Root [Virgin Mobile] Remove Horrible VM Boot sound

punkmaxx · Jun 13, 2013

Remove Horrible VM Boot sound:

Obtain Root
use a root enabled explorer and navigate to: /system/media/audio/ui/VMU/
Rename OGG file to .old

VIOLA! The Nice quiet Samsung Stock Boot Sound takes over...

6burgh · Jun 13, 2013

thanks

funkylogik · Jun 13, 2013

Thanks man :beer:
Removing the annoying tone when you use the volume rocker is similar

amk2795 · Jun 13, 2013

I might root my phone just to do this...ha!

punkmaxx · Jun 13, 2013

amk2795 said:
I might root my phone just to do this...ha!

... I did...

Droidula · Jun 14, 2013

Where did you get your phone? Mine doesn't have a VM boot logo, sound, or anything.

punkmaxx · Jun 14, 2013

Droidula said:
Where did you get your phone? Mine doesn't have a VM boot logo, sound, or anything.

Radio Shack... 2nd Day of availability (6/13/13).... Also besides the Boot animation there was not a bit of virgin branding on my phone.... It seems to be only branded Samsung.

Droidula · Jun 14, 2013

punkmaxx said:
Radio Shack... 2nd Day of availability (6/13/13).... Also besides the Boot animation there was not a bit of virgin branding on my phone.... It seems to be only branded Samsung.

I got mine there too, 6/12. My boot animation is Samsung. Now that I think of it, I don't even see any VM apps. Does yours have any? It came in a VM box, and it has a sticker on the back with the serial number that says VM on it, but that's the only VM branding I've seen.

Droidula · Jun 14, 2013

Nevermind. I hadn't activated the phone yet because I wanted to wait until I had some free time, to set the phone up the way I wanted it. So I rooted it and set it up tonight, and just activated it. After activating, it factory reset my phone without warning or asking (!!!), erasing all my time, plus installing the annoying VM boot animation and apps. :mad:

Edit: Nevermind, after the initial reboot, it no longer shows the VM boot anymore. I didn't change anything. :thinking:

Deleted User · Jun 14, 2013

Thanks

Deleted User · Jun 16, 2013

If you wanted to completely remove the launching screen altogether couldn't you grab one of the boot videos from Sprint or Verizon or AT&T then paste it somewhere i. your phone's internal storage then move it to where the VMU boot video was and delete the the VM one?

GTWalling · Jun 16, 2013

Not quite that simple. You need to be rooted.

To use Bootanimation.zip
Using the root explorer, navigate to system/bin
you will be working with 2 files.

*First find a file named

redrunner1985 · Jun 19, 2013

Does anybody know how to do this on the s2?

Edit: nevermind. Figured it out. And figured out how to change it.

redrunner1985 · Jul 5, 2013

GTWalling said:
Not quite that simple. You need to be rooted.

To use Bootanimation.zip
Using the root explorer, navigate to system/bin
you will be working with 2 files.

*First find a file named System/Bin>"samsungani" (no file extension) and delete or rename it (ex samsunganiBAK)
Secondly find a file named System/Bin>"bootanimation" (also, no file extension) and rename this file to "samsungani" without the quotation.

Get the bootanimation.zip file that you want to use (or create your own)

Unzip it to verify a little information is correct
Open the desc.txt file > you should see something like this (numbers will vary)
700 1116 18
p 1 0 part0
p 5 0 part1

Whatever bootanimation you use, make SURE that the number directly after the "p" is NOT 0 otherwise you will enter a never-ending loop.

Put in System/Media

There is an easy way. There is a s2 forum that has flashable custom boot animations. I flashed the stargate.zip and now I am able to use boot animation apps and zips. But they didn't make the sound go away.

redrunner1985 · Jul 5, 2013

In the sprint forums. CWM or TWRP. Second post.

Ab5traktion · Jul 17, 2013

You actually don't need to root to remove the boot animation sound. Just go to Settings > Sound > Volume and turn the System Volume all the way down. And viola, no more boot animation noise.

Mgssidley · Jul 17, 2013

How does that help when you forget to have the system volume turned down and restart your phone..?

Ab5traktion · Jul 18, 2013

Just do it after it's restarted?...I was just saying there's an easier way to do it. I had to troubleshoot to figure out how to do it. Hate having that horrible noise when restarting the phone.

redrunner1985 · Jul 19, 2013

Ab5traktion said:
You actually don't need to root to remove the boot animation sound. Just go to Settings > Sound > Volume and turn the System Volume all the way down. And viola, no more boot animation noise.

That just covers it up. Don't eliminate it.

Ab5traktion · Jul 19, 2013

Covers it up? I thought the point was to not hear the sounds anymore.

Rambo828 · Jul 19, 2013

Ab5traktion said:
Covers it up? I thought the point was to not hear the sounds anymore.

The point is to not hear sounds on boot, ever. With your method there is a possibility the user forgets to turn down the system volume before rebooting.

also encountered another boot sound in /system/media/audio/ui/XAS
follow the same procedure as before to remove it.

redrunner1985 · Jul 19, 2013

Rambo828 said:
The point is to not hear sounds on boot, ever. With your method there is a possibility the user forgets to turn down the system volume before rebooting.

Well put.

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