DOCUMENTATION
BootAnimDeck Documentation
Interactive installation tutorials and troubleshooting guides for Android ROMs.
Method A: PC Installation using ADB
Requires: USB Debugging, Root Access, Android SDK Platform Tools installed on PC
Android Debug Bridge (ADB) is the recommended method to install custom boot animations from a PC. Because modern Android (10+) utilizes read-only dynamic partition superblocks, you must first authenticate shell access as root and remount the active system partition.
Detailed Step-by-Step Instructions
- Enable USB Debugging on your phone (go to Settings ❯ About Phone ❯ Tap Build Number 7 times ❯ Developer Options ❯ Toggle USB Debugging).
- Connect your phone to your PC via a USB cable.
- Download your custom animation from the gallery or compile it in the Studio. Rename it to exactly
bootanimation.zip. - Open a command prompt (Windows) or terminal (macOS/Linux) in the folder where your zip is saved.
- Execute the ADB commands shown in the terminal simulations below.
Windows PowerShell / CMD Rice
CMD.EXE - Command Prompt
win-shell❯C:\platform-tools❯adb devices
List of devices attached
988a1b414e4b4748 device
win-shell❯C:\platform-tools❯adb root
adbd is already running as root
win-shell❯C:\platform-tools❯adb remount
remount succeeded
win-shell❯C:\platform-tools❯adb push bootanimation.zip /system/media/bootanimation.zip
bootanimation.zip: 1 file pushed, 0 skipped. 11.2 MB/s (10295103 bytes in 0.872s)
win-shell❯C:\platform-tools❯adb shell chmod 644 /system/media/bootanimation.zip
win-shell❯C:\platform-tools❯adb reboot
[+] Device rebooting... installation successful!
macOS Zsh / Linux Bash Rice
zsh - hasan@arch-linux: ~/downloads
arch-zsh❯~/downloads❯adb devices
List of devices attached
emulator-5554 device
arch-zsh❯~/downloads❯adb root && adb remount
adbd is already running as root
remount succeeded
arch-zsh❯~/downloads❯adb push bootanimation.zip /product/media/
bootanimation.zip: 1 file pushed. 14.8 MB/s
arch-zsh❯~/downloads❯adb shell chmod 644 /product/media/bootanimation.zip