Custom boot animations not working - Verizon HTC 10 Questions & Answers

So I've been trying to get a boot animation I've been working on for this phone to work and the old method of just putting the zip in the system/media or system/customize/resource folder seems to no longer work. I read a few places about having to edit a bootimage bin file but could only find info on that for Samsung phones and qmg files. Just hoping someone can point me in the right direction to learn the new process for our phone

need to replace vzw_bootup.zip to replace the boot animation on the Verizon model not bootanimation.zip. it is also case sensitive so when replacing the file notice how its typed. like VZW_bootup or vzw_bootup.zip etc...
you were in the right folder, the resources folder

I think there's more to it than just that. I have tried to open the vzw_bootup.zip with 7-zip and it doesn't recognize the file. In addition, the splash screens instead of being in a separate partition (sp1 on the M9 and A9) are in \system\customize\resource as splash_screen.png (and is invoked by default.xml in \system\customize\cid.

I have done that. If it's named anything but vzw_bootup.zip it simply loads the default Android boot but if I put a modified boot animation with vzw_bootup.zip as the name it only shows the splash screen right up until my home screen loads. I've given correct permissions and everything. Something about the bootanimation binary file is checking for the correct png files or something in the zip.
Update: I pulled the notification binary file from leedroid (dunno if it's any different just figured I'd try) and ticked permissions for all on the binary file just like the vzw_bootup.zip has and the custom animation somewhat works now. It is skipping half of the second folder but I assume that's something I did.

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hgoldner said:
I think there's more to it than just that. I have tried to open the vzw_bootup.zip with 7-zip and it doesn't recognize the file. In addition, the splash screens instead of being in a separate partition (sp1 on the M9 and A9) are in \system\customize\resource as splash_screen.png (and is invoked by default.xml in \system\customize\cid.
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I've done it already. It's as simple as that. It's case sensitive, I couldn't get it to work, I copied the text right off the file in root explorer pasted it onto the new animation zip. Asked to replace, I replaced it. Rebooted to the new animation.

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Maybe I'm just not remembering correctly, but I thought that out of the box the bootanimation would play the DROOIIIID sound byte. I haven't seen this since it I started swapping roms. Anyone know how to get this back?
i believe you were hearing the sd card notification, where the default sound would have been droid right out of the box.
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It was part of the original boot animation, sbf'ing and using root explorer to find boot animation.zip in system/media will get it back but here's the link to the download: http://www.mediafire.com/?y3tvq34aboutinj,
not sure if its complete. Unzip it and open the desc.txt file with text editor. The sound file is the Droid.ogg file. The desc.txt file also contains guidelines for changing or customizing the sound file or other files. This can also be done in absolute system app by importing the bootanimation.zip and opening the bootanimation.zip editor and then using the desc.txt editor. Both ways can be used to adjust size, fps, loop properties and sounds. I will write up an instruction thread and post it in the dev forum once I successfully create a custom (sound).ogg file and apply it to a bootanimation.zip and get it to work.
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[Q] Bootanimation replacement *.qmg vs *.zip

I've changed bootanimations before on other devices, but the file was always called "bootanimation.zip." Looking at the files in the SGS5, I see 3 different "boot*.qmg" files, but no "bootanimation.zip."
Since we don't have a custom recovery yet, I'm hesitant to rename the *.qmg files and drop in a "bootanimation.zip" I created for my SGS4 into the same folder. Is there some new way to replace bootanimations on an SGS5 due to the *.qmg file extension, or it's safe to just rename/delete the *.qmg files and drop in the "bootanimation.zip" file into the appropriate folder?
I'd hate to get stuck in a bootloop and have to odin back to stock only to be unable to fully "restore" my phone's settings afterwards (yes, I have TiBu & other apps that'll allow me to restore, but it's certainly not as easy or as complete as restoring a nandroid backup).
Icculus760 said:
I've changed bootanimations before on other devices, but the file was always called "bootanimation.zip." Looking at the files in the SGS5, I see 3 different "boot*.qmg" files, but no "bootanimation.zip."
Since we don't have a custom recovery yet, I'm hesitant to rename the *.qmg files and drop in a "bootanimation.zip" I created for my SGS4 into the same folder. Is there some new way to replace bootanimations on an SGS5 due to the *.qmg file extension, or it's safe to just rename/delete the *.qmg files and drop in the "bootanimation.zip" file into the appropriate folder?
I'd hate to get stuck in a bootloop and have to odin back to stock only to be unable to fully "restore" my phone's settings afterwards (yes, I have TiBu & other apps that'll allow me to restore, but it's certainly not as easy or as complete as restoring a nandroid backup).
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Follow these instructions. Enjoy.
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Follow these instructions. Enjoy.
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Thank you very much for the direction. While I'll give it a shot a later, that still won't allow me to replace the default bootanimation w/ the ones I've previously created. The bootanimation.zip files I want to use only contain *.png files (the *png's are in "part0" folder and there is a desc.txt file in the parent directory). There are no *.qmg files in those zip's to extract, so that process won't work for me & the bootanimations I'm trying to use.
Any other ideas, or is my only option to use something like the Samsung Theme Designer process? (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2696914)
Icculus760 said:
Thank you very much for the direction. While I'll give it a shot a later, that still won't allow me to replace the default bootanimation w/ the ones I've previously created. The bootanimation.zip files I want to use only contain *.png files (the *png's are in "part0" folder and there is a desc.txt file in the parent directory). There are no *.qmg files in those zip's to extract, so that process won't work for me & the bootanimations I'm trying to use.
Any other ideas, or is my only option to use something like the Samsung Theme Designer process? (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2696914)
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Contact the maker of the OP of the thread with the boot animations, I'm pretty sure he/she can help you out converting the files. It's been done before in that thread.
Misterxtc said:
Contact the maker of the OP of the thread with the boot animations, I'm pretty sure he/she can help you out converting the files. It's been done before in that thread.
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What the heck, man. Stop helping me so quickly! :laugh:
Thanks again!!

[Q] How to (safely) change boot animation.

Researched a bit about this but almost all tutorials are saying that you can just replace the bootanimation.zip found in /system/media. So I did. But there was no media folder in /system. So I scoured my whole root folder and found that bootanimation.zip is located in /lbh/media for tn7 devices (or at least mine) . So I tried to replace that. Rebooted the device but no boot animation played. and yes I did apply the proper permission for the zip file. So I just reapplied the stock animation. I did this manually btw. Am I doin' something wrong? Need help.
nevermind. fixed it.

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