Change your boot splash screen to any custom one. - HTC Excalibur

First of all, thanks to lukybandit and pof for their help and threads which made this possible.
This tutorial will allow you to change your initial splash screen to any 320 X 240 customized splash screen of your choice.
You will need to download 3 items below:
The nbimg 1.1.zip file made by pof
the 2 .zip files (1.) Excalibur-USPL-RUU.zip (2.) Excalibur USPL - CID BYPASS.zip
Unzip all 3 files and place the contents into "local disc C:" root directory.
first thing to do is to create a bitmap file ".bmp" with a 320 x 240 screen resolution. I recommend taking any image you make and using photoshop or gimp or even MS Paint to make the resolution 320 X 240 and then save it into "local disc C:" root directory. To make it easy to follow with this tutorial, save it with the file name of "MainSplash.bmp".
UPDATE 6/4/09: Additional instruction if you are not creating using MS Paint. Thanks to TheExpertNoob
If your "Designing" your 320x240 boot screen in Photoshop, save it, then flatten the image (discard hidden layers as well).
Once that is done, CTRL+A, CTRL+C (to copy whole flatten image from photoshop) open MS Paint and set the dimensions of a new file as 320x240 in MS Paint, CTRL+V, then save it as a 24-bit bitmap in MSPaint. (this seems to remove any "Information" Photoshop puts into the BMP file if you were save as in photoshop, which seems to cause the messed up boot screens. reopening a photoshop saved BMP in MSPaint won't work either.)
Then back in photoshop undo your "flatten image" to modify to your liking later.
If your still not having any luck, download one of the premade bootscreens found in these forums ex. HTC, flash it and start over with the above steps (so your overwriting your custome over a clean boot screen)
After you've created your .bmp file, the next thing you're going to do is to open up a command prompt and type: "cd c:\" . press enter. this should take you to a c:\ prompt.
Next you're going to type this:
Code:
nbimg -p 108514 -n -s -w 320 -h 240 -F MainSplash.bmp -T 0x600 -S 1024 -D EXCA10000
press enter.
{{{Keeping mind of the upper or lower case of the letters (this is important!)
if it is a upper case "S" then it has to be a upper case "S" (not "s") and lower case "n" then use a lower case "n" (not "N").}}}
If you do it right, it should look like this:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
you will end up getting two output files:
MainSplash.bmp.nb &
MainSplash.bmp.nbh
(you can delete the MainSplash.bmp.nb)
Next step is to rename the output file. (MainSplash.bmp.nbh)
Open the folder "Excalibur-USPL-RUU" and locate the file "ExcaIMG_USPL_1110000unsigned.nbh" use this exact file name to rename the file you just created. Once renamed you're going to cut and paste that file into the "Excalibur-USPL-RUU" folder and overwrite the original.
UPDATE 6/4/09: Alternate Instructions if doing this with Energy Based ROM: thanks killa-mckilla!
(Rename the file to EXCAIMG.bmb.nbh , not ExcaIMG_USPL_1110000unsigned.nbh)
Next, you need to prepare your phone for this flash of the splash screen.
( if your phone is not app unlocked this procedure WILL NOT WORK! If your phone is not app unlocked, please download and run the SDA_Application Unlock.zip file from your PC below)
You will need to power your phone off and remove your micro-SD card ( if you have it installed, if not just reboot it) now power your phone back on.
(this seems to work better when a non-sliding panel (chome) homescreen is active, so you may want to change this at this time if you are using a sliding panel homescreen.) ))
Connect your phone to your PC via activesync.
Open the folder named "Excalibur USPL- CID BYPASS" and run the file "Uspl.bat" follow the instructions on the screen and after abour the 3rd or fourth enter press your phones screen should turn white. You should hear the audible sound from your PC indicating that something was just disconnected. ( don't worry it should reconnect immediately ) Activesync will not detect your phone. this is normal.
Now you will open the folder "Excalibur-USPL-RUU" and you're going to run "ROMUpdateUtility.exe". follow the on-screen instructions. If done successfully, the RUU will give you a success screen and your phone will reboot. You should now see your newly created boot splash screen that you just created!.....I am currently pursuing how to also change the second splash screen (the windows mobile screen) and will update this tutorial when that happens. Let me know if any part of this is confusing or if you have any difficulty with the results.

Good post man, hopefully this will help a lot of people out with similar questions regarding this.

Hey Pudgedaddy, good post. I know this want work for me, but is there any way to change it without flashing? I would like to change but didn't know where to start.

showaco said:
Hey Pudgedaddy, good post. I know this want work for me, but is there any way to change it without flashing? I would like to change but didn't know where to start.
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I don't think so. The initial splash screen is part of the the ROM so you have to flash a .nbh file in order to change it.... as far as i know.

pudgedaddy said:
I don't think so. The initial splash screen is part of the the ROM so you have to flash a .nbh file in order to change it.... as far as i know.
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So this is the first splash? Not the second one, right?

showaco said:
So this is the first splash? Not the second one, right?
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Yes. In the case of excalibur users, it's either the HTC first boot screen, the t-mobile first boot screen, or the rogers first boot screen that they see as soon as they turn on the phone.

pudgedaddy said:
Yes. In the case of excalibur users, it's either the HTC first boot screen, the t-mobile first boot screen, or the rogers first boot screen that they see as soon as they turn on the phone.
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ok, 'cause on mine , I have a blue windows screen for a couple of seconds and then it changes to a green windows screen with the custom rom's name that stays on thru rest of boot process. I found a reg hack to change the second boot screen, thats why I was asking.

showaco said:
ok, 'cause on mine , I have a blue windows screen for a couple of seconds and then it changes to a green windows screen with the custom rom's name that stays on thru rest of boot process. I found a reg hack to change the second boot screen, thats why I was asking.
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what's the reghack that you use....? maybe i can change my second boot screen too.

The reg entries are at HKLM\System\Startup\1. In there you will only want two keys, one called Duration and the other Splash. If there is ay others, remove them. I have Duration set as dword and is 9000. Splash is image location. It should be in windows folder and word is jpg doesn't work but that gif does. I think png does also. You can do the same for HKLM\System\Shutdown\1. Image size is 320X240.

showaco said:
The reg entries are at HKLM\System\Startup\1. In there you will only want two keys, one called Duration and the other Splash. If there is ay others, remove them. I have Duration set as dword and is 9000. Splash is image location. It should be in windows folder and word is jpg doesn't work but that gif does. I think png does also. You can do the same for HKLM\System\Shutdown\1. Image size is 320X240.
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oh ok.... i have a variation of this same hack adapted from thw WM6 t-mo ROM for my phone. ( I actually have a thread that talks about how to do this with screens and sounds) anyway, with this hack i end up having 3 screens...... 1 my custom first boot screen, 2. the standard windows mobile screen, 3, my other custom boot screen using the reg hacks.
So i guess there's still something in the ROM that needs to be flashed to change the 2nd boot screen for the DASH

Im New Here And I Tried Doing This Step By Step But
I Just Cant Seem To Get It Right. My Command Promp Tells
Me That What I Wrote Down Cant Be Recognized As A Command. What Am I Doing Wrong???

CHEKO15 said:
Im New Here And I Tried Doing This Step By Step But
I Just Cant Seem To Get It Right. My Command Promp Tells
Me That What I Wrote Down Cant Be Recognized As A Command. What Am I Doing Wrong???
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you have to tell me SPECIFICALLY what step in this process you are in and what SPECIFIC error message came up. Then i can help

WELL IM DONE WITH THE FIRST 2 STEPS BUT
WHEN I TYPE DOWN THIS "nbimg -p 108514 -n -s -w 320 -h 240 -F MainSplash.bmp -T 0x600 -S 1024 -D EXCA10000" THE COMMAND PROMPT
TELLS ME "nbimg is not recognized as internal or external command" what do i do wrong???

CHEKO15 said:
WELL IM DONE WITH THE FIRST 2 STEPS BUT
WHEN I TYPE DOWN THIS "nbimg -p 108514 -n -s -w 320 -h 240 -F MainSplash.bmp -T 0x600 -S 1024 -D EXCA10000" THE COMMAND PROMPT
TELLS ME "nbimg is not recognized as internal or external command" what do i do wrong???
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the nbimg.exe file and whatever .bmp file both have to be in the root C:\ directory.
basically, if you're starting out as "c:\ nbimg -p **********" the c:\ part if this assumes that anything you are running is in the c:\ root diretory. so when you type after that "nbimg" it is searcing got the program in c:\ only. it will not search your entire hard drive(s) for this app. secondly the .bmp has to be also in c:\ because nbimg.exe also only looks in whatever directory it is currenty in. Now technically this doesnt have to be in c:\ it can be anywhere you want.... say your desktop. but if you have it somewhere else, you'd have to change the active directory you're in before you start. Some people don't know how to get to the active desktop directory in a command prompt. I only listed the instructions to be placed in the C:\ root directory because it makes it a whole lot easier not having to type out the entire direcotry name. (so you type in " cd c:\ " instead of "cd c:\documents and settings\*username*\desktop\" to get to the active directory) which makes this less error prone with noobs running command prompt.

well i done these steps but now
it tells me " file:MainSplash.bmp..
could not open MainSplash.bmp"

CHEKO15 said:
well i done these steps but now
it tells me " file:MainSplash.bmp..
could not open MainSplash.bmp"
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is the .bmp you are trying to convert named "Mainsplash.bmp" ???
basically the mainsplash.bmp refernces the .bmp file you are converting. if your .bmp file is named something different, you need to either insert that filename.bmp in place of mainsplash.bmp or rename your file to mainsplash.bmp
edit: secondly if the file is named "MainSplash.bmp", do you have it in the same directory as nbimg.exe? if not it needs to be in the SAME DIRECTORY!
(ex: if nbimg.exe is in C: <root directory> then MainSplash.bmp need to also be in C: <root directory> )

Thanks Man I Finally Got It..
Thanks For The Steps And Keep On
Helping People.

help
Okey I have changed my second load screen and eveything works but when I look in eg edit for hklm/system/startup I cannot find it. I'm using a tilt. anythoughts

Hi, I tried this method step by step and got my splash to change, but the actual picture is really distorted compared to the original bmp pic. Not sure what happened there. I tried it using different bmp files and every time the splash screen is distorted. I am using Rickywatt v24 vanilla rom.

pcdo said:
Hi, I tried this method step by step and got my splash to change, but the actual picture is really distorted compared to the original bmp pic. Not sure what happened there. I tried it using different bmp files and every time the splash screen is distorted. I am using Rickywatt v24 vanilla rom.
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was the original image a 320X240 resolution? it HAS to be an original 320X240 ( and not a 240X320 ) resolution in order for the output to match the input.

Related

The How to Flash BootScreen .NBH Image to Your Phone Guide

Hello,
The reason why anyone would do this is for example - I installed the Rogers WM6 but preferred the HTC BOOTSCREEN Image - hence why i personally did it. I did not like Rogers BootScreen Images as they take too long to boot as well as the bootscreen image in the Rogers WM6 used to load after the Green Windows Mobile Screen and on power-up, it used to have a black screen instead of the bootscreen image which to me did not seem practical as I rather see that the phones turned on right away than wait till the Windows Mobile screen loads. I've successfully flashed HTC Bootscreen image using the following steps. I had a member ask me how to flash .nbh files to phone. I'm talking specifically about the bootscreen .nbh images. In order to flash .nbh boot screen images - you have to flash through USPL. Here's how to do it -
1) Firstly, Download all required files that is
a) USPL CID -BYPASS
b) RUU
c) SDA APPLICATION UNLOCK
d) BOOTSCREEN IMAGES(IT CONTAINS HTC, ROGERS AND TMO BOOTSCREEN IMAGES)
2) Copy/Paste RUU File that is ExcaIMG_USPL_1110000unsigned.nbh to the desktop.
3) Copy/Paste ANY of the preferred BOOTSCREEN IMAGE (i.e. for example HTC.nbh) to RUU directory
4) Right Click ExcaIMG_USPL_1110000unsigned.nbh and Select Rename - Press Ctrl + C to copy file name
5) Head over to RUU and Right-Click HTC.nbh, Select Rename - Press Ctrl + V to copy over existing file name.
6) Once you're done this, REMOVE SD CARD AND REBOOT PHONE
7) Once done, APPLICATION UNLOCK YOUR PHONE IF IT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN APPLICATION UNLOCKED - YOU HAVE TO RUN SDA APPLICATION UNLOCK.
8) Now, Run USPL, Make sure you follow proper instructions as this is the main thing - if everything done right, you'll see screen goes into dim black with penguin and green messages, wait until you see the screen turns white then go to active sync and disable usb connections.
9) After this, run RUU and it'll use the re-named file which is the boot screen image to update the boot screen image. It will take max. a minute or two.
10) Once done, I think you see the tri-color screen but there won't be a cold boot - It'll reboot i think and go directly to the main screen.
11) Reboot and see if you see the preferred boot screen image.
For now, I'll post HTC, TMO and Rogers Boot Screen Images. We should still try as a group to create Custom Boot Screen .nbh files. If someone who know's how to make it, please share in this discussion.
Also, Does anyone know how to bring back the "Vibrate" mode during startup and shutdown?
Good Luck ! Post any concerns or any questions
NOTE: Please follow proper instructions, otherwise it won't work. If i'm missing anything, please let me know as I did this flash yesterday and I'm writing the guide today. Also, YOU HAVE TO FLASH THROUGH USPL - IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOUR PHONES CID UNLOCKED OR NOT.
Credits go to da_mayhem for uploading the images.
sweet, thanks... I'll try this later tonight after i get home from work... or tomorrow
woohoo, sweet... thanks for the guide lukybandit.
On step #2, you'll want to "Cut/Paste" if you copy, it leaves the original file in the folder, so renaming the HTC.nbh isn't possible unless you delete the original file.
also, step #8... DEFINATELY make sure you disable USB connections, i tried without and it didn't work...
However you're supposed to do that for WM6 rom updates also, but i never have, and haven't had a problem... until now that is.
Change HTC Splash Screen
Hello,
How to change the HTC splach screen which appears just after powering on the device?
I tried a lot of tools but I did'nt found one which works. Is it because the Excalibur screen is 320x240 instead of 240x320?
Does someone knows how to do?
StefanSki
StefanSki said:
Hello,
How to change the HTC splach screen which appears just after powering on the device?
I tried a lot of tools but I did'nt found one which works. Is it because the Excalibur screen is 320x240 instead of 240x320?
Does someone knows how to do?
StefanSki
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replace Shutdown.png in windows folder,with 320x240
i tried this i created a .png file but when i try to place it there access denied lol it wont let me touch anything in the windows folder
This is not this splash screen I mean.
I am talking about the first one, which is in the NBH file as a NB file. I don't manage to make a good NB file in the right format to flash it using RUU.
nbh file wat folder wuld that b in because i jus changed my shutdown screen and i want my turn on screen to b da same as that one
blahzay_blah said:
i tried this i created a .png file but when i try to place it there access denied lol it wont let me touch anything in the windows folder
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you need total commander to overwrite
No one knows how to make a NB file that contains the splash screen? The default HTC NB file begins with "this is smartphone signature".
i changed my shutdown screed with resci explorer but to change the start up screen the htc screen and the freen windows mobile screen i want to get rid of those ugly screens
any1? a little help lol just want to change the start up splash screen any1 know how
You can use nbimg, to convert from NB to BMP.
For excalibur you'll need to use the following syntax:
Code:
nbimg.exe -F MainSplash.[nb|.bmp] -w 320 -h 240 -n
Also you'll need to add the "this is smartphone signature" manually to the generated NB file (using an hex editor). Maybe I'll add support for doing this automatically if there's a need. PM me as I'm not following the thread.
just saw on another thread how to create a .nb file from a .bmp .... i placed this here because apparently luky got the tmo and rogers .nbh files which have the mainsplash.nb files in them. need to know how to take the .nbh files he included and replace the mainslpash.nb and mainsplash.bmp files with the ones i created
heck i'll even upload the images here if someone wants to show me what to do
i was able to get the .nbh file created but when i flashed the phone with that file the first screen now looks like a green gradient image and not the image i put in the .nbh file
thanks for this man much appreciated.

How to change my first boot screen ?

Any one knows ?
You try to search for "splash screen"
Which model of phone you have? I've made my own for 838 pro
yeah,i have 838 pro too...can u explain step by step how? thx before u explain...
Follow this link http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Dialers
Here's the basic steps
1. The app you download only works on XP (some xp may missing some of the *.dll file, you may search on the internet for the missing dll file that required).
This Can ONLY Be Done On XP (nb_image_converter.exe dont like vista!!)
Firstly create your splashscreens using your favourite picture editor (PSP, Photoshop etc...), both these files MUST be 240x320 and saved as 24bit bitmaps:
Name of Image Size Type Description
* MainSplash.bmp 240x320 .bmp the first splashscreen you see
* SubSplash.bmp 240x320 .bmp the second splashscreen you see
* welcomehead.96.png 320x320 .png the WM splashscreen
Save mainsplash & sudsplash into Custom Splash
Save welcomehead.96.png and paste it into the /windows folder on your device (overwriting the current windows splashscreen).
Copy files "nb_image_converter.exe" & "padding.nb" into Custom Splash. Now run "nb_image_converter.exe" load both images, save them as Main.nb & Sub.nb.
Next open a command window, and place Custom Splash Folder in Root of C:
In the command window type the following:
cd c:\custom_splash (enter)
copy /b Main.nb+padding.nb MainSplash.nb (enter)
copy /b Sub.nb+padding.nb SubSplash.nb (enter)
dir (enter)
The final command (dir) will list the contents of the directory, the filesize of MainSplash.nb and SubSplash.nb MUST be exactly 262144 bytes
or you should NOT continue (would produce possibly FATAL results for the device)
We now need to repackage the two .nb files into a single nbh image so we can flash them, s
1) Start duttys good nbh tool:
2) click the "NB to NBH"
3) Click the First Splash and select the MainSplash.nb file, click the second splash and select the SubSplash.nb.
4) MAKE SURE that Device = HERM200, CID Type = SuperCID and Signature Size = 128 (my 838pro = herm100)
5) Now click the "Generate NBH File" button, save it on your desktop.
The next stage is to flash to the device using CustomRUU, simply place the custom ruu exe file in the same folder as the NBH file we just created and run it.
Select 'autodetect' and flash as normal.
Thanks to URPREY for the tutorial

Splash Screen

Hey guys, I have flashed a couple roms throughout the past 2 months, and i usually use Task 29 to wipe anything remaining but for some reason I get the Splash Screen from the Core Cell Evo roms, although im using the Energy GTX July 4 rom. Anyone know how to make this go away? or somehow I could change that? thanks
Not sure if this will help, but still trying to post something that may help you...
My phone was using the original HTC rom that came with T-mobile settings. Today I flashed its ROM with the following version :
ROM Name : WWE RHODIUM Cookie Energy style
ROM Version : 03.Jul.2010 WWE
ROM date: 03/15/10
RADIO Version : 3.45.25.14
and it removed the original T-mobile splash screen and also allows me to control the splash screen as follows :
Start -> Tools -> Advanced Config -> Splash
Hopefully it helps..
khoyifish said:
Hey guys, I have flashed a couple roms throughout the past 2 months, and i usually use Task 29 to wipe anything remaining but for some reason I get the Splash Screen from the Core Cell Evo roms, although im using the Energy GTX July 4 rom. Anyone know how to make this go away? or somehow I could change that? thanks
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Yes, many of the custom ROMs will overwrite the initial splash screen. You generally have to manually install the screen you want - but depending on the ROM (some chefs don't change it), you may have to manually change the settings. There are several threads on the APPS forums dealing with changing the startup screens.
Note that there are two startup screens. The first one comes up right after power on / reset. This one has to be flashed. Then there is an (optionally) animated one that can be easily changed.
[How-To] Custom Boot Screen
stevedebi said:
Note that there are two startup screens. The first one comes up right after power on / reset. This one has to be flashed. Then there is an (optionally) animated one that can be easily changed.
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There are actually three boot/splash/startup screens. The first one comes on after the little vibration when it turns on. The second one is the screen that contains the "R.G.D." info (in red) at the bottom left of the screen. The third is the one that can be changed easily. The first two are changed by flashing an .nbh file, and the third can be changed via reg tweak or cab.
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You can change the first two boot screens by flashing a stock ROM.
OR, to really customize the first two boot screens, you can do this:
**This will not affect your ROM, radio, and SPL (so don't worry). It will simply flash the first and second level boot screens. But you do need HardSPL.**
***This has only been tested (by me) on a T-Mobile USA Touch Pro2 (Rhodium 210 model; hence the RHOD210 in the code). I am not responsible for bricks!***
EDIT: I think it works for all GSM Rhodium variants; if it doesn't flash, it'll just say "Invalid Model ID" so it shouldn't brick (as long as you have Hard SPL). HOWEVER, I don't know about CDMA (Sprint/Verizon/Telus) models.
1. Download the nbimg tool.
2. Get a 24-bit, .bmp photo that is 480x800. You can resize and save the photo (as a .bmp) by using Microsoft Paint.
3. Unzip the nbimg tool. Put your photo in the same unzipped folder.
4. When you're in the unzipped folder, run a command (SHIFT + Right Click. Open Command)
5. In the command write this:
Code:
nbimg -p 18400 -w 480 -h 800 -F [U]insertnameofphotohere[/U].bmp -T 0x600 -S 64 -D RHOD210
6. Get the Rhodium RUU here (download the "Flashing Tools").
7. Put the .nbh you created in the same folder as the RUU.
8. FLASH -- it should have flashed the first boot screen.
9. To change the second boot screen, go back to step 5 and enter this (you can also change the picture, if you want! Just make sure it's in the same folder as the nbimg tool.):
Code:
nbimg -p 18400 -w 480 -h 800 -F [U]insertnameofphotohere[/U].bmp -T 0x60[B]1[/B] -S 64 -D RHOD210
10. Repeat steps 7-8. You should now have your custom first- and second-level boot screens.
I attached 2 of my boot screen pictures -- one from my TP2 and one from my HD2. I actually don't like the one from my TP2 because the scale of the phone in the picture is bad -- it was a resizing issue.
sumflipnol said:
There are actually three boot/splash/startup screens. The first one comes on after the little vibration when it turns on. The second one is the screen that contains the "R.G.D." info (in red) at the bottom left of the screen. The third is the one that can be changed easily. The first two are changed by flashing an .nbh file, and the third can be changed via reg tweak or cab.
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You can change the first two boot screens by flashing a stock ROM.
OR, to really customize the first two boot screens, you can do this:
**This will not affect your ROM, radio, and SPL (so don't worry). It will simply flash the first and second level boot screens.**
***This has only been tested (by me) on a T-Mobile USA Touch Pro2 (Rhodium 210 model; hence the RHOD210 in the code). I am not responsible for bricks!***
1. Download the nbimg tool.
2. Get a 24-bit, .bmp photo that is 480x800. You can resize and save the photo (as a .bmp) by using Microsoft Paint.
3. Unzip the nbimg tool. Put your photo in the same unzipped folder.
4. When you're in the unzipped folder, run a command (SHIFT + Right Click. Open Command)
5. In the command write this:
Code:
nbimg -p 18400 -w 480 -h 800 -F [U]insertnameofphotohere[/U].bmp -T 0x600 -S 64 -D RHOD210
6. Get the Rhodium RUU here (download the "Flashing Tools").
7. Put the .nbh you created in the same folder as the RUU.
8. FLASH -- it should have flashed the first boot screen.
9. To change the second boot screen, go back to step 5 and enter this (you can also change the picture, if you want! Just make sure it's in the same folder as the nbimg tool.):
Code:
nbimg -p 18400 -w 480 -h 800 -F [U]insertnameofphotohere[/U].bmp -T 0x60[B]1[/B] -S 64 -D RHOD210
10. Repeat steps 7-8. You should now have your custom first- and second-level boot screens.
I attached 2 of my boot screen pictures -- one from my TP2 and one from my HD2. I actually don't like the one from my TP2 because the scale of the phone in the picture is bad -- it was a resizing issue.
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I used that on my old Magician, I didn't realize the same technique worked on the TP2.
OK, that was easy
I have attached the image I used, and the nbh files that I used.
hd_480_1.bmp - source picture
hd_480_1.bmp_1.nbh - Initial boot screen
hd_480_1.bmp_2.nbh - 2nd boot screen
I didn't put the "TP2" logo on the screen, because I figure I know what device I'm using!
EDIT: I don't mind anyone using them freely, but the picture may NOT be used for commercial purposes.
Question:
I made my bmp file, converted it to .nbh, but now I am not sure which "Rhodium RUU" to get and that link ( post 4 under 6. ) gives many files but nothing clear to what I am looking for.
Line 6 is this one:
6. Get the Rhodium RUU here (download the "Flashing Tools").
I thought I might be able to use "Rhodium_CustomRUU_v1.1" found at this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=492930
but I need a confirmation from someone who knows this as I sure dont know will this do damage or help me make my new splash screen.
I will be using as my 1st splash this picture I found using google:

Help

It's not really a big problem, but it has grown to be annoying, I flashed the Core Cell Series a few months ago, but ever since then no matter what rom i flash, the Core Cell Series logo pops up, anybody kno why and how can i get this off?
Use Task 29, den flash a New Rom, I'm sure ur not gonna face any prob hence.
The Prog (Flash 29) is attached...
Just flash a stock rom. The problem will be gone.
thanx yall, i'ma try it in a few
i flashed a stock rom, it still showed up, i'm about to try task29
G1-8701 said:
It's not really a big problem, but it has grown to be annoying, I flashed the Core Cell Series a few months ago, but ever since then no matter what rom i flash, the Core Cell Series logo pops up, anybody kno why and how can i get this off?
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You'll need to flash a boot screen. You should have been able to do it with a stock ROM (T-Mobile's stock ROM or a WWE stock ROM).
Task 29 won't do anything. It only clears the ROM; it doesn't touch the first two boot screens nor the radio-rom.
Anyway, I made a mini-tutorial on how to create and flash custom boot screens here. (Ah, heck. I'll quote it here!):
sumflipnol said:
There are actually three boot/splash/startup screens. The first one comes on after the little vibration when it turns on. The second one is the screen that contains the "R.G.D." info (in red) at the bottom left of the screen. The third is the one that can be changed easily. The first two are changed by flashing an .nbh file, and the third can be changed via reg tweak or cab.
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You can change the first two boot screens by flashing a stock ROM.
OR, to really customize the first two boot screens, you can do this:
**This will not affect your ROM, radio, and SPL (so don't worry). It will simply flash the first and second level boot screens.**
***This has only been tested (by me) on a T-Mobile USA Touch Pro2 (Rhodium 210 model; hence the RHOD210 in the code). I am not responsible for bricks!***
1. Download the nbimg tool.
2. Get a 24-bit, .bmp photo that is 480x800. You can resize and save the photo (as a .bmp) by using Microsoft Paint.
3. Unzip the nbimg tool. Put your photo in the same unzipped folder.
4. When you're in the unzipped folder, run a command (SHIFT + Right Click. Open Command)
5. In the command write this:
Code:
nbimg -p 18400 -w 480 -h 800 -F [U]insertnameofphotohere[/U].bmp -T 0x600 -S 64 -D RHOD210
6. Get the Rhodium RUU here (download the "Flashing Tools").
7. Put the .nbh you created in the same folder as the RUU.
8. FLASH -- it should have flashed the first boot screen.
9. To change the second boot screen, go back to step 5 and enter this (you can also change the picture, if you want! Just make sure it's in the same folder as the nbimg tool.):
Code:
nbimg -p 18400 -w 480 -h 800 -F [U]insertnameofphotohere[/U].bmp -T 0x60[B]1[/B] -S 64 -D RHOD210
10. Repeat steps 7-8. You should now have your custom first- and second-level boot screens.
I attached 2 of my boot screen pictures -- one from my TP2 and one from my HD2. I actually don't like the one from my TP2 because the scale of the phone in the picture is bad -- it was a resizing issue.
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I hope that worked for you.

[Q] replacing the second splash screen "htc quietly brilliant"

ive been messing around with the VZW_bootanimation.zip and i cant seem to figure out how to change the splash screen that comes up after the first one. i've tried to replace the image, using the same exact settings and keeping it in png format, but it just stays blank until the droid animation pops up. im using the new leaked bootanimation that came with the froyo leak.
Here is a walk through Ive written up for changing your boot animation to one that you got off a site. Is that what your looking to do?
Plug in phone
reboot to recovery
Code:
adb reboot recovery
Once booted in to recovery do
Code:
adb shell
mount -a
It will give you this error. Thats fine (It's just saying it couldnt mount the sdcard which we dont need right now.)
Code:
~ # mount -a
mount -a
mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk1 on /sdcard failed: Invalid argument
mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 on /sd-ext failed: No such file or directory
now type exit to get back to your computer prompt.
Now push your bootanimation.zip you want to /system/customize/resource
Code:
adb push bootanimation.zip /system/customize/resource
now now get back in to adb shell and type
Code:
cd /system/customize/resource
then ls *.zip and it should look like this. l = lowercase L
Code:
/system/customize/resource # ls *.zip
ls *.zip
bootanimation.zip VZW_bootanimation.zip
Now we want to rename the vzw boot animation to .back to save it
Code:
mv VZW_bootanimation.zip VZW_bootanimation.back
Then we want to rename the new bootanimation to the vzw bootanimation
Code:
mv bootanimation.zip VZW_bootanimation.zip
OPTIONAL STEP: IF YOU DONT WANT THE DROID SOUND ON BOOT
Code:
mv Droid.mp3 Droid.back
type exit and adb reboot . It should now boot with your new boot animation.
Thanks for trying to help, but what I'm trying to do is change the image that comes up during the new animation "htc quietly brilliant". I already have the bootanimation I just want to switch out the png
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It's possible that one is hardware dependent. It was on the G1 I thought...at least I never saw it changed.
What do you mean by hardware dependant?
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Just My II Sense
There are two folders in the bootanimation.
One contains the Quietly Brilliant image. The other is the boot animation.
Yea and I have tried switching the one in the folder with the quietly brilliant but when I do it just stays blank for that part of the splash. Is there a certain format you need the picture to be in besides 8 bit rgb png?
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Twisted politiks said:
Yea and I have tried switching the one in the folder with the quietly brilliant but when I do it just stays blank for that part of the splash. Is there a certain format you need the picture to be in besides 8 bit rgb png?
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Just My II Sense
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I remember transparencies being a big issue in bootanimations... yours contain any transparencies?
Nope no transparencies
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Just My II Sense
Twisted politiks said:
Nope no transparencies
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There is a Desc txt file that has to be changed as well it dictates screen size and the order of use...
480 800 15
p 1 0 android
p 1 0 eye
p 0 0 loading
The trick is not to un-zip the entire file but extract (or delete) only the things that require change and push the change back into the zip to overwrite the existing file...
Have Fun
Thank you, gonna give it a shot.
zerf said:
Here is a walk through Ive written up for changing your boot animation to one that you got off a site. Is that what your looking to do?
Plug in phone
reboot to recovery
Code:
adb reboot recovery
Once booted in to recovery do
Code:
adb shell
mount -a
It will give you this error. Thats fine (It's just saying it couldnt mount the sdcard which we dont need right now.)
Code:
~ # mount -a
mount -a
mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk1 on /sdcard failed: Invalid argument
mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 on /sd-ext failed: No such file or directory
now type exit to get back to your computer prompt.
Now push your bootanimation.zip you want to /system/customize/resource
Code:
adb push bootanimation.zip /system/customize/resource
now now get back in to adb shell and type
Code:
cd /system/customize/resource
then ls *.zip and it should look like this. l = lowercase L
Code:
/system/customize/resource # ls *.zip
ls *.zip
bootanimation.zip VZW_bootanimation.zip
Now we want to rename the vzw boot animation to .back to save it
Code:
mv VZW_bootanimation.zip VZW_bootanimation.back
Then we want to rename the new bootanimation to the vzw bootanimation
Code:
mv bootanimation.zip VZW_bootanimation.zip
OPTIONAL STEP: IF YOU DONT WANT THE DROID SOUND ON BOOT
Code:
mv Droid.mp3 Droid.back
type exit and adb reboot . It should now boot with your new boot animation.
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I will def try this...although I read somewhere each ROM is not created equal, even between versions. ie Virtuous2.6 - the files are named VZW_bootanimation.zip and VZW_Droid.mp3...meanwhile Virtuous2.7 is bootanimation.zip and android_audio.mp3.
Tried to, adb push to /system/media/; /system/customize/resource/; /system/data/local/ withouth any luck.
Do you know if I'm doing anything wrong? Updated the WINUSB.inf file to make sure ADB interface recognizes my commands. Still noob, so just not connecting all the dots.
You got any advice? PM me if you do!
Thanks again, I'm gonna try this.
Twisted politiks said:
ive been messing around with the VZW_bootanimation.zip and i cant seem to figure out how to change the splash screen that comes up after the first one. i've tried to replace the image, using the same exact settings and keeping it in png format, but it just stays blank until the droid animation pops up. im using the new leaked bootanimation that came with the froyo leak.
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I have the same problem.. I barely have time to troubleshoot it... I converted the r2d2 boot image to png and chose the same 8bit color depth as the original vzwbootanimation.zip. I'm at a loss.
Honestly77 said:
It's possible that one is hardware dependent. It was on the G1 I thought...at least I never saw it changed.
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Skyraider has an animation instead of the HTC logo...
oldman_58 said:
There is a Desc txt file that has to be changed as well it dictates screen size and the order of use...
480 800 15
p 1 0 android
p 1 0 eye
p 0 0 loading
The trick is not to un-zip the entire file but extract (or delete) only the things that require change and push the change back into the zip to overwrite the existing file...
Have Fun
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Quick question (and my first... hi).
Can one just replace these files using root explorer?
For example, the quietly brilliant image is in a folder called android... can I just replace that with another png file?
Hextall said:
Quick question (and my first... hi).
Can one just replace these files using root explorer?
For example, the quietly brilliant image is in a folder called android... can I just replace that with another png file?
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I'm definitely interested in this as well - if it's this simple, it would solve a lot of problems. If not.. can anyone point me to a thread on creating your own boot animations?
Hextall said:
Quick question (and my first... hi).
Can one just replace these files using root explorer?
For example, the quietly brilliant image is in a folder called android... can I just replace that with another png file?
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No you can't, at least on the sense roms. Not sure in ruby or cm tho, probably the same way.
Sent from my HTC Incredible using XDA App.
Twisted politiks said:
Thanks for trying to help, but what I'm trying to do is change the image that comes up during the new animation "htc quietly brilliant". I already have the bootanimation I just want to switch out the png
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You need to zip the the folders and the desc.txt in a "store" state
Here's a black one I did of the htc quietly brilliant with the htc in green.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9231506/bootanimation.zip
Sent from my HTC Incredible using XDA App.
luniz7 said:
You need to zip the the folders and the desc.txt in a "store" state
Here's a black one I did of the htc quietly brilliant with the htc in green.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9231506/bootanimation.zip
Sent from my HTC Incredible using XDA App.
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Do you have a guide for doing this? I want to use the stock boot animation (minus that annoying Drooooidd sound), but replace the "Quietly Brilliant" screen with a custom png. Is there a quick guide you can point me to, or would you mind giving the details of how this might be done? Thanks
EDIT: Want to replace "Quietly Brilliant" with this image
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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}
Any chance of that happening?
Working!
Success! I used a combination of zerf's ADB instructions and luniz7's suggestions and I got it working!
What you're going to need:
WinRAR
"Droid Incredible Official Boot Animation" from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=759691
1. Unzip the DROIDINC_Boot and then unzip the "bootanimation" file to your Desktop. There should be three files, and folder labeled "android," another labeled "VZW" and a file named "desc"
2. Inside the "android" folder, replace the "HTC Quietly Brilliant" image with the 480x800 png of your choice and give it the EXACT SAME NAME:
"wvga_htc_bootup_android_104f_15fps_005spf"
No changes need to be made to either the "VZW" folder or the "desc" file
3. Somewhere on your computer (I did it in Documents), right click, go to the "New" menu, and click "WinRAR ZIP Archive" - make sure it's "ZIP archive" and not just "archive" (first is .zip, second .rar). Name it "bootanimation"
4. Double click on the bootanimation.zip you just created to open WinRAR. It will show you the contents of the zip folder you just created. It's empty - but we're going to change that
5. In the upper left corner you'll see an image of a bundle of books tied together with "Add" underneath. Click this, and navigate to the desktop where you unzipped with original "bootanimation" (now with your custom png). Click on the
"android" folder and "OK." IMPORTANT! Before you click "OK" the second time, be sure to change the "Compression Method" (in the bottom left corner) from "Normal" to "Store." Alright, now you can click OK
6. Repeat step 5 for the "VZW" folder and "desc" file
7. When finished, simply close WinRAR
8. Move the "bootanimation.zip" file you just finished editing to your "tools" folder in your Android SDK
9. Follow zerf's ADB instructions (earlier in this thread) and you're good to go!
As proof, I've uploaded my modified bootanimation with the "unrevoked" splash image in place of "HTC Quietly Brilliant." Hope this helps!
- Zoon0n
You have the same rom/config I have, where do I put the bootanimation.zip file.
There seem to be a multitude of places? Thanks.

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