I tired the current utilities, and none of them seem to work. Do they work for anyone?
I guess we will have to patiently wait for someone to find out how to replace the splash screen. Theres 3 screens total now (HTC, i-mate and WM) Will be cool to have 2 splashies.
Well I was using the q-tek test rom, and there were three splash screens on it. But the current tools worked for changing the second splash screen. the third is easy to change. Just copy enablerapi.cab to your device...run...and make a 340x340 image named welcomehead.96.png and copy it into the windows folder on your device.
Cool. i didn't know that. Though I don't mind the third splash screen. I i-mate one is the one I want to swap.
Hi All,
first: I know there was just few posts ago same thread.
BUT!
What i really want to see here(We r in Polaris section not Kaiser)
is proper tools and proper explan. how to build and flash Splashes for Polaris.
I tried to do that with info given in Kaiser branch but no luck(mostly coz i was affraid to brick my cruise)
I have to deal with noobs every day at work (i put myself in noob cat. when it concerns phones-flashing-and etc.) and the only way to help them when screeming at u saying that u r as..ole and dont want to help--- is to draw them a "PICTURE" with what they have to do.
So.
Im nOOb here and i'd love to see that PICTURE.
It'd be nice if someone who knows this stuff and does it every day, would make some PrintScreen of the whole proccess of creating and flashing splashes for Polaris.
Thanx alot to all of u who makes our(nOOb's(but willing to learn)) lives more interesting
Cheers lads
Don't know about changing the first HTC splash screen but the Windows one that loads after it really got on my nerves...so if you want to change just that one this app worked for me.
It basically unlocks the file welcomehead.96 in the Windows folder. You can then overwrite it with a picture of your choice (renamed "welcomehead.96"), saved as a .png image and resized to 240x320 (I used Paint for this).
Hope this helps a little.
cheers dude.
SubSplash Flash
Hi, here is a group of very useful tools that load any image you like into the boot loader creating your own splash
There is an interesting thing: another Splash after the first one called Subsplash (when showing radio and rom versions) that is tricky to replace. It has place at the address 0x601. So, you have to edit htcrt_devices.ini file by changing the address wherever you read 0x600 put 0x601, look for your device (or change them all in the list just in case). Only then you can produce the RUU_signed.nbh. After that, replace into ROMUpdateUtility folder and flash. Try it. Almost one day to find out how to get rid of that awfull image from Claro Argentina! Hope this helps.
Hello everyone I need a little bit of help figuring out how to change the bootscreen on the mogul. If anyone can lend a helping hand, it would greatly be appreciated.
I believe the initial bootscreen has to be changed while building the ROM. The second splash screen can be changed by merely overwriting "welcomehead.96.png" in /windows with another image.
It could be different depending on wireless provider, but my Sprint Titan uses "SPCS_startup.gif" in the Windows directory. I renamed the original and
then added my own gif. Hope that helps a little. I do remember a thread regarding this, I will dig around.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-349080.html
Clarification would be helpful. Do you want to change the initial boot screen, the startup animation, or the final splash screen?
At one time, I wanted to change the initial boot screen that comes up and says Verizon on XV6800, but could no figure it out. The other ones are easy.
Hi All
Im looking for Xperia logo animation on the startup, I dont really know the name of the file, but it is the screen that comes after the sony ericsson logo If i recall.
Thanks in advance
theres a cab with it i posted here, the cab just sticks the file in windows and makes sure the reg is pointing to the right place
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=140838&d=1230499556
fards said:
theres a cab with it i posted here, the cab just sticks the file in windows and makes sure the reg is pointing to the right place
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=140838&d=1230499556
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Thank you very much, ill test it when I get back home
just thought, the gif is on my x1, :doh
zipped to overcome the gif file limit
unzip and stick in the windows folder
fards said:
just thought, the gif is on my x1, :doh
zipped to overcome the gif file limit
unzip and stick in the windows folder
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oh cool thanks man, how does this differ from the cab file?
its just the gif file, you can change the setting with advanced config or manually editing the registry
to point to the file
hklm/software/htc/htc animation startupgif /windows/semc1904.gif
Apologies for hijacking the thread slightly (it looks nicely resolved to me though), does anyone know where the initial Sony Ericsson image is stored - i.e. the one that greets you when you first fire up the Xperia?
I found SEMC2904.bmp in the Wndows folder which is exactly what the startup screen looks like, but even if I change that file the startup image stays the same.
Any ideas? Or failing that, is there a registry setting to change the path for the initial startup image?
Mr Anderson said:
Apologies for hijacking the thread slightly (it looks nicely resolved to me though), does anyone know where the initial Sony Ericsson image is stored - i.e. the one that greets you when you first fire up the Xperia?
I found SEMC2904.bmp in the Wndows folder which is exactly what the startup screen looks like, but even if I change that file the startup image stays the same.
Any ideas? Or failing that, is there a registry setting to change the path for the initial startup image?
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That's a bootsplash, not so easy to change, best done with a rom kitchen.
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That's a bootsplash, not so easy to change, best done with a rom kitchen.
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Okey dokey - thanks for a helpful answer. I'll leave it be.
As a former Palm and Symbian user I still have much to learn about Windows Mobile, so I'm grateful for your assistance.
Can't restore xperia animated logo
Hi there,
been trying to get back xperia animated logo but no luck, seems that registry keys are not enough.
I've messed witk Mainsplash and Subsplash and successfully changed both by modifying htc rom tool settings and playing with nbimg, but xperia animated logo doesn't have anything to do with bootsplash, it's managed bt registry and no need to mess with reflashing inital splashes.
Here's what occurs at wm boot:
1. Display Mainsplash
2. Display Subsplash
3. Display Animated logo
4. Display Welcomehead*.png
I 've also tried playing with registry keys which were used successflly by HTC prophet users to display boot animation (see : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1719336&postcount=19)
but still no luck...
Has anyone succesfully restored Xperia boot logo ?
EDIT: Solved!
Hi there,
been trying to get back xperia animated logo but no luck, seems that registry keys are not enough.
I've messed witk Mainsplash and Subsplash and successfully changed both by modifying htc rom tool settings and playing with nbimg, but xperia animated logo doesn't have anything to do with bootsplash, it's managed bt registry and no need to mess with reflashing inital splashes.
Here's what occurs at wm boot:
1. Display Mainsplash
2. Display Subsplash
3. Display Animated logo
4. Display Welcomehead*.png
I 've also tried playing with registry keys which were used successflly by HTC prophet users to display boot animation (see : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1719336&postcount=19)
but still no luck...
Has anyone succesfully restored Xperia boot logo ?
EDIT (14/01/2009):
Finally managed to get this stuff back, registry keys were not correct.
Here is a link for all those who want to get back their Xperia Boot Logo.
Unzip this file in your kitchen's OEM folder, it is ready to be cooked:
http://www.4shared.com/file/80625819/778c01d2/Xperia_stock_startup.html
(if you want to get it back without cooking anything, just put the file in \windows
on your device and edit your registry according to included keys in .rgu file)
Hope someone will find this usefull.
Cheers.
the reg key works prefectly in mine and on several other wwe roms are you on a french rom? that may be the problem..
you dont need to start playing with cooking roms just to get the htc animated startup working.
of course the easy way is to use advanced config to choose the gif you want to use.. and thats where i got the reg key from
Thank you for the answer fards, the problem was that at the beginning i was trying to put the wrong reg key which was included in archive posted some posts above.
First reg key i've tried was:
HKLM/software/htc/htcanimation
Tried also with a space between "htc" and "animation" but none worked.
By searching a little i found some htc prophet related posts with registry settings that put me on the right path.
After some unsuccessful tries i found that the following keys did the trick - at least for me -:
"Volumn"=dword:00000000
"WAVFile"="dummy"
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
"GIFFile"="\\Windows\\SEMC1904.gif"
"Priority"=dword:000000C8
As you can see, the keys for playing a wave file when dislaying animation are here too.
Since i'm beginning in cooking stuff - and also in the whole ppc world - and wanted to make an ultralight ROM from my stock french one, i wanted to do everything at hand, in order to improve my understanding of the whole stuff, including little "cosmetic" details as well as critical system tweaks to fit my needs without using a single piece of additional software.
I've edited my previous post according to how i resolved this and included a zip archive to replace the one posted previously, which was including wrong registry settings.
Nice to see what we can achieve by working on various things and exchanging ideas, techniques and advises.
I've learned many thing since i began last week, but still a lot to learn...
Now i can go to the next level...
Cheers and thanks again.
ragnascroutch said:
Thank you for the answer fards, the problem was that at the beginning i was trying to put the wrong reg key which was included in archive posted some posts above.
First reg key i've tried was:
HKLM/software/htc/htcanimation
Tried also with a space between "htc" and "animation" but none worked.
By searching a little i found some htc prophet related posts with registry settings that put me on the right path.
After some unsuccessful tries i found that the following keys did the trick - at least for me -:
"Volumn"=dword:00000000
"WAVFile"="dummy"
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
"GIFFile"="\\Windows\\SEMC1904.gif"
"Priority"=dword:000000C8
As you can see, the keys for playing a wave file when dislaying animation are here too.
Since i'm beginning in cooking stuff - and also in the whole ppc world - and wanted to make an ultralight ROM from my stock french one, i wanted to do everything at hand, in order to improve my understanding of the whole stuff, including little "cosmetic" details as well as critical system tweaks to fit my needs without using a single piece of additional software.
I've edited my previous post according to how i resolved this and included a zip archive to replace the one posted previously, which was including wrong registry settings.
Nice to see what we can achieve by working on various things and exchanging ideas, techniques and advises.
I've learned many thing since i began last week, but still a lot to learn...
Now i can go to the next level...
Cheers and thanks again.
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i tried all the methods posted on this thread...and is til cant get the animation back up. are there any other ideas?
bknewtype said:
i tried all the methods posted on this thread...and is til cant get the animation back up. are there any other ideas?
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What is your rom version ? is it a stock one or a cooked one ?
ragnascroutch said:
What is your rom version ? is it a stock one or a cooked one ?
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stock rom, 1.02.931.3. im not ready to try cooked yet lol
how about edit the startup sound file?
boot logo
ragnascroutch said:
Hi there,
been trying to get back xperia animated logo but no luck, seems that registry keys are not enough.
I've messed witk Mainsplash and Subsplash and successfully changed both by modifying htc rom tool settings and playing with nbimg, but xperia animated logo doesn't have anything to do with bootsplash, it's managed bt registry and no need to mess with reflashing inital splashes.
Here's what occurs at wm boot:
1. Display Mainsplash
2. Display Subsplash
3. Display Animated logo
4. Display Welcomehead*.png
I 've also tried playing with registry keys which were used successflly by HTC prophet users to display boot animation (see : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1719336&postcount=19)
but still no luck...
Has anyone succesfully restored Xperia boot logo ?
EDIT: Solved!
Hi there,
been trying to get back xperia animated logo but no luck, seems that registry keys are not enough.
I've messed witk Mainsplash and Subsplash and successfully changed both by modifying htc rom tool settings and playing with nbimg, but xperia animated logo doesn't have anything to do with bootsplash, it's managed bt registry and no need to mess with reflashing inital splashes.
Here's what occurs at wm boot:
1. Display Mainsplash
2. Display Subsplash
3. Display Animated logo
4. Display Welcomehead*.png
I 've also tried playing with registry keys which were used successflly by HTC prophet users to display boot animation (see : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1719336&postcount=19)
but still no luck...
Has anyone succesfully restored Xperia boot logo ?
EDIT (14/01/2009):
Finally managed to get this stuff back, registry keys were not correct.
Here is a link for all those who want to get back their Xperia Boot Logo.
Unzip this file in your kitchen's OEM folder, it is ready to be cooked:
http://www.4shared.com/file/80625819/778c01d2/Xperia_stock_startup.html
(if you want to get it back without cooking anything, just put the file in \windows
on your device and edit your registry according to included keys in .rgu file)
Hope someone will find this usefull.
Cheers.
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how did u change the boot logo using htc tools? can you show me the steps?
I had the same isue
ragnascroutch said:
Thank you for the answer fards, the problem was that at the beginning i was trying to put the wrong reg key which was included in archive posted some posts above.
First reg key i've tried was:
HKLM/software/htc/htcanimation
Tried also with a space between "htc" and "animation" but none worked.
By searching a little i found some htc prophet related posts with registry settings that put me on the right path.
After some unsuccessful tries i found that the following keys did the trick - at least for me -:
"Volumn"=dword:00000000
"WAVFile"="dummy"
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
"GIFFile"="\\Windows\\SEMC1904.gif"
"Priority"=dword:000000C8
As you can see, the keys for playing a wave file when dislaying animation are here too.
Since i'm beginning in cooking stuff - and also in the whole ppc world - and wanted to make an ultralight ROM from my stock french one, i wanted to do everything at hand, in order to improve my understanding of the whole stuff, including little "cosmetic" details as well as critical system tweaks to fit my needs without using a single piece of additional software.
I've edited my previous post according to how i resolved this and included a zip archive to replace the one posted previously, which was including wrong registry settings.
Nice to see what we can achieve by working on various things and exchanging ideas, techniques and advises.
I've learned many thing since i began last week, but still a lot to learn...
Now i can go to the next level...
Cheers and thanks again.
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Hi all....
ragnascroutch:
I had the same isue
I followed your instructions (modifying de Reg Key only) With all the Keys exactly like you except in the Key
"GIFFile"="\\Windows\\SEMC1904.gif"
Just worked with
"GIFFile"="\Windows\SEMC1904.gif" (only one back slah)
thanks Budie......
Just got my fiancee a new Polaris to replace her Elfin, and decided to give it a little more shine during the bootup process, here's my results.
Just sharing with the community as I think some people might want to use it themselves.
Her Polaris has 3 splashes before Windows appears (I know some may have 4) so that's what I focused on.
Screen 1: changed to a nicer splash I just whipped up in Photoshop.
Screen 2: left alone as the htc .gif is nice.
Screen 3: changed to a nicer 'Starting Windows' screen.
Procedure:
To change the 1st screen, just download 'Polaris Splash.zip' and run 'Polaris_CustomRUU.exe' which will apply the new Cruise logo. (make sure your phone is CID unlocked with HardSPL!) The image fits perfectly along with the System Info that displays in the bottom right corner during boot.
To change the 2nd screen, 99% of the time it is in WINDOWS\animated.gif (I haven't included one as the default one is fine)
To change the 3rd screen, 99% of the time it is in WINDOWS\welcomehead.96.png so all you have to do is download the image and copy/overwrite into your Windows folder on the Cruise.
Hope some enjoy the images, or at least use this guide to change their splashes to their own custom built screens. Enjoy.
EDIT: Added a YouTube video of the bootup -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2r2nlyeEkQ
nice
thank you for sharing
I've changed your splash screen to my welcomehead...
find enclosed my animated.gif which is used for my Pcarvalho Extreme Rom
Unlocked?
In order to change the ROM splash... Do I need to unlock my Fuze?
Hi!
I´ve flashed the boot splash screen and it´s ok, but the second screen, for you maybe is the image 1,5 ( the one with the radio version ), is still the operator splash screen and i want to change that image, do u know how i do that?
thanks!
Sorry mate but norton 360 found a trojan in your updaterom utility