Hi Everyone,
I know that there is a tool available that will replace the network Splash Screen with a BMP file of your choice. I did have this tool and had downloaded it, but since then I have lost it (deleted it). I have had a really good search, but I don't seem to be able to find it on this Forum or any others. therefore I was wondering if anyone knows where it is, or how to replace the splash image manually. I want to replace the T-Mobile image which first comes up when the phone is initially turned on. Any help will be very welcome.
Many thanks
Ian
android flasher or just try downloading an .IMG file with a splash and push it via adb.
You will need root and a guide for changing boot animation, search the development section...
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
actually fo splash you need ENG S-OFF.
sorry uros0104 it's not the boot animation I want to change. It's the splash image that I want to change. They are seperate files. Thanks haerigrek Android Flasher was the exact one I was looking for.
Many thanks
Ian
Worked brilliantly, thank you.
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For everyone who wants them, here are the original splash screens for both stock Hero and T-Mobile G2
Mark
can i have the hero splash screen in jpeg format?? thanks!!
maddie said:
can i have the hero splash screen in jpeg format?? thanks!!
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Here you go.
Mark
markspark100 said:
Here you go.
Mark
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wow, thanks a lot!
and i got myself a startup screen...
looks nice on my Hero
see attached.
Thanks for the splashes... i have allready thought i needed the stock ones if i'm about to flash in the s-off spl and some custom boot screens thanks again...
Are you thinking of creating some screens that would show like "hero" but underneeth it would say hacked or something like that
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B
Are these just the files or can I rename as update.zip and flash like I would any other update?
I'm really keen to get rid of the T-Mobile splash screen!
Cheers
CitizenLee said:
Are these just the files or can I rename as update.zip and flash like I would any other update?
I'm really keen to get rid of the T-Mobile splash screen!
Cheers
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hmmm, no i doubt renaming as update.zip would ever work (There's a bit more to it than just naming a file to be honest)
to change your bootscreen (the t-mobile splash you mention) you will need to root your phone, and then put the spl released on nov 24th onto your phone (it's a sticky)
and use the fast boot program to send the required file to your phone in the rgb565 file format.
there is a how to on modaco with some custom bootsplash screens -- with a few submitted by me i might add
check here (if you're a member, otherwise look for the thread "Custom Splash & Boot Screens for the Hero " in the htc hero thread in the android forum
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hmmm, no i doubt renaming as update.zip would ever work (There's a bit more to it than just naming a file to be honest)
to change your bootscreen (the t-mobile splash you mention) you will need to root your phone, and then put the spl released on nov 24th onto your phone (it's a sticky)
and use the fast boot program to send the required file to your phone in the rgb565 file format.
there is a how to on modaco with some custom bootsplash screens -- with a few submitted by me i might add
check here (if you're a member, otherwise look for the thread "Custom Splash & Boot Screens for the Hero " in the htc hero thread in the android forum
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Exactly what lusephur said but for some reason Agent-5 who started to topic he linked to over at MoDaCo seems to have deleted all his posts but you can find out how to do it here although this is for a Dream not a Hero...to reboot into bootloader on the hero it is back and power when switching on.
oblika said:
Thanks for the splashes... i have allready thought i needed the stock ones if i'm about to flash in the s-off spl and some custom boot screens thanks again...
Are you thinking of creating some screens that would show like "hero" but underneeth it would say hacked or something like that
Lp
B
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Err... yeah sure I can give it a go but I warn you I am really bad when it comes to graphics lol so if anyone else wants to create one but not sure on how to make it RGB565 post it and I can convert it.
Mark
Cheers for the info guys. I'll have a look at the guide shortly.
No worries about rooting and bootloader, it was the 1st thing I did when I got the phone a few months back
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and i got myself a startup screen...
looks nice on my Hero
see attached.
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It looks nice
where did you get it?
hello
first i have to say thx and thx alot to Dukenukemx for posting the super winmo to android tut it worked fine for me
bu i used the unlocker on that same tread to unlock my kaiser and it asked me if i wanted to remove the CID info and i left it like it was.
but if with the CID is meant the start up splash screen from t-mobile i would love to remove it anyways.
but how?
thx in advanced
The CID has nothing to do with the splash screen, in fact to change the splash screen you only have to flash one, same method as flashing the nand NBH, only it is a lot smaller.
Simply get a splash screen you like, copy it to SD, rename as kaisimg.nbh, flash, and your new splash screen is installed.
Luckily I have a few splash screen you may like to use on the link on my sig
perfect thx alot i didn,t knew it would be that easy
I've got an O2 Ireland-branded HTC Desire.
This means when I turn it on, the first thing you see is a big O2 logo. After a few seconds this disappears and changes to the the boot animation.
Flashing ROMs changes the boot animation, but it doesn't affect this initial logo.
Does anyone know how to change this logo?
I'm assuming it's stored on some part of the phone which is... hard to change? Is it part of HBOOT? Can it be replaced with the unbranded version?
if your phone is rooted then the easiest way would be to install root explorer and copy and paste the bootanimation zip file you want to use over the original one. or you can buy bootanimation changer app from market and do it that way............sudeki300
I know how to change the boot animation. But that's not the problem. What I'm trying to change is the logo that appears *before* the boot animation. You know, the thing you see the instant you turn your phone on.
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I know how to change the boot animation. But that's not the problem. What I'm trying to change is the logo that appears *before* the boot animation. You know, the thing you see the instant you turn your phone on.
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Hi, I was in this case,the best way is to re-flash the droid with an original (you will have the HTC logo in place of your operator), after that you can use a custom rom.
Does anyone know which part exactly of the offical HTC update would replace this logo? Is it HBOOT? SPL? Something else?
Could this be extracted from the HTC update and flashed separately?
the only way i know of is to debrand the phone by rooting it and flashing a custom rom. or just get hold of a generic htc desire official rom and flash that....................sudeki300
FunkTrooper said:
Does anyone know which part exactly of the offical HTC update would replace this logo? Is it HBOOT? SPL? Something else?
Could this be extracted from the HTC update and flashed separately?
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the file in question is bootanimation.zip. It's not simple to extract it and re-compile the rom; 2 solutions:
- use a kitchen to create your own rom.
- try to replace bootanimation by another one, I try it since few days without success, I'm working on it because the HTC logo is no so sexy.
The original rom from HTC is RUU_Bravo_HTC_Europe_1.15.405.3_Radio_32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11_release_121865
Not that i know the answer, but just to clear things up:
-he is rooted.
-he has changed bootanimation.zip.
He is talking about the logo before bootanimation. Normally 'HTC' in green, in his case 'O2' (I guess in red).
The question is: where is that 'pre-bootanimation-logo' stored and possibly how to change it?
Flashing rom or flashing bootscreenanimation.zip does not work.
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You will have to flash a stock rom and put up with the htc logo, as it stands we cannot flash the splash screen seperately because we do not have an unlocked spl yet
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AndroHero said:
You will have to flash a stock rom and put up with the htc logo, as it stands we cannot flash the splash screen seperately because we do not have an unlocked spl yet
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk
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Hello sir - are you saying that I could get rid of the ugly Telstra boot splash screen and replace it with a stock HTC splash screen if I flashed a factory ROM? (Yes, I am talking about the boot splash, and NOT the boot animation).
Anything would be preferable to the splash of a carrier I am not even using.
If so, would I need to re-root, or would I have to de-root first, then re-root?
CHeers - N
Is there any new solutions for that ?
The HTC logo is so ugly :/
morcus said:
Is there any new solutions for that ?
The HTC logo is so ugly :/
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The unrEVOked team should be coming out with an s-off HBOOT soon, which should allow you change this.
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The unrEVOked team should be coming out with an s-off HBOOT soon, which should allow you change this.
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Good news =)
Thanks man
morcus said:
Good news =)
Thanks man
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it is good news because an unlocked spl will give us full root too
this sort of thing!
if they can do it on the incedible, whats stopping us on the desire?
http://www.droid-life.com/2010/09/1...plash-screen-for-droid-incredible/#more-14344
iamdarren said:
this sort of thing!
if they can do it on the incedible, whats stopping us on the desire?
http://www.droid-life.com/2010/09/1...plash-screen-for-droid-incredible/#more-14344
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have you even bothered to read the thread? its because we dont have a hard spl yet
How can i change the initial startup logo? - the one before the animation?
I have rooted and installed masi0 from here. But still the telstra logo persists.
Thanks
Kris
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How can i change the initial startup logo? - the one before the animation?
I have rooted and installed masi0 from hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775475"]here. But still the telstra logo persists.
Thanks
Kris
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I'm answering only so you don't waste a lot more time looking, and probably won't otherwise get an answer.
I have the same phone (A8183 from Telstra) and that initial logo cannot currently be changed by anyone due to that part of the ROM not being able to be unlocked.
Even rooting your phone and flashing any rom currently available doesn't grant access to this splash screen.
Sorry... not what you wanted to hear I'm sure but it's currently the case.
Cheers - N
(A8183 Desire on Telecom XT)
danm ... but thanks 4 the reply
You can't.....yet!!
wait for s-off. you will be able to flash splash1 with that.
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wait for s-off. you will be able to flash splash1 with that.
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I have read a little about this fabled S-OFF (security off?). How close are we, and will it be as simple as being able to replace a PNG once we have access to another part of the filesystem?
Cheers - Neil G
If you flash a generic ROM you will change it to the HTC logo instead.
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If you flash a generic ROM you will change it to the HTC logo instead.
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This is relevant to my interests... So am I right in thinking this is the process?
- get OTA 2.2 ROM for Desire and flash using current process? (Do I need to change radio?)
- Has this now unrooted me? Do I need to re-root? Is it possible?
- Reapply (say) Leedroid 2.x and the original HTC splash screen stays?
Cheers - Neil G
I rooted my Telstra Desire using r6-desire-root-alt.zip a few months ago, and that changed the initial boot splash to the default HTC splash.. so it can be done.
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I have read a little about this fabled S-OFF (security off?). How close are we, and will it be as simple as being able to replace a PNG once we have access to another part of the filesystem?
Cheers - Neil G
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It's almost ready for public release.
You have to convert it to a specific format, but yeah.
It's not a filesystem, its a raw part of the nand
with a rgb framebuffer format.
Some generic ruu zips contain splash1.
Check inside the zip to be sure.
That is the green-on-white HTC logo.
talkiet said:
I'm answering only so you don't waste a lot more time looking, and probably won't otherwise get an answer.
I have the same phone (A8183 from Telstra) and that initial logo cannot currently be changed by anyone due to that part of the ROM not being able to be unlocked.
Even rooting your phone and flashing any rom currently available doesn't grant access to this splash screen.
Sorry... not what you wanted to hear I'm sure but it's currently the case.
Cheers - N
(A8183 Desire on Telecom XT)
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Hrm.. I'm not sure if I'm doing the same as you guys, but I also bought the Telstra model (outright/unlocked from jb hifi), and since then i've put a number of other roms on there, and they've changed the bootup logo to the stock HTC one
(i'm currently using open desire, but originally i was using r3 from modaco - though that was android 2.1)
tabsina said:
Hrm.. I'm not sure if I'm doing the same as you guys, but I also bought the Telstra model (outright/unlocked from jb hifi), and since then i've put a number of other roms on there, and they've changed the bootup logo to the stock HTC one
(i'm currently using open desire, but originally i was using r3 from modaco - though that was android 2.1)
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Thanks everyone - this is all great news... When I got my Desire I couldn't find anyone that was able to say the splash could be changed (either to HTC default or to a custom image)...
Sounds like S-OFF is close so I'll just wait it out.
Cheers - Neil G
When I had a Hero, I was able to change the initial boot image after i installed an engineering spl (obtained from modaco)
Not sure if the same method would apply for s-off on the desire.
But the criteria for the boot image then was, obtain an image you like, crop it to an exact pixel size, and covert to 365rgb format
then using fastboot on your pc use the command fastboot flash splash1
(bearing in mind it's been a while, and it's late, I may be remembering incorrectly)
But if the process turns out to be similar for the desire, you should be able to easily create any boot image you wish, as long as you follow the process carefully and correctly. An image with the wrong pixel size when converted and flash will not display correctly at all.
Hope that helps.
S-OFF is now available! Just installed on my Telstra Desire and changed the splash1 screen successfully!
millab said:
S-OFF is now available! Just installed on my Telstra Desire and changed the splash1 screen successfully!
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Wow... Could you please point to the method you used to get S-OFF?
I have a telstra Desire from Australia as well (A8183) and am very keen to get the bootup splash off it. (More in principle than for any good reason!)
Thanks for the heads up it's now possible
Cheers -- Neil G
talkiet said:
Wow... Could you please point to the method you used to get S-OFF?
I have a telstra Desire from Australia as well (A8183) and am very keen to get the bootup splash off it. (More in principle than for any good reason!)
Thanks for the heads up it's now possible
Cheers -- Neil G
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See the link in the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794314
Hello everyone. Especially experts, I really need your help!
I want to flash a custom splash1, though I already have a fancy splash from an Korean company.
I haven't been able to find that splash on the internet.
So I utterly wish to back it up in case I want to revert back.
I did a lot of browsing and analyzing.
Seems like the splash1 should be in some separate partition.
But I can't really find it.
I tried to DD backup and convert to png every partition I found inside dev/block. None gave me an picture of my splash1.
So I need your help, experts and super advances users and maybe former owners of HTC Desire.
Any tip and suggestion will be appreciated.
Thank you guys. Waiting for your replies! :fingers-crossed:
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Hello everyone. Especially experts, I really need your help!
I want to flash a custom splash1, though I already have a fancy splash from an Korean company.
I haven't been able to find that splash on the internet.
So I utterly wish to back it up in case I want to revert back.
I did a lot of browsing and analyzing.
Seems like the splash1 should be in some separate partition.
But I can't really find it.
I tried to DD backup and convert to png every partition I found inside dev/block. None gave me an picture of my splash1.
So I need your help, experts and super advances users and maybe former owners of HTC Desire.
Any tip and suggestion will be appreciated.
Thank you guys. Waiting for your replies! :fingers-crossed:
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Not sure where the splash is located but a simple solution would be just download the exact ruu for ur phone (country/region/brand etc) then pull the rom.zip from the ruu exe file then inside the rom.zip will be the splash.img
Its up to u, might save u hours of searching.