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Now I've started this thread hoping that one of you guys that are the greatest..lol would be so kind as to help me with my custom splash screen. I have the Evo of course..I made my photo in photoshop at 480x800. I have been successful with changing it with the ones that are posted by some of you guys.
How I do it is by renaming the file inside of the p36img.zip, and update it in bootloader. Now that I have made my own...when the splash screen comes up, it looks crazy and is upside down. I've also tried some other ways with programs that are made to flash..but I dont' know much about command prompts and it seems to never find or be able to open the picture.
I'm fully rooted and it's only by watching the video on rooting froyo that I was able to get rooted...before the new unrevoked!
Can Anyone help?
try this in fast boot
fastboot flash splash1 myplashscreen.rgb565
but replace the mysplashscreen with the name of your splash screen. pretty sure youll need the eng spl to use this fast boot command tho.
ASimmons said:
try this in fast boot
fastboot flash splash1 myplashscreen.rgb565
but replace the mysplashscreen with the name of your splash screen. pretty sure youll need the eng spl to use this fast boot command tho.
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Is it possible when you get time to explain the steps with the cmd prompts. And I also don't know what the eng spl is...I still have my Android sdk/tools folder that I downloaded when I did the long root..do I need to put the files or photo inside of that folder (sdk/tools) when I do the prompts?
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Is it possible when you get time to explain the steps with the cmd prompts. And I also don't know what the eng spl is...I still have my Android sdk/tools folder that I downloaded when I did the long root..do I need to put the files or photo inside of that folder (sdk/tools) when I do the prompts?
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When you boot into hboot that, i'm pretty sure is your spl, if you rooted your phone you most likely don't have it, unless your running damageless or CM6 roms. and Eng spl allows you to do the fastboot commands I mentioned previously, it basically unlocks for phone about as far as it can go after you've rooted it.
Next when your in the tools folder of your sdk you can call commands like adb shell ... for the fastboot command or other it helps to have the files in your tools folder but it is not necessary so this fastboot flash splash1 myplashscreen.rgb565 would refer to a splash screen in your tools folder
fastboot flash splash1 ../myplashscreen.rgb565 this would look backwards one directory for the splash screen. and so on.
so if the splash screen was on your desktop something like this would work
fastboot flash splash1 ..\..\..\myplashscreen.rgb565
since I keep my sdk on my desktop which is in android\android_sdk\tools my commands says backup 3 dirs and look on the desktop for mysplashscreen.rgb565.
hope that helps...search this forum for the eng spl its a flashable update.
One more question...
First off I appreciate you for your time...means a lot...I'm running of two hours of sleep...lol went to bed at 4..woke up at six for work.
Ok...now do I need to convert my image to rgb565(if so, how) and do I need to save the photo in any specific format? Bit-depth?
Thanks again...if I have any issues then I'll be back!
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First off I appreciate you for your time...means a lot...I'm running of two hours of sleep...lol went to bed at 4..woke up at six for work.
Ok...now do I need to convert my image to rgb565(if so, how) and do I need to save the photo in any specific format? Bit-depth?
Thanks again...if I have any issues then I'll be back!
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yes you will it sounds like you were using the alternate method of flashing it through and img correct.
check this thread but this was for the hero and its how I've done it... I'm new to evo so there might be some difference in the file size since the resolution is not that same. but the conversion is the same. Basically get an splash screen from this forum and when you make your splash screen and convert it compair the size to the known good evo splash screen, they should be the exact same size, if so your good to flash. Don't for get the eng spl.
Ok thanks my man...I'm going to try it out and get back..
I haven't been successful with finding the eng spl?
EDIT: Sorry the one I updated...was hboot 0.76.2000..is this the correct one!
Not sure only had my evo for 3 days so i haven't gotten around top flashing the eng spl... but after you flash it the top line should say eng- spl s-off... look in the damageless rom thread.
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First of all why this topic:
We get to much unnecessary questions about simple things. I hope this will clear some basic questions. So please read this.
Second:
I'm not responsible for you messing up or bricking your phone.
Third:
Youtube videos are not mine!
Root using Unrevoked , Youtube: (German video but still handy)
PART 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIgyQPhIiNE
PART 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSjqHmDEk2c
S-OFF Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cw9xkS20i0&feature=related
Change Partiton Table:
1. Download Android SDK (http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html)
2. Download HBOOT .img from alpharev http://alpharev.nl/
3. Place the .img in the Android SDK tools folder.
4. Open command prompt , go to the androidsdk/tools folder.
5. Boot in fastboot (Turn off the phone , hold volume down , and turn power on)
6. Enter -> fastboot flash hboot ***FILENAME***.img
7. Wait 1 sec , and you are finished.
8. Turn off the phone , hold volume down , and turn power on , at the top you can see the partition table used.
ADB , installation and basic commands:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RieL7vHt6AE
Hope this topic will make some things clear , and we will have less unnecessary quistions.
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First of all why this topic:
Change Partiton Table:
1. Download Android SDK (http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html)
2. Download HBOOT .img from alpharev http://alpharev.nl/
3. Place the .img in the Android SDK tools folder.
4. Open command prompt , go to the androidsdk/tools folder.
5. Open fastboot.exe
6. Enter -> fastboot flash hboot ***FILENAME***.img
7. Wait 1 sec , and you are finished.
8. Turn off the phone , hold volume down , and turn power on , at the top you can see the partition table used.
Hope this topic will make some things clear , and we will have less unnecessary quistions.
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You mean boot the phone into fastboot?
Thanks
DesirableHTC said:
You mean boot the phone into fastboot?
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Yes boot in fasboot mode then connect via usb.
What would help greatly in this topic is maybe a small explanation as to why people would need to do it in the first place ?
too complicated for me. Im absolutely useless with adb i need an absolute n00b guide to pull this off
Thanks anyway
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You mean boot the phone into fastboot?
Thanks
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lol , yes , sorry.
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DesirableHTC said:
too complicated for me. Im absolutely useless with adb i need an absolute n00b guide to pull this off
Thanks anyway
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Edit post...
Take a look at the youtube video..it's sooo easy!!!
First of all why this topic:
We get to much unnecessary questions about simple things. I hope this will clear some basic questions. So please read this.
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I think the main problem is that it is unclear what everything does. I mean, i've read a lot of threads and searched a lot, but it is unclear to me what fastboot for example is. I know that you can flash radio's etc with it, but is it just the same as flashing from sd card?
Then S-Off, it will disable the nand security, but what can you do with it? That's after a lot of reading not very clear to me.
Believe me, i've read a lot, but coming from WM to Android it's a lot to learn. There is a thread missing where all these things are explained. Of course I can follow tutorials, but I want to know what I am doing. That's missing in a lot of tutorials, that it just explains how you can root,flash, s-off etc, but not the reason why you should do it, or what the function of everything is.
I hope that i'm not offtopic here
Sector51 said:
lol , yes , sorry.
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lol it now says "fastbook"
DesirableHTC said:
lol it now says "fastbook"
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typo , fixed
Sector51 said:
6. Enter -> fastboot flash hboot ***FILENAME***.img
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Fyi you dont need to include hboot in the command, infact the command fastboot flash ***FILENAME***.img will suffice
AndroHero said:
Fyi you dont need to include hboot in the command, infact the command fastboot flash ***FILENAME***.img will suffice
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hmm..oke I did not know that ... it did it with hboot and it worked ... so i will not change that. tnx.
a guide for us that currently have ap2sd+ (ext3 partion) would be nice, you dont need it anymore if you get the n1 table right? (if use together with AOSP ROM ex oxygen) How to remove it safely etc.
Hi,
so I managed to S-off my Desire using Revolutionary. But now I would like to change the HBOOT.
So I put the PB99IMG.zip file on the root of the SD card and boot the phone holding Volume Down + Power, next the message '... PB99IMG.zip not found ...'
Why does this happen? What can I do?
Grtz
is it definitely named PB99IMG.zip in capitals? Is it definitely not ending .zip.zip?
Alternatively try "Android Flasher". Not saying it's better, but it's a workaround.
I'll say its better
yeah, it's all in caps. :s
But i'll check out android flasher tomorrow, thanks guys!
grtz
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794638
No problem.
swimon said:
yeah, it's all in caps. :s
But i'll check out android flasher tomorrow, thanks guys!
grtz
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Curious to know, is the "PB99IMG.zip not found" problem solved? If yes, please share the details.
phonedroid said:
Curious to know, is the "PB99IMG.zip not found" problem solved? If yes, please share the details.
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Do YOU have the problem also?
rootSU said:
Do YOU have the problem also?
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No but I was about to download a new table from Alpharev in this zip format and change my table sizes for more data space. Thought of asking this in order to know what to do if I also happen to run into the same problem.
phonedroid said:
No but I was about to download a new table from Alpharev in this zip format and change my table sizes for more data space. Thought of asking this in order to know what to do if I also happen to run into the same problem.
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Its usually something to do with the file name. itmust be exactly "PB99IMG.zip" not "pb99img.zip" or "PB99IMG.zip.zip"
You'd be surprised how many people have that last one.
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Curious to know, is the "PB99IMG.zip not found" problem solved? If yes, please share the details.
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Not yet, i'll post an update when I found the solution.
You can always just try it yourself, there's no danger if the file isn't found.
zedmarcus said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794638
No problem.
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Can I run this in Ubuntu 11.10? Maybe in Wine or something? My dual boot isn't working anymore
Hmm wouldn't trust wine with something this important. You can just drop the fastboot file into ubuntu and use the commands from the fastboot faq in my signature. If you can wait an hour, ill upload the fastboot file and tell you where to put it...
Then from a terminal just type the command. Dead easy
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Not sure about ubuntu. Just follow rootSU's advice, he's more knowledgeable than I am.
rootSU said:
Hmm wouldn't trust wine with something this important. You can just drop the fastboot file into ubuntu and use the commands from the fastboot faq in my signature. If you can wait an hour, ill upload the fastboot file and tell you where to put it...
Then from a terminal just type the command. Dead easy
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I fixed the problem, don't know why, but I just reformatted the SD card (with Gparted, exactly the same as I did the first time). And now the PB99IMG file was recognized, so I was able to install the new HBOOT.
I would stil like to have the fastboot file though, I've been looking all over the place for it!
Thanks again everyone.
Grtz
Its here, go into this link then right click, save as
http://www.mattman.org/rootsu/rootSU/not_for_download/
drop it in /usr/bin then you never need cd to a directory to run it.
Thanks! Should come in handy one of these days...
Grtz!
Yes it will
Don't forget the thanks button
woops, forgot it that time
thanks again, grtz
The best way is to change splash screen is do it via fastboot commands or android flasher but if ur laptop is retarded like mine and dont connect to ur phone then ur stuck. After ALOT of searching i found nothing so i thought id try and do it the PB99IMG way, and it works. After a few fails i got it to work, iv uploaded a PB99IMG.zip file which has the android-info.txt inside it. The splash screen is from Alpharev (why so serious) just rename it to splash1 so it should look like splash1.img and put that in the PB99IMG.zip file then put it on ur sdcard, boot into bootloader and it will find the PB99IMG and ask to update splash? volume up for yes then it will ask to reboot? volume up for yes, and ur done. it works coz i done it
Now heres the problem... it only works with ".img" just like if u do it with hboot or recovery, hboot.img and recovery.img etc etc
so if anyone knows a way to convert jpeg, png, etc etc into img format or how to create it like alpharev did then please share coz i found 0
solved thanks to handy5876. if anyone wants to know how just click the links in handy5876 post below. so now we can change splash screen using PB99IMG method (thats if any1 cares lol)
Hi jmcclue
Here is a link for nbimg http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=405118
Maybe its what ur looking for. Basically it converts .bmp to .nb. The .nb then has to be renamed to .img.
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Hi jmcclue
Here is a link for nbimg http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=405118
Maybe its what ur looking for. Basically it converts .bmp to .nb. The .nb then has to be renamed to .img.
I wrote a small tut on this in aflink
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cheers man, il have a go at it later
Sent from my HTC Desire
handy5876 said:
Hi jmcclue
Here is a link for nbimg http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=405118
Maybe its what ur looking for. Basically it converts .bmp to .nb. The .nb then has to be renamed to .img.
I wrote a small tut on this in aflink
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thanks, it worked a treat.
Thanks for this, handy to know.
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Thanks for this, handy to know.
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i suppose theres 1 good thing about a dodgy laptop, i mean iv found out how to do and change everything on my phone without it.
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it appears you can use splashes from the M7 and M8 just take splash.565 or splash1.img and rename to splash1.nb0 and place in empty zip
Big thanks to @iElvis for the VZW android-info.txt and zip
to make your own splash use
[APP] Splash Image Converter And Flasher 2.0
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2316060
You must have adb installed.
put splash zip in your platform-tools folder
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip ZIP FILE NAME.zip
fastboot reboot
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR EPIC FAILS
Here is a couple i kanged
awesome job many thanks!
just a FYI the android-info.txt says 1.32.401.15, while the one for VZW is 1.33.605.15.
can prolly just edit it to say the correct number, but not 100%
Looks nice. I need that black one. Thanks for finding this out..
i changed the version in the info and fast flashed it worked but since it doesn't really effect anything and becuz im fat and lazy gonna leave it :silly:
Any chance of more detailed instructions for those of us not familiar with those tools? I would really like to try to make my own.
xgerryx said:
Any chance of more detailed instructions for those of us not familiar with those tools? I would really like to try to make my own.
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what you need help with
Karl said:
what you need help with
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Just like, more dumbed down instructions. What is the platform-tools folder, where do those commands get entered specifically. I tried them in ADB shell and nothing was working. The .bat program was giving me an error about the adb program not being installed. So I guess like a more detailed list maybe?
xgerryx said:
Just like, more dumbed down instructions. What is the platform-tools folder, where do those commands get entered specifically. I tried them in ADB shell and nothing was working. The .bat program was giving me an error about the adb program not being installed. So I guess like a more detailed list maybe?
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hmm i see... platform-tools folder is a folder inside android sdk program folder.. those commands are entered in command prompt ...in adb shell
the big thing is you need to learn how to use adb and install adb give these a look over
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2141817
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=517874
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2266638
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474956
https://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html
Karl said:
hmm i see... platform-tools folder is a folder inside android sdk program folder.. those commands are entered in command prompt ...in adb shell
the big thing is you need to learn how to use adb and install adb give these a look over
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2141817
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=517874
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2266638
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474956
https://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html
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Thank you so much! That explains why I couldn't find the fastboot part of it too. I'll do my homework and figure it all out
Karl said:
i changed the version in the info and fast flashed it worked but since it doesn't really effect anything and becuz im fat and lazy gonna leave it :silly:
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nice thanks for testing. I'm OCD and I like the OS to say the correct one in download mode, makes no different though.
I haven't seen this anywhere yet but does anyone know the name (IE: 0P6BIMG.zip) to flash in bootloader like before? is this still an option? I noticed bootloader doesn't look for zips anymore.
Evocm7 said:
I haven't seen this anywhere yet but does anyone know the name (IE: 0P6BIMG.zip) to flash in bootloader like before? is this still an option? I noticed bootloader doesn't look for zips anymore.
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ive seen this
Karl said:
ive seen this
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That's download mode (there is no fastboot usb on the M9).
The file name is 0PJAIMG.ZIP.
That's zero p j a i m g.zip
You need to have the right android-info.txt in the file.
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That's download mode (there is no fastboot usb on the M9).
The file name is 0PJAIMG.ZIP.
That's zero p j a i m g.zip
You need to have the right android-info.txt in the file.
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:good:thats the only thing ive seen calling for a zip in reference to his question but it was in download not in boot , wasnt sure of its name or if it was still using them
Didn't think of that. Thanks guys
made the black version splash for updated firmware 2.6.605.10
md5: 9f1ffddf81eafd8115360151e10ce3ea
enjoy
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has anyone been able to go back to stock splash screen after flashing a splash screen? re flashed firmware, reflashed stock aboot (in android development thread), reflashed no red text aboot (in android development thread), and still see first installed black splash screen. can anyone help? just want to go back to completely stock no custom splash screen.
nice didn't know you could do that
magesticschu said:
has anyone been able to go back to stock splash screen after flashing a splash screen? re flashed firmware, reflashed stock aboot (in android development thread), reflashed no red text aboot (in android development thread), and still see first installed black splash screen. can anyone help? just want to go back to completely stock no custom splash screen.
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If the stock splash isn't in either of the firmware.zips, RUU may be only way. Unless the M8 one works.