Just wondering if the loader screen can be changed? I have used several ROMs and most come with different start-up screens. Is there a way to change them for a custom image?
Easiest way I know of is to cook up a custom ROM using the PPCGeeks kitchen (ppckitchen.org). Lets you choose up to 3 boot splash images, and if you then flash a rom which doesn't have its own boot screens (I use JakDillard's roms), they won't be overwritten and you end up with a chef's rom with your custom splash.
If you're talking about the animated startup Sprint screen I'm not sure. If you're talking about the green WM6 startup screen you can change the /windows file welcomehead.96.png with anything you want. There's a couple of really nice ones you can find if you do a search.
to change sprint startup animation go to:
HKLM\Software\HTC\Startupanimation
and point "GIFFile" to a GIF amination of your preference.
or you can replace to file SPCS_Startup.gif located in \windows.
The screen I would like to change is the one that first pops up before the animation. It has the ROM version, and Radio version and other information on it. The picture I have right now is of a muppet. "And it says PPCGeeks and PPCKitchen.org Present", is there anyway to change that one? I am intrigued by the idea of creating my own ROM, but will my OS still work the same? Will I k still have the same OS just different ways of customizing? Or will I have to get a new OS? Sorry if I am not making sense, I currently have W6.1, GPS upgrade, google Maps, TomTom Navigator 6, and other good apps. How can I keep these apps while eliminating other ones. Also can I make a ROM that does all that while changing my Radio from 3.37 to 3.35? Sorry for all the questions but I figured I would ask in a single post rather that several
Thanx in advance
How can I remove the Alltel startup screen or replace it with a custom one?
2 ways to do it, there may be more, but you can flash No2Chems Rom from PPC Kitchen which allows you to use custom screens. or you can change welcome.96.png with total commander. If you Flash 5055-5067 you will need 3.35 radio, which I see you dont have unless you've upgraded since you made your sig. You can get the new alltel rom straight off of the HTC site. or you can flash the newer Spring Rom with the 3.39 radio, you will also need Olipro 2.x
Unlock with Olipro Flash the Radio then the ROM. in that order.
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How can I remove the Alltel startup screen or replace it with a custom one?
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or an easier way if you want to keep the rom that you have ..you can go to this posting and use the application on the top that says to remove test screen...i used the alltel rom for the radio and then flashed a custom rom over it...it left me with the alltel start screen but after flashing it with this(you will lose your contacts and stuff so back up whatever you want to keep) i now get the black htc screen then the windows mobile screen which as Lime said you can use another image but you name it welcomehead.96.png with total commander on your titan http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=18836
Thank you im1badazchick
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Thank you im1badazchick
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you're welcome Lime
If you are just interested in disabling the startup animation, it can also be done with a registry edit.
Just use a registry editor of your choice and navigate to:
hklm_Software_HTC_startupanimation
change the value of the Enabled key from 1 to 0.
that gets the job done for me on my work phone without having to hack it up.
Thanks!!!!!!
A few new Diamond splash screens for you all....
Unzip and run the 'DiamonCustomRUU.exe'.... it looks like a rom upgrade but it will only install the new splash screen... nothing else will be touched and it WONT hard reset
Splash 1 = generic version
Splash 2 = MoDaCo branding
enjoy!
Not sure if you need Hard SPL.... ??? probably
EDit 1 : slightly modified Splash2
EDIT 2 : Added Windows Mobile OS startup screen replacement... same as splash 1
copy the 'welcomehead.192.png' into the /windows directory.
EDIT 3 : Added startup animated gif... unzip 'StartUp_480x640.zip' and copy into the /windows directory.
Nice! Hope to see more of this!
cool .... Great job .... Thanks ....
Nice, do you reckon we can get uploads of all the original splash screens too? I'm not wanting to change mine unless i can change it back for warranty reasons!
sorry, how can i change my splash screen ?
It looks great, but it takes more time to boot with this splash screen...it would be better to kill the animation after it, so the reboot will be faster. Have you an idea?
Neo XL said:
It looks great, but it takes more time to boot with this splash screen...it would be better to kill the animation after it, so the reboot will be faster. Have you an idea?
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are you sure?? i diddnt think it made any difference :/
you can remove the animation... us the 'Advanced Configuration Tool' i think????
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=418151
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Nice, do you reckon we can get uploads of all the original splash screens too? I'm not wanting to change mine unless i can change it back for warranty reasons!
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i dont have them to hand... anyone else?
Added new windows mobile OS splash screen image... see first post
see new and original attached...
i want the orginal splashscreen in black, i have seen it, but i dont know where:S
get a black one here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2813299#post2813299
What does the exe do?
Can't we simply change the registry entry of the file or overwrite the default?
Advanced config has an option for selecting a different image as splash screen.
Also has option for selecting shutdown (default is none) and carrier (default is the same with the startup - welcomehead.192.png) images
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
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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?
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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......
Good evening everyone,
I´d like to customize the boot sequence of my touch diamond and I already swapped the HTC Animation StartUp GIF File and the welcomehead...png file. But I can´t find the first one, which only states: TOUCH DIAMOND.
Hope anyone can help me out on this one.
Thanks a lot for any help.
bye,
Thilo
you cant find it in window folder
in order to change it you need to reflash with a fake rom that have only the boot up screen
go to this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=398359
when you change the boot up screen the diamond will automaticlly formated so backup all your file before doing it
Thanks a lot. That´s exactly what I was looking for
bye,
Thilo