[TUTORIAL]How to make your own Android boot animations (with sound if you want)

[Guest despotovski01]

NOTE: This method is tested and it works on CM7 ROMs and AOSP ROMs. I don't guarantee that it will work for stock ROMs (The ROM that came with your device)

--------------------------------------------

Xperia X8 users with cm6 0.25-follow this guide: http://se-lifestyle.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=5947

--------------------------------------------

Hi guys!

Today, I'm going to teach you how to make your own boot animations.

--------------------------------------------

Requirements:

-A photo-editing program (GIMP and Photoshop are the best), which can save pictures in .png format

-A text editor (everyone has that)

-An archive-managing program (Power Archiver, WinZip), that is capable of making .zip archives

--------------------------------------------

Follow the steps to create your boot animation:

1. Create part0 and part1 folders (in this folders, the frames of the boot animation are stored. Usually, there are only 2 parts in a boot animation, but you can add as many as you want. The frames in the part0 folder are usually repeated once, and the frames in part1 folder are usually looped several times, or infinite.)

2. Draw every frame of your boot animation manually (save every frame as you do it. Save the first one as 10001.png, the second one as 10002.png, and so on. Save them in the part0 and part1 folders - the frames in part0 folder will be showed only once, and the frames in part1 folder will be looped. But, you can change that if you want. Changing the looping property will be discussed in the following steps. WARNING: ALWAYS SAVE THE FRAMES IN .PNG FORMAT!)

3. Make a desc.txt file in the directory where the part0 and part1 folders are and edit it as following:

320 480 30

p 1 0 part0

p 0 0 part1

(The numbers 320 and 480 is the resolution of your boot animation. Change them as you want. The number 30 means the speed of the animation. Speed set to 30 is good for me. Then, the "p 1 0 part0" means that the frames in part0 folder will be repeated once - you point that with the "1" in "p 1 0 part0", and you set the folder with the folder name - in this case is part0. Then, you type the property for the part1 folder - that's "p 0 0 part1". The first "0" means that the folder will be looping infinite times, and then we set the folder to part1. Note: if you have more folders, you'll have to write properties for them too! WARNING: DON'T FORGET TO LEAVE AN EMPTY LINE AT THE END OF THE DESC.TXT FILE!)

4. Compress the folders and the desc.txt file in a zip file (WARNING: MAKE SURE YOUR COMPRESSION METHOD IS STORE! OTHERWISE, THE BOOT ANIMATION WON'T WORK!)

5. Open your new boot animation and check the folders, if there are Thumbs.db files. If there are Thumbs.db files in your boot animation, delete them from the archive.

6. Install your boot animation on your device with one of the following methods:

Root Explorer method:

1. Rename your boot animation to bootanimation

2. Put it on your SD card

3. Open Root Explorer and copy bootanimation.zip to /system/media. This will replace the existing boot animation

4. Reboot your phone

ADB method:

1. Make sure you have downloaded android sdk

2. Put android sdk in C:\

3. Set the directory of command prompt to C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools. Click here for a video tutorial.

4. Rename your boot animation to bootanimation and put it in C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools

5. Open cmd

6. Type in order:

-adb remount

-adb push bootanimation.zip /system/media/bootanimation.zip

-adb reboot

7. Enjoy your new boot animation!

Note: You can always preview your boot animation with my program called Boot Animation Previewer. Click here for more info.

How to add sound:

0. It's recommended to do a nandroid backup first!

1. Download the "bootsound.sh" file and put it on the root of your sd card.

2. Download the "android_audio.mp3" file and using root explorer copy it to /system/media

3. Open Terminal Emulator and type the following commands using the stock keyboard. Press enter after each line:

su

cd /sdcard

sh bootsound.sh

reboot

4. As the device boots up you will be greeted by the "Dolby THX" test sound heard before movies. You are now free to replace the android_audio.mp3 file in /system/media with any .mp3 file you like as long as you rename it to "android_audio.mp3"

5. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO OUTSMART THESE DIRECTIONS OR YOU WILL BE RESTORING YOUR NANDROID BACKUP!

6. Enjoy

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30200380/bootsnd.sh

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30200380/android_audio.mp3

--------------------------------------------

If you want a video tutorial, feel free to watch my video:

Edited July 9, 2011 by despotovski01