Change the bootanimation.zip?

[terranq]

Has anyone taken a look at the bootanimation.zip to see what's needed? I know how to swap a new one in, but do I need a specific resolution/layout etc for the Vox?

[jefftheworld]

Unzip it and You'll see it's a series of images. Do a google search and you'll see tons of replacement animations.

[terranq]

yes, i know what it is, and where to find replacement ones. what I'm unsure about is if there is a specific resolution or some such arbitrary limitation as to which bootanimation.zip will work

[mr_nobody]

This page says:

"Note: A high resolution device will be able to play a boot animation made for a low resolution device but it will not take up the whole screen, while a high resolution boot animation will not display completely on a low resolution screen device."

http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/...imation-guide/

[mr_nobody]

I just dropped in one of the w(q)vga ones from here and it worked fine. I think those are 800x480 which is smaller than the vox's screen.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696193

I was getting a little tired of the kobo animation. (not nearly as tired as I was of the startup sound when I blew it away a month ago...now I can't even remember what it sounds like!)

[edit]: Ended up going with AndroidParticles2 from here which is pretty sweet:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905538

[mike998]

Originally Posted by mr_nobody

I just dropped in one of the w(q)vga ones from here and it worked fine. I think those are 800x480 which is smaller than the vox's screen.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696193

I was getting a little tired of the kobo animation. (not nearly as tired as I was of the startup sound when I blew it away a month ago...now I can't even remember what it sounds like!)

[edit]: Ended up going with AndroidParticles2 from here which is pretty sweet:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905538

To clarify :

• Ensure your Kobo Vox is rooted as per jefftheworld's How-To (How-To is HERE)
• Assuming the new files are : The new bootanimation.zip is called NEWBOOTANIMATION.ZIP and NEWBOOTAUDIO.ZIP (if you're updating the audio file)
  
• Find a 480 x 800 bootanimation.zip and bootaudio.mp3 that you like. They are seperate files, as mr_nobody noted, there's some good bootanimation.zip files HERE
• Personally, I used the bootanimation.zip and bootaudio.mp3 files found HERE (I like Star Trek...)
• Copy the bootanimation.zip and bootaudio.mp3 files to the root of your SD card. This is accomplished by connecting your Vox to your PC and performing a drag 'n' drop.
• Fire up a terminal emulator on your Vox (ConnectBot is a very good Terminal Emulator.)
• Remount the filesystem as RW
• Copy the files to the right locations
• Correct the file permissions
• Reboot your Vox to allow the filesystems to remount in the correct fashion and also to check your new animation loads correctly.

Use the following commands :

su
mount -o remount,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /system

This mounts the /system partition in a re-write mode so you can make changes.

mv /system/media/bootanimation.zip /system/media/bootanimation.zip.bak
mv /system/media/bootaudio.mp3 /system/media/bootaudio.mp3.bak

This backs up the old animation and audio so you aren't over-writing it.

cp /mnt/sdcard/NEWBOOTANIMATION.ZIP /system/media/bootanimation.zip
cp /mnt/sdcard/NEWBOOTAUDIO.MP3 /system/media/bootaudio.mp3

This copies the files from the root of your SD card to the correct location

chmod 0644 /system/media/bootanimation.zip
chmod 0644 /system/media/bootaudio.mp3
exit

This corrects the permissions on the newly copied files so they are the same as the old files.


After the above, REBOOT your Vox.

Enjoy your new Boot Splash!

It is entirely possible that you can use ADP to push this to your Vox. Someone else can feel free to adjust this for non-rooted Vox devices.
Feel free to make this post a new thread or sticky this information. Just attribute the information. This took me an hour to get it clarified.

Originally Posted by Jesslynne

Or you can use ES File Explorer in Root mode, and move the new animation to /system/media and remove the default, whether moving it to someplace else to store or delete it.

Yes, you can use file explorers, I'm comfortable using command line.

[Jesslynne]

Or you can use ES File Explorer in Root mode, and move the new animation to /system/media and remove the default, whether moving it to someplace else to store or delete it.

[terranq]

Originally Posted by Jesslynne

Or you can use ES File Explorer in Root mode, and move the new animation to /system/media and remove the default, whether moving it to someplace else to store or delete it.

move the new bootanimation to data/local. That way you don't have to touch the system/media folder. But yes, just use root explorer or ES explorer to copy/paste the file.

[Odieman]

If you delete the current bootanimation.zip the vox will default to the bog standard android boot animation (shimmery word android), which is fine by me.