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UPDATE: FBG Studios.com seems to be down right now. Also the video tutorial is set to private. So until further notice the only instructions are the written.
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Yesterday I was searching around the web and found this video on fbgstudios.com. It is a tutorial on how to add a custom boot screen to your Motorola Droid. It does require you to root your Droid, but hey, if you are ballsy enough to change your boot screen I bet you already have your Droid rooted!
Here is the video tutorial:
Here is the text tutorial:
1. Make sure that your phone is rooted, if it is not watch this video tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QVm4SxH8Pw
2. Download an animation and make sure that it is named bootanimation.zip.
Here are some you can download (but there are plenty more online so you can google them):
- Nexus One
- 3d Android
- R2-D2 (MAKE SURE TO RENAME IT TO “BootAnimation”)
3 OPTIONAL
* a) To customize the animation just add the text or image you want. Remember that each picture is a frame and that each frame moves very quickly so if you want solid text make sure to put it on for more than 15 frames. Also keep in mind that there are two animations (part0 and part1) and part is the one that repeats.
* b) Now highlight folders part0 and part1 as well as desc.txt file.
* c) Using WinRAR right click and select “Add to archive…”. IMPORTANT: Make sure that the file is named “bootanimation” and the file format is .zip!
4. Connect your USB on your Droid and make sure it is mounted!
5. Go to your SD card of your phone and drag the bootanimation.zip into the root folder.
6. Eject your phone
7. Download Terminal Emulator for you phone then open it up
8. Type in the following (EXACTLY THE WAY YOU SEE IT; press enter after each line):
su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
dd if=/sdcard/bootanimation.zip of=/system/media/bootanimation.zip
Reboot
9. Your phone will be rebooted and now you can enjoy your new custom bootscreen!
Again I want to give credit to FBG Studios.com, so make sure and visit their site.
Here is a direct link to the tutorial: http://fbgstudios.com/how-to-get-a-custom-boot-screen-on-droid/2009/12/
follwed every step to the T and now i have no boot animation at all
Did you make sure the file was called bootanimation.zip? Did you create your own zip file or did you download a pre made animation?
hi there, you can use root explorer for this, no need to use terminal emulator, just copy the bootanimation.zip on to your sd card, then eject phone and open root explorer then locate sd card, now copy the bootanimation.zip then locate system/media “don’t forget to copy the stock bootanimation.zip then put it to R/O then copy the new one, then put it back to R/W…your done,
You must select “Store” as the type of compression or the animation will not play.
same as Rob.a, I noticed on other tutorials there is a txt file that is needed, this wasn’t in the folder when I did this which is why it didn’t work? My answer in a form of a question.