How to Change Boot Animation on OnePlus [Android 12/13]

Sadique Hassan•Updated Dec 6, 2022

In this guide, we will show you the steps to change the boot animation on your OnePlus device. A decade back or so when ClcokWorkMod Recovery was reigning supreme, CyanogenMod was the go-to choice for custom ROM enthusiasts [well, some OEMs like OnePlus even shipped their device with this ROM!] and Titanium Backup always had our back, at that point in time, customizations were always at the top of the priority queue.

Among the plethora of tweaks that you could carry out, changing the boot logo and boot animation were among our favorites. And even though the craze for these animations has slowed down over the due course of time but there’s no denying the fact that a new boot animation is welcomed any day of the week. After all, who would like to see the same old boring animation every time their device boots up?

So to make your device boot-up more interesting, let’s add a few intriguing elements to it. In other words, let’s change the boot animation on your OnePlus device and give it a fresh new outlook, at least for the initial boot-up time frame. Without further ado, follow along with us on this interesting journey!

How to Change Boot Animation on OnePlus [Android 12/13]

First and foremost, your device needs to be rooted. If you haven’t done so, then do check out our guide on How to Root Android 13 via Magisk Patched Boot. Once done, you may then start off with the below steps:

Download and install a root-supported file manager such as Solid Explorer.
Then head over to the below location and take a backup of your stock boot animation:
```
Root > my_product > media > bootanimation
```

Once done, download the desired boot animation from below [Credits steve0007]:

Pac-Man Bootanimation
McLaren bootanimation
Cyberpunk 2077 Bootanimation 
Original with glitched effects (by co4)
Original with color-matching shutdown logo (by co4)

Now launch Magisk, go to Modules, and tap on Install from Storage.
Select the bootanimation.zip file and it will be flashed. Once done, hit Reboot.
Your device will now reboot with the newly installed boot animation.

That’s it. These were the steps to change the boot animation on your OnePlus device. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.

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