Hey all,
I had a hard time deciding whether this was worth a topic or not, but it might come in handy for some of you, so here it is...
All one needs is a developer (or student, or chevron) unlocked device and at least one app slot available.
Now if you deploy this xap (based on Heatcliff's Nokia Interop Unlock test) it will remove the splashscreen of whatsapp (that ugly green thing).
The app called Nokia Interop Unlock test or something like that can be removed directly after having it deployed to your device.
Credits where its due, thank Heatcliff for discovering this method.
THIS IS PURE COSMETIC, IT WILL GET RID OF THE UGLY GREEN/BLUE SPLASH SCREEN
UPDATE v2:
This version replaces the original splash screen with a corrupted file, a blanco textfile renamed to a jpg. This seems to work fine and will probably also work on the white theme
EDIT: This will naturally work with other apps also if one replaces the the GUID in the "../../" folder in the xap itself.
EDIT2: For dark themes only. If you rock a white theme, you will need to open the image inside the "../../guid/Install/" folder in the xap for a white image. Version 2 will probably work on the white theme also.
works fine on my lumia 800!
thanks.
Will the splashscreen be restored with an update of WhatsApp?
Yes, an update will probably restore it. Deleting and re-installing htis app will remove it again, though. You should probably delete the app after installing anyhow; unless you're interop-unlocked it will use up one of your unsigned app slots until deleted. The change it amkes won't be reverted upon deletion, though.
I have not had an update of whatsapp yet to confirm. But like GDTD said, I do indeed suspect that the update will also overwrite the splash screens so yes one will need to redeploy this after an update.
IS this purely cosmetic or does it improve app start up speed?
Purely cosmetic. It doesn't remove the splash screen at all, it just replaces it with a blank image.
As expected it does not survive an update.
I will look into the possibility of replacing it with a blanco image, because now its just a black image (its a jpeg). No image at all would be better as that will work on both themes. Unfortunately heatcliffs method does not allow deleting files (duh). So that wont be very straight forward. I will try a corrupted file maybe that will work
Ok my test with a corrupted file was succesfull, I've updated the first post with a version 2. This should work on both themes as it just replaced the jpg splash screen image with an empty jpg file.
Also it does not show a splash screen at all now so it looks like it boots up a tad quicker
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There are so many nice themes out there, but after any applied theme, the screen of the phone application, so the call progress and part of the dialpad screen remains green - default HTC theme.
My phone is CID unlocked.
Any idea?
Ok, its easy: with a File Explorer open "Windows" folder and change the file "HTC_CallProgressBkg_320x186.bmp" for another that you like.
fer...
thanks fer, but I didn't find any theme which would have this image I could replace.
The only one I have is the reincarnation of the default green HTC theme, but in blue color (downloaded from this forum). This theme does have the file you mention. I moved the default green bmp, renamed the blue bmp so that the name is like the original file and it still doesn't work.
Even after I removed the green background image, it still appears when releasing the phone application. I cannot understand that
Just take an example with the very nice attached skin here.
changing HTC_CallProgressBkg_320x186
i keep geting that it is read only , any idea how can change it form ready only to read /write
arfan24 said:
i keep geting that it is read only , any idea how can change it form ready only to read /write
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yes man, just run the CID unlock over your excalibur. (should be the right one application attached)
but it will not help you. this is what I wrote and nobody is answering me....even when you overwrite/remove/rename or whatever the original image, it will remain green.
fire00 said:
yes man, just run the CID unlock over your excalibur. (should be the right one application attached)
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uhm, your sure thats CID unlock and not app unlock. You're gonna have a bunch of people trying to save $40 then complaining that they cant flash their rom now.
actually I did pay the $40 for imei-check and the only thing i cannot change is the green screen
one more question please, i downloaded the files , put it on my storage card but wasnt able to run it any advice how do you do so
Looking for AT&T splash and today screens.
arluckett2002 said:
Looking for AT&T splash and today screens.
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I would like to get my hands on these images too. The way I have been doing it is flash back to the original ROM, once stock flash the radio back to the new version you want, then flash the OS to the new ROM version. You have to pick a rom that doesn't touch the splash though. Only went through that PITA once. It would be nice in case a Cingular Rep ever got their hands on it.
Here are the Boot Splashes
http://rapidshare.com/files/27766939/Cingular-ATT_BootSplash.zip.html
has the PrimarySplash.nb/SecondarySplash.nb and the RUU_signed.nbh I just did and tested.
I'm still looking for the today screen
Daali said:
http://rapidshare.com/files/27766939/Cingular-ATT_BootSplash.zip.html
has the PrimarySplash.nb/SecondarySplash.nb and the RUU_signed.nbh I just did and tested.
I'm still looking for the today screen
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You rock! Are these the animated ones?
These were pulled from the RUU_Hermes_CINGULAR_WWE_2_1_.06.502.3_6275_1.33.31.00_108_Ship.exe
You looking for the animated 3G .gif that resides in Windows?
http://rapidshare.com/files/27773791/3G_Up_01_1.zip.html
At&t Splash Screen
How Do You Convert Gif Files To Nb File
Seek and ye shall find - check the wiki and/or www.mrvanx.org.
Daali said:
These were pulled from the RUU_Hermes_CINGULAR_WWE_2_1_.06.502.3_6275_1.33.31.00_108_Ship.exe
You looking for the animated 3G .gif that resides in Windows?
http://rapidshare.com/files/27773791/3G_Up_01_1.zip.html
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Yeah thats the one. Can I just drop and replace this one?
from the FAQ:
Code:
Disable/change the startup animation or sound
HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\StartupAnimation
Enabled - change from 1 to 0 to turn everything off and permanently fix the volume issue.
You can also customize the animated boot up by deleting or changing 2 keys. (Doing this does not fix the volume issue)
Delete the WAVFile Key to remove the sound only.
Delete the GIFFile Key to remove the animation only.
Put your own .GIF file or .WAV file on the phone and rewrite the 2 keys (WAVFile GIFFile) to the new file location. i.e. \My Documents\Files\CustomAnimation.gif
The Gif key portion was where this .gif was linked on the original. Place it somewhere and change that key.
Daali said:
from the FAQ:
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Disable/change the startup animation or sound
HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\StartupAnimation
Enabled - change from 1 to 0 to turn everything off and permanently fix the volume issue.
You can also customize the animated boot up by deleting or changing 2 keys. (Doing this does not fix the volume issue)
Delete the WAVFile Key to remove the sound only.
Delete the GIFFile Key to remove the animation only.
Put your own .GIF file or .WAV file on the phone and rewrite the 2 keys (WAVFile GIFFile) to the new file location. i.e. \My Documents\Files\CustomAnimation.gif
The Gif key portion was where this .gif was linked on the original. Place it somewhere and change that key.
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Strange... I don't have these entries. May be the ROM that I am using (Black 2.5) I will try adding them and seeing if that works.
Thanks for the info. All of the stuff I got from the wiki pertained to cooking/converting an image.
I assume:
KLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\StartupAnimation
Enabled - change from 1 to 0 to turn everything off and permanently fix the volume issue.
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is a DWord decimal value of 1?
and
Delete the GIFFile Key to remove the animation only.
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and this is a String value to the path\file?
BTW: I am now on the Dutty V2 ROM and these values do not exist. Might they only work on factory HTC/ATT "hacked" roms? I have read there might be DLL's that go with these entries.
At&t Today Screens And Splash Screens
Well Has Anyone Been Able To Get The Animation Version To Work?
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Well Has Anyone Been Able To Get The Animation Version To Work?
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I put the entries in as above and it did not work. I ended up using the one w/o animation. I have a feeling you only have the registry entries there to be modified if you have an OEM ROM.
I have a feeling there are a few more registery entries in there then he wrote in there - would like to see a reg dump (at least of that section). There are also probably some .DLL's or other files we need to fully get it running! Maybe I'll dump a Cingular rom later to see if I don't see anything obvious I'm assuming this is in the new Cingular rom?
Yes, should even be in the one before it since when I bought my phone about 2 months ago it was animated as well.
So far from the digging, the Registry entries are:
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\StartupAnimation]
"Volumn"=dword:10
"WAVFile"="\\Windows\\3G_Up.wav"
"GIFFile"="\\Windows\\3G Up_01_1.gif"
"Enabled"=dword:1
I've not yet found any other entries related to it on a quick pass through. The animated gif and sound file I have attached but I have not yet got it to work. I did notice there is no welcomehead.96.png and I wonder if it the existence of that file on my current rom has anything to do with it. I've not been able to delete the file (part of the rom) to see if it would have any effect. This is about as much as I'll be able to figure out for right now at any rate. If anybody else has any ideas as to enabling it (is there a .DLL that needs to be loaded? Part of me wonders if there is a command to execute it built into the bootsplash within the section that is usually added as padding? Just some brainstorming.
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So far from the digging, the Registry entries are:
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\StartupAnimation]
"Volumn"=dword:10
"WAVFile"="\\Windows\\3G_Up.wav"
"GIFFile"="\\Windows\\3G Up_01_1.gif"
"Enabled"=dword:1
I've not yet found any other entries related to it on a quick pass through. The animated gif and sound file I have attached but I have not yet got it to work. I did notice there is no welcomehead.96.png and I wonder if it the existence of that file on my current rom has anything to do with it. I've not been able to delete the file (part of the rom) to see if it would have any effect. This is about as much as I'll be able to figure out for right now at any rate. If anybody else has any ideas as to enabling it (is there a .DLL that needs to be loaded? Part of me wonders if there is a command to execute it built into the bootsplash within the section that is usually added as padding? Just some brainstorming.
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Anyone? I like to know this too.. any luck yet?
chymmylt said:
So far from the digging, the Registry entries are:
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\StartupAnimation]
"Volumn"=dword:10
"WAVFile"="\\Windows\\3G_Up.wav"
"GIFFile"="\\Windows\\3G Up_01_1.gif"
"Enabled"=dword:1
I've not yet found any other entries related to it on a quick pass through. The animated gif and sound file I have attached but I have not yet got it to work. I did notice there is no welcomehead.96.png and I wonder if it the existence of that file on my current rom has anything to do with it. I've not been able to delete the file (part of the rom) to see if it would have any effect. This is about as much as I'll be able to figure out for right now at any rate. If anybody else has any ideas as to enabling it (is there a .DLL that needs to be loaded? Part of me wonders if there is a command to execute it built into the bootsplash within the section that is usually added as padding? Just some brainstorming.
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You can delete the welcomehead.96.png by getting another file browser (like Resco Explorer or Total Commander) and changing the file permission.
some at&t today themes would be nice. i really like my WM6 Vanilla theme, but if someone could throw the new at&t logo on there somewhere id be very appreciative. maybe the bottom right corner of the today screen?
According to this forum >http://forums.wireless.att.com/cng/...ngular&message.id=41950&query.id=90285#M41950
You have to power the unit off for 10 seconds for the changes to take effect. Dont have time to check it. Can someone verift?
I got some pretty sweet splash screens I want to use instead of the default T-Mobile ones. How do I go about editing these? I tried to search the forum before I posted this, but couldn't find anything.
I think the initial boot splashscreens are integrated in ROM, so you'd need to edit the ROM image before reflashing. I think there maybe tools around to help you with doing this, but am not sure.
I'm referring to the screens while the phone is on. Exclamation, info, call, text. All those screens.
All the images like question mark, info, etc.. are in \windows\ dir, just sort everything by type and look for gif's. You can then replace them with your images as long as name and dimensions are the same.
BTW you can change the startup/shutdown splash screens as well, same way, by overwriting those in ROM, without any flashing.
Anyone know the file name of the incall screen? The one I got to replace it is just call.gif and there isn't one in my windows dir.
I overwrote all the splashscreens but they haven't changed on my device. I even did a soft reset after i replaced them and nothing! If I check in my Windows dir they're the ones I just put on there, so why aren't they showing up on the phone?
I've just flashed the O2 premium v2.0 rom to my artemis, and I love it, but I really dont like the animated splash screen.
I tried using the latest version of SplashScreen.exe to customise it, but at the three colour boot screen, the utility fails saying it cant connect to the device. This must be specific to SplashScreen.exe as other utilities flash the phone fine.
So, without that tool, how can I customise the animated start screen, as the \windows folder doesnt allow me to make changes to the files there. Alternatively, if someone can post a utility to flash to a different HTC animated logo that would be great. I'm sure in the past I've seen a very small HTC animated logo on a black background - if anyone has that ready to go with an installer, I'd be appreciative!
Thanks.
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I've just flashed the O2 premium v2.0 rom to my artemis, and I love it, but I really dont like the animated splash screen.
I tried using the latest version of SplashScreen.exe to customise it, but at the three colour boot screen, the utility fails saying it cant connect to the device. This must be specific to SplashScreen.exe as other utilities flash the phone fine.
So, without that tool, how can I customise the animated start screen, as the \windows folder doesnt allow me to make changes to the files there. Alternatively, if someone can post a utility to flash to a different HTC animated logo that would be great. I'm sure in the past I've seen a very small HTC animated logo on a black background - if anyone has that ready to go with an installer, I'd be appreciative!
Thanks.
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just replace the animated.gif in windows folder on your device...
jvc
I tried doing that, but I cant delete the original file - any ideas?
Thanks.
Startup Sound
just overwrite the existing one with your one and you're done.
BTW:
Anyone knows how to get the startup sound working with our Artemis ?
On my Hermes it's working perfect. When i set exactly the same values in HKLM\Software\HTC\StartupAnimation
- volumn and wavFile - as my Hermes and point to my soundfile (it's a wav my windows folder) - nothing happens.
As above, I cant delete the file in the windows folder, so I cant overwrite it either.
Anyway, to work around it, I just copied a .gif file into the windows folder (called it animated2.gif) and edited the registry setting to point to that file, and it fixed it. Bit of a clunky way to do it, but it works!
try this tool
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=317726
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try this tool
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=317726
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That was the tool I was referring to, but when I get to the three colour boot screen, it fails to connect to my device Other flashing tools work fine, so it's something specific to this tool...
demo2000 said:
As above, I cant delete the file in the windows folder, so I cant overwrite it either.
Anyway, to work around it, I just copied a .gif file into the windows folder (called it animated2.gif) and edited the registry setting to point to that file, and it fixed it. Bit of a clunky way to do it, but it works!
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With the normal Microsoft tools it is not possible to overwrite the ROM files. But e.g. Total Commander can overwrite those files.
jvc.
Hello,
I want to ask someone if there is a way to delete some texts when the device is powered on?
I have a problem that when I power on my device under the text "smart mobility" I got a message like this one: "Test only, Not for sale" .... so is there a way to delete this **** from the system ?
Thanks
using advanced config tool, you can find out the 2 (or 3) .gif files that are used in the startup animation. one of them will have that text. You just have to replace it with another.
Im not 100% sure that the smart mobility one can be changed but its a good place to start.
ASK768 said:
using advanced config tool, you can find out the 2 (or 3) .gif files that are used in the startup animation. one of them will have that text. You just have to replace it with another.
Im not 100% sure that the smart mobility one can be changed but its a good place to start.
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The smart mobility logo is not an image per say. It is embedded in the "splash" area within the rom. It can be changed but not as simply as changing .gif files.
If the text you are seeing is on the first boot screen (the Smart Mobility screen) you won't be able to remove it through Advanced Config. The startup animation is the second boot screen (typically the HTC logo or some other animation). Are you seeing the text on the first boot screen for sure? If so, I can give you a new .nbh file to flash with CustomRUU that will give you just the Smart Mobility logo.
hi - does that nbh file exist? i've got a similar problem and have tried flashing different roms but the "test only" persists.
thanks in advance.