with this one?
its a running wolf.

Your zip file is compressed, and a boot animation cannot be compressed. take your files put them into a zip and do no compression, some programs refer to it as store only.

bg4m3r · Feb 16, 2015

Rarewolf said:
I just wanted to let you know that you can just change the Desc.txt file to be the same dimensions as the LG volt. and they will play at those dimensions.

http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-change-customize-create-android-boot-animation-guide/

I'm aware of that but, first, that made it really tiny. Also, the objective was smaller file size.

Rarewolf · Feb 16, 2015

kwknott said:
Your zip file is compressed, and a boot animation cannot be compressed. take your files put them into a zip and do no compression, some programs refer to it as store only.

Thanks sir i shall try this soon. So i can backup and restore easily.

Rarewolf · Feb 17, 2015

kwknott said:
Your zip file is compressed, and a boot animation cannot be compressed. take your files put them into a zip and do no compression, some programs refer to it as store only.

Alright so i tried making a non compressed zip of my animation. But it did not work.
It was done using jrummys root browser, i think it is jrummy.

kwknott · Feb 17, 2015

Try 7zip on your computer. I tried multiple file managers on my phone and they wouldn't work.

Rarewolf · Feb 17, 2015

kwknott said:
Try 7zip on your computer. I tried multiple file managers on my phone and they wouldn't work.

Thanks I was thinking of trying to creat on on my pc as well.
Thanks again.

bg4m3r · Feb 17, 2015

I use Boot Animation Factory, just for simplicity.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678540

Rarewolf · Feb 17, 2015

bg4m3r said:
I use Boot Animation Factory, just for simplicity.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678540

this is a great find. i am using it now.

Rarewolf · Feb 17, 2015

i updated my post it has the the new zip file.
so if anyone wanted to use it.
just in case you want to see it.
here it is.

dwarddo · Aug 20, 2015

bg4m3r said:
Hey, I thought we could make a boot/shutdown animations thread. To kick off the thread, here's a quick mod of an animation that can be found in the ROM Manager Boot Animation app, the Google Play animation. It bothered me that the dots only rotated half a circle, so I added in the other half. I also made a shutdown animation to go along with it. Below are GIFs showing the animations and download links. The startup GIF only shows the circling dots, but the full animation (dots zooming in from the side) is in the download.

I am working on making a Volt optimized version that is only 540px wide (the current one is 1080, to support larger screens, resulting in the outer parts of the animation to be cut off). I will add them as well when I get them done.

To install these without an app, just copy them to /data/local/ and name them bootanimation.zip and shutdownanimation.zip respectively and make sure the permissions are set to rwx r-x r-x.

Looking forward to see everyone's animations!

Just to be clear.....

Do I move the renamed zip files into the data/local folder and then unzip them in that folder?

bg4m3r · Aug 22, 2015

dwarddo said:
Just to be clear.....

Do I move the renamed zip files into the data/local folder and then unzip them in that folder?

No, you don't unzip them at all

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