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Root how to change the boot animation

tomq

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you need adb and root

choose and download the bootanimation from here Boot Animations NEW!! - Android @ MoDaCo

then place the bootanimation.zip into c:/where.ever.you.have.it/androidsdk/tools/
change or remove where.ever.you.have.it to the match your system

then hit windows key and r together. type cmd and hit enter

then type cd c:/where.ever.you.have.it/androidsdk/tools/
adb devices (wait for it to find your phone, also make sure that usb debugging is on)
now type
adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local

when its finished reboot and enjoy
 
you need adb and root

choose and download the bootanimation from here Boot Animations NEW!! - Android @ MoDaCo

then place the bootanimation.zip into c:/where.ever.you.have.it/androidsdk/tools/
change or remove where.ever.you.have.it to the match your system

then hit windows key and r together. type cmd and hit enter

then type cd c:/where.ever.you.have.it/androidsdk/tools/
adb devices (wait for it to find your phone, also make sure that usb debugging is on)
now type
adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local

when its finished reboot and enjoy

Lol, you like my work at Modaco then :p,

I will in a few days port all my images and bootanimation over here so you guys an have direct access, i will also continue updating the new thread as i make new animations.
 
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you can also use root explorer
1. Download "Root Explorer" from the android market.
2. Copy the bootanimation.zip to the root of your sdcard,
3. Using root explorer copy the bootanimation.zip to /data/local

I have just tried this, but it didnt work..... Mind you i did copy the .zip file, do i have to unzip it then copy it to data/local?
 
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No, you need s-off to change the splash screen(the first thing you see when you click the power button). The Boot animation is the animation right before the phone finishes booting.

its a protected area that needs RW. when i tried it, it didnt work.
only work around is to modify the rom before flashing in 7z. ive not tried this workaround as tbh its just a boot anim but people are complaining about not being able to do it on xda-devs with various roms
 
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its a protected area that needs RW. when i tried it, it didnt work.
only work around is to modify the rom before flashing in 7z. ive not tried this workaround as tbh its just a boot anim but people are complaining about not being able to do it on xda-devs with various roms

Worked for me using "android mate". I don't have S-OFF either.
 
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Just flashed Leedroid & want to change the boot animation.

Copied the zip I wat to use to my SD card but can't for the life of me work out what to do next even having read the above 100 times (& done a search) :eek:

Can't find /system/media/ & /data/local/ doesn't exist (I'm using Astro).

Anyone advise
 
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Just flashed Leedroid & want to change the boot animation.

Copied the zip I wat to use to my SD card but can't for the life of me work out what to do next even having read the above 100 times (& done a search) :eek:

Can't find /system/media/ & /data/local/ doesn't exist (I'm using Astro).

Anyone advise

/system & /data are not on your sd card, they're on your internal memory.

ADB is required...
 
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