As I like to say, customization is the mother of originality. You express your personality using every object at hand, including a phone. Therefore, we hereby declare our first Android smartphone customization campaign. And why not start with the first thing you see when you power on the phone. Yes, you’ve got it. Today we are going to present you a list of the best Android boot screen animations, our own top 10. These choices are free to use and were hand-picked by our staff.
The following list will be available for all kind of Android devices. When it comes to compatibility, the major problem lays in the screen resolution. Sometimes a good looking boot screen cannot fit your display or, may be too small. Another problem stays within the hardware configuration. Smartphones with modest specs will encounter lag times when trying to boot an animation that comes fully equipped with sounds or interesting design. This can be eliminated quickly, by simply replacing the theme. The process is easy to do..
Although with rooted phones the installation process is fairly easy, you can apply these “themes†if you own a stock model. Just yesterday, we wrote a guide on how to do it without root.
For those rooted you can copy the bootanimation.zip file on the SD card and then, using Root explorer, move it to the data/local/ folder. The copy / paste process will appear by simply hovering over the file, while using Root explorer.
Now that we’ve got the details out of the way, let’s begin our list. Remember, these are not our creations, we’ve chosen them from the web. Feel free to share your comments below and most important, to state your own favorites.
Top 10 Best Android Boot Animation Screens
Nr. 1 – Droid Does
Droid does is a complete series handmade by Liquid. It consists of a “Droid Does†logo that vanishes in sparks, right before the Droid X eye appears. The animation is available in many colors, including 3 favors of blue
Nr.2 -Boing
Created by Qteknology, the theme provides a nice and easy to like animation. Respecting the usual K.I.S.S. principle, the theme can be previewed by clicking on the image above, and downloaded here.
Nr.3 -Nexus
My personal favorite, the original Nexus booting screen. Not much of a magic inside it, excepting the one Google bestowed on his flagship. When you are drooling for a Nexus, this eases the pain. This works great on T-Mobile G1 / G2, with a Horizontal resolution of 320px. Download here.
Nr.4 -Glow
Created by Dysgenic, an XDA member, this theme is available in two distinct versions: green and white. And the color is not the only element that is changed between them. Also, they are both available in 320×480 / 480×800 resolutions
Nr.5 -Minimal
Another Dysgenic creation, this file can be used for 320×480 / 480×800, the green version or, 320×480 / 480×800 the blue version
Nr.6 -Particles
Particles is available in two versions. Referring to the picture above, the one on the left is the first version, and can be used in two colors: green and blue. As usual, this file can be used on different type of screens,
Nr.7 -HoneyComb
Although HoneyComb is just a distant dream for some of us, why don’t we enjoy some of its features? Developed by simms22, over at XDA, this has been confirmed of working on Samsung Captivate, EVO 4G, Nexus One, Nexus S, Milestone X720, MyTouch 4G and Vibrant. Some of them also on CyanogenMode7. The developer says this should work for any rooted device. Get it here
Nr.8 -RottenApple
An Apple hatter? Well, the hating kit cannot be complete without this file. The developer is yet unknown, but we found it over XDA as well. The file can be downloaded here
Nr.9 –R2D2
Ripped out from the R2D2 Droid 2 version, the exclusivity of this model is now ruined. A preview is not yet available, but we can vouch for that. Download it here
Nr.10 –Droid 2
Last but not least, we present you the original Droid 2 eye animation. Accessible for all types of screens, as we were said. Download it here
