R36S Bootlogos and Loading Screens

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Understanding R36S / ArkOS boot sequence

The standard boot sequence (shown here) of a R36S is completely customizable.

1. Boot Logo
2. Plymouth Theme
3. EmulationStation loading screen

If you are comfortable with "hacking together your own systemd service file", you can even run a custom video including sound during boot.

Example - PSX Logo + sound during boot: https://imgur.com/a/OT4M0iv

Guide: https://www.reddit.com/r/R36S/comments/1h5xvgm/boot_sound/

Bootlogo and Loading Screen Mega Pack

Download link #1: https://www.mediafire.com/file/n98y9q9rux2t7wf/R36S_Bootlogo_and_loading_screens_pack_october_2024.zip/file

• 344 .bmp files
• 41 .gif files
• 9 .ascii files

Download link #2 (mp4 loading screens): https://www.mediafire.com/file/x890zdpyo9pp7fc/R36S+mp4+loading+screens.zip/file

• 41 .mp4 files

Download link #3 (gif loading screens): https://www.mediafire.com/file/zhi9xmgs5ihctu9/80+loading+gifs+november+10+2024.zip/file

• 80 .gif files

All files are in 4:3 aspect ratio, 640x480 or 1024x768 resolution and should work fine for similar handheld devices. Gif and mp4 files can be downloaded individually below.

Guide

Loading images (.jpg, .gif, .mp4, .ascii) are located on the EASYROMS partition (easyroms/launchimages/loading.*). You need to rename the animated gifs or mp4 videos to loading.gif/mp4. If you want to use a normal image you could save the .bmp files as a .jpg file with paint for example, and replace the loading.jpg in the launchimages folder.

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  Use this option to enable animated loading screens (.gif or .mp4)

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  Use this option to enable animated loading screens (.gif or .mp4)

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  ArkOS UI settings

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  Choose between a normal picture, ascii or disable loading screens

Boot images are located on the BOOT partition. It's possible to cycle through different images if you put them in the BMPs folder.

Here's a short video guide: ArkOS - How to replace loading image and bootscreen

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Plymouth Theme + EmulationStation logo

It's possible to change the "Plymouth theme" and the EmulationStation logo during boot. Phafael has made a guide on his GitHub account:

https://github.com/phaf36s/r3xs-arkxp

Plymouth Theme Selector

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  ArkOS standard plymouth theme

Reddit thread / guide: https://www.reddit.com/r/R36S/comments/1gnri3v/plymouth_theme_selector/

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SR_N3XlwQMJTkAR9RnmhG-ZfZOk_3vwq/view?usp=sharing

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Here is a nice explanation by Constant-Might521 about the boot process and Plymouth themes.

Change Bootlogo on PAN4ELEC and AmberELEC

Changing bootlogos and loading screens is not supported on PAN4ELEC and AmberELEC. You can only change the EmulationStation loading screen.

to change the logo after the splash screen you will have to connect your console in ssh and go to: storage/.config/emulationstation/resources. The file is logo.png and is 640x480 in size

Source: reddit

Animated Loading GIFs (Download link #1)

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Animated Loading GIFs (Download link #3)

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MP4 loading videos

Bootlogos and Loading Images

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  Red China poster

More Bootlogos and Loading Images

https://www.reddit.com/r/R36S/comments/1g7al3y/boot_image_loading_pack/

Sources

https://www.reddit.com/r/R36S/comments/1fun4xr/boot_images_for_r36s/

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CZev94sI0XL-V6MnUudIBIsMbQ817bLj

https://github.com/t0b10-t3nm4/ArkOS-Loading-Screens

https://www.rg35xx.com/en/customization/boot-logos/

https://www.reddit.com/r/R36S/comments/1eval8b/151_pok%C3%A9mon_boot_screens_for_r36s_640x480_all/

https://www.reddit.com/r/R36S/comments/1fhesrg/hi_ive_created_some_boot_images_for_the_r36s_in/

https://www.reddit.com/r/handheldhub/

https://reddit.com/r/R36S/comments/1drl88c/my_loading_screen_collection/

https://www.reddit.com/r/R36S/comments/1esy8k6/minimalistic_pok%C3%A9mon_gen1_boot_screens_feel_free/

https://www.reddit.com/r/R36S/comments/1c014rr/custom_boot_logos_for_purple_devices/

https://www.reddit.com/r/R36S/comments/1c3ncqe/gif_loading_files_update_ark_os_first_before_using/

https://github.com/manster-zz/R36S-LINKS/tree/main/boot%20logos

https://www.reddit.com/r/R36S/comments/1dm6s64/comment/l9vbiey/

https://www.reddit.com/r/R36S/comments/1c0h8g9/spiderman_r36s_custom_boot_logo/

https://www.reddit.com/r/R36S/comments/1e8b726/r36s_arkos_yoshis_island_boot_custom_image/

https://www.reddit.com/r/R36S/comments/1apr1o2/comment/kq86jxg/

https://www.reddit.com/r/R36S/comments/1ftqtgi/custom_boot_and_load_images/

https://www.demilked.com/gif-animations-replace-loading-screen/

https://digitalsynopsis.com/design/loading-animations-preloader-gifs-ui-ux-effects/

https://codemyui.com/tag/loading-animation/

https://www.fable.app/blog/top-5-ux-loading-animations

https://github.com/adi1090x/plymouth-themes?tab=readme-ov-file

https://xdaforums.com/t/bootanimations-collection.3721978/

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