HTC Incredible Boot Animation Guide

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Video Tutorial (source: crashdogy)

YouTube - How To Change Motorola Droids Boot Animation HD( Make Your Droid Look Like a Nexus One Pt. 2)

Detailed Instructions for MS Windows(source: DevHead)

This was completed on a Windows 7 system. Linux and Mac may or may not be similar. You'll have to adapt the instructions for your OS. Sorry.

Note: DO NOT plug the phone to your computer yet.

1. Download
   • Your choice of: bootanimation.zip and android_audio.mp3 (.mp3 file must be named "android_audio.mp3")
2. Edit desc.txt file
   • Unzip bootanimation.zip and edit desc.txt file
     • Use editors of your choice (textpad, jEdit, Notepad++)
     • Your desc.txt would be something like:
       

       480 638 15
       p 1 0 android
       p 1 0 eye
       p 0 0 loading

     • Make sure you save it as a UNIX file, otherwise it won't work
   • Zip the folder up again (without compression) - bootanimation.zip
   • Note: I only extracted the desc.txt file and not the entire contents of bootanimation.zip. After editing desc.txt, I just re-added that back into the original bootanimation.zip file. This worked for me. YMMV.
3. Install Android SDK
   • Android SDK | Android Developers
   • Extract .zip file; you could rename extracted folder to whatever you like (e.g., "Android")
   • Copy/move "Android" folder to the root of your drive (e.g., C:\Android)
   • Run "SDK Setup"
     • Follow SDK installation directions
     • Download USB drivers into a folder inside your SDK as Google tells you to do
       • My drivers ended up in C:\Android\usb_driver
   • Edit "android_winusb.inf" to add support for the HTC Incredible
     • Find the section labeled [Google.NTx86]. At the end of that section, add the following lines.
       

       ;
       ;HTC Incredible
       %SingleAdbInterface%        = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C9E
       %CompositeAdbInterface%     = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C9E&MI_01

     • Find the section [Google.NTamd64]. At the end of that section, add the following lines.
       

       ;
       ;HTC Incredible
       %SingleAdbInterface%        = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C9E
       %CompositeAdbInterface%     = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C9E&MI_01

4. Copy/Move
   • Copy/Move your bootanimation.zip and android_audio.mp3 files into the "tools" folder of the SDK (e.g., C:\Android\tools)
5. On Your Incredible
   • Turn USB Debugging ON (Settings->Applications->Development)
     • You should get an exclamation mark icon on your Incredible notification bar
   • NOW, you can connect your phone to the PC
     • Be sure to set/mount your USB connection to "Disk Drive"; do not use "Charge only"
6. On Your PC
   • Go to Start->Right-Click My Computer->Manage
   • You should see a device with a warning on it called "Other->ADB"
   • Right-click it and choose "Update Driver Software"
   • Install the drivers manually and point that to your usb_drivers folder (e.g., C:\Android\usb_driver)
   • Ignore any warnings about unsigned drivers and everything should install just fine
   • After the driver installation, you should see "Android Phone->Android Composite ADB Interface" in the Device Manager
7. Test Your Setup
   • Open command prompt/window
   • Change directory to the "tools" folder in your SDK (e.g., C:\Android\tools)
   • Run the following command:
     • adb devices (you should get an output similar to below)
       

       * daemon not running. starting it now *
       * daemon started successfully *
       List of devices attached
       HT048HJ00425    device

8. Reboot Your Computer
9. Push Animation/Audio
   • Make sure your USB connection is set/mounted to "Disk Drive"; do not use "Charge only"
   • Open command prompt/window
   • Change directory to the "tools" folder in your SDK (e.g., C:\Android\tools)
   • Run the following command:
     • adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local
     • adb push android_audio.mp3 /data/local (if you want sound during bootup)
     • you should have seen that a certain amount of data was added to the phone after each command
10. Reboot Your Incredible
    • You might want to go through the proper procedure for unmounting/disconnecting your phone from your computer first
    • You might want to turn off USB Debugging
    • Enjoy your new animated boot screen

Sources: Incredible Boot Animation, Android SDK | Android Developers, Installing HTC Incredible Android SDK Drivers

Note: this worked for me. This may or may not work for you. If, by following this, you brick your Incredible, I am not liable for anything.

Detailed Instructions for Linux (source: Excedio)

This was completed on an Ubuntu 10.04 system. Information adapted from DevHead's How To..

Note: DO NOT plug the phone to your computer yet.
1. Download