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Change splash screen?

I see all these instruction for editing splash screens and converting them to a format the Wizard can handle, but I just want a simple way; I'd like to get a ready-made splash screen that I could just upload to my device and overwrite the current splash screen.
My current splash screen is a stupid picture of a beer mug and I want to change it to something that looks more "Windowish" (you know, it might have clouds or bubbles and stuff and reads Windows or something like that on the screen). Please let me know where to get one and what directory to place it in on my Wizard. You can also send the splash screen file to my email if that's not too much of a hassle.
Thanks!
-John

You should use the search function.
There is a very simple way described few posts down.

Really? Well thanks for letting me know the link
In other words, I still couldn't find it
-John

http://buzzdev.net/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=100&func=select&id=21
check it out, haven't tried myself yet.

Windows Logo Screen

I download Smaato News and when I did I lost the blue Windows Logo Screen on boot-up. It now is a blank white screen before loading my theme. How can I get the Blue Windows Logo back? Is there something I need to do in the registry? I have the T-Mobile MDA (USA)

Same thing happened when I installed pRSSReader. I've never found a solution to it, the image for the splashscreen is still in the windows dir.

Search for "splash screens". It's just the welcomehead.96.png file in \windows\
V

Hi,
I'm working for Smaato and we never experienced that problem before. Maybe it's some interaction with the T-mobile branding software on the device. We will try to reproduce this with our developers and come back to you.

d0ug said:
Same thing happened when I installed pRSSReader. I've never found a solution to it, the image for the splashscreen is still in the windows dir.
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Ha! That happend to me as well, but I didn't know what caused it.

vijay555 said:
Search for "splash screens". It's just the welcomehead.96.png file in \windows\
V
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Hmm, i have this logo in my windows folder, but it never pops up on start... actually i use preowned one, which came with tmobile splash, then i changed it to my own logo, then got surprised if remainded after hard reset, and one more time got really stunned when i heard that actually there are 2 splash screens... how is it in the end? 2 splash screens, then windows logo? if so, why does mine show only one screen? (i used awizard to change splash, but it just changed it - before and now i used to have just one logo screen)... silly but annoying, i'd like to know the answer ;]] thanks alot;]

Same thing with me. I am not sure what caused it. But from last few weeks I am having the same issue. Somehow my splash screen(windows welcome) is skipped while restarting. Any clue?
FYI- I am using pssReader too.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks -nbhor

I guess I found the trick.
Simple just get rid of the pssReader and your splash screen is back. Worked for me.
Thanks -nbhor

Cingular 8125 Splashscreen

Hey i have a Cingular 8125 running faria's 3.3 WM5 and its a G4 device thats unlocked via request unlocked code from cingular. I wanna change the cingular splash screen. How do I go about doing this and what are some cool splash screens?
I have 2 splash screens... when the phone initially boots up it has the cingular logo. right after that its the WM6 style Faria 3.3 splash

If you want to change your splash screens then check out this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=284006
Has all the steps and the tools you need to do this, and the process is very easy.
As for splash screens themselves, you'll just have to look around. I've got a number of them I've downloaded from various places. I just found a topic in the Hermes area this morning where they are doing a splash screen contest for a WM6 ROM called Black. Some of the screens are very cool (intended for the theme of the Black ROM), but then they get very graphic in that topic (you may not want to be reading that topic on your screen if your boss or co-worker walks in on you). There is 47 pages currently in the topic but I snagged a number of screens from the first 10 or so pages (before it went to very sexual screens that I have no interest in for a phone I use in business).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=301803

Symbian_Black said:
I have 2 splash screens... when the phone initially boots up it has the cingular logo. right after that its the WM6 style Faria 3.3 splash
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BTW: there are actually 3 splash screens. If I remember correctly Cingular uses the same Cingular logo one for the first two screens (so only appears as one screen). The first screen is only up for a few seconds, and then the second splash screen is the one where the IPL/SPL and other numbers appear in the upper left. The 3rd splash screen is really just a .png file in your WIndows folder (so that one is changed easily).

mfrazzz said:
If you want to change your splash screens then check out this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=284006
Has all the steps and the tools you need to do this, and the process is very easy.
As for splash screens themselves, you'll just have to look around. I've got a number of them I've downloaded from various places. I just found a topic in the Hermes area this morning where they are doing a splash screen contest for a WM6 ROM called Black. Some of the screens are very cool (intended for the theme of the Black ROM), but then they get very graphic in that topic (you may not want to be reading that topic on your screen if your boss or co-worker walks in on you). There is 47 pages currently in the topic but I snagged a number of screens from the first 10 or so pages (before it went to very sexual screens that I have no interest in for a phone I use in business).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=301803
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Follows instructions... bricked my phone... thanks for the help

Symbian_Black said:
Follows instructions... bricked my phone... thanks for the help
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What do you mean by bricked? Take your battery out and leave it out for 5 mins. Then put it back in and turn the power on while holding down the camera key. DO you get to the bootloader ("rainbow") screen?
Also when you did the steps did you verify that the file sizes were all correct just like the guide says? The guide is clear that you can't have too elaborate of an image or the filesize will be too big (which could cause a brick).

mfrazzz said:
What do you mean by bricked? Take your battery out and leave it out for 5 mins. Then put it back in and turn the power on while holding down the camera key. DO you get to the bootloader ("rainbow") screen?
Also when you did the steps did you verify that the file sizes were all correct just like the guide says? The guide is clear that you can't have too elaborate of an image or the filesize will be too big (which could cause a brick).
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i did everything dude.... saw the dam screen and everything.... man let me take time to think.....

Symbian_Black said:
i did everything dude.... saw the dam screen and everything.... man let me take time to think.....
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No problem. Just trying to figure out if its really bricked or if its just not able to boot (two very different things).
If you haven't seen it, look at this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298613
It has steps to get into the bootloader and flashing back to an official rom or the Wizard Love rom. Has G4 specific information and links to the roms and stuff.

My Rain Of Questions. 8 Hardcore questions

Hello,
I'm getting really excited about my HTC P4350 more and more. First I wanted to throw it away but since I started tweaking now 2 months. I got a series of questions.
1) Would it be faster in speed. To native install software like advanced config etc.
2) Where can I find a series of unlock screens?
==> S2U2 "iPhone-like Unlock Screen" = NO GOOD. Makes the HTC Freak
3) Anyone got a series of keyboards to replace the stupid looking standard one. So I can just type on the screen instead of using the pen. 'I installed one previously and it went fubar when i selected it it was just a white screen with no keyboard showing and another one i installed when i pressed the keys nothing happend.
4) Also I've installed "MotoV2Wing6.5" in previous ROM's I could install instantly the "cool" black bars instead of the classic. But with this rom they won't install, any suggestions. Also the blue skin wich is used in menu's "me no like" so I was hoping that could be turned into black.
5) After booting the splash screen and the boot screen there's a white window before the phone starts. Any idea how to get rid off that.
6) Like in windows OS there is the command line : msconfig, to select start up programs is there any way of leaving out programs to get the HTC to start up quicker.
7) The bootscreen and the splash screen. Are they both necessery will the phone be faster if you leave one of them out. And how you do that.
8) I saw on a pic that someone had changed the color of the keyboard is that possible without opening the htc?
9) And one of the most important questions. The keyboard I've download a dutch keyboard fix, since I think that I have a dutch P4350 (I think) but the fn keys are still showing up ****ed (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=366756). So my keyboard is like this.
[email protected]
w=!
e=?
r=/
t=#
y=1
u=2
i=3
o=(
p=)
That's the first line.
As final statement. I really support this forum, I like it very much it's kind to his users and very helpfull. I really want to stress 2 to respect the "Cooks" because what they do is Pwn Windows in everyway and they always want to build better and faster Rom's and that takes a lot of personal time. And I think what they do is really GREAT. So what I am tryin to say is.
THANKS A LOT!!! <3
Best and kind regards,
Vincent W.
www.iromeo.be
PS: IF YOU ANSWER A QUESTION PLEASE REFER TO THE QUESTION NUMBER THANK YOU

~More Questions~
10 )
Is it possible to remove the key "lock" so it's not showing, so i can't press it.
It's kinda pointless.
11 )
What's an example of a good registery editor?

MMM After installing some apps the phone just dies. I Can't get into the main menu and stuff like that very strange....

as far as your keyboard goes there are 2 options that work fairly well one is imselector it can be found here no pics but you have several options for the type and style keyboard you want, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296455
another option is something that i just started to use and love it, its called fingerboard http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=487677
and as far as replacing your splash screen ivan has just posted a topic on this and here it is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=487677
your best way to get around is to just read the threads, yeah you may skim through lots of stuff ou may already know, dont understand or dont need but youll learn to navigate around those issues once your more familiar with things, good luck have fun

livndeadgrl13 said:
as far as your keyboard goes there are 2 options that work fairly well one is imselector it can be found here no pics but you have several options for the type and style keyboard you want, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296455
another option is something that i just started to use and love it, its called fingerboard http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=487677
and as far as replacing your splash screen ivan has just posted a topic on this and here it is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=487677
your best way to get around is to just read the threads, yeah you may skim through lots of stuff ou may already know, dont understand or dont need but youll learn to navigate around those issues once your more familiar with things, good luck have fun
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I got a questions, the first screen is the splash screen or the boot screen?

Answer to 1)The ROM that you have chosen is inherintly slow because of the Moto Home stuff. They tax both the RAM and the processor terribly.
Answer to 2)Just use the lock screen that comes built in with WM6.5. It's simple and just works.
Answer to 5)That white box you see is some kind of error, re-flash to a different ROM or hard reset to make it go away.
Answer to 6)Just navigate using file explorer to ROOT\Windows\Startup and delete whatever you don't want to run at startup there. Please note that there may not be alot here, and most if not all of the HTC stuff NEEDS to run at bootup in order for your device to work.
Answer to 7)Yes, they are both neccesary. If you remove them, all you will see is a black screen for the same amount of time that you saw the splash screens. While these screens are shown, the OS is being loaded into RAM, so its a neccesary thing.
Answer to 8)No, you cannot change the color of your keyboard without taking it out of your device.
Answer to 11)PHM Registry editor. Its small and just works.

boot screen then splash screen

The very first SPLASH screen

HTC updated their website in the last year, went from black to white.
Unfortunately, they incorporated this change also into the official ROM with Sense. The very first splash screen is white, and also the second animated is white. I don't like them at all.
Can I change them somehow?
Thanks, Chris.

Krisiacik said:
HTC updated their website in the last year, went from black to white.
Unfortunately, they incorporated this change also into the official ROM with Sense. The very first splash screen is white, and also the second animated is white. I don't like them at all.
Can I change them somehow?
Thanks, Chris.
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You are speaking of the screen that shows your radio versions? I'm thinking that those are in the ROM and cannot be changed without burning a new ROM into your device.
You can change the splash screen that comes up AFTER the initial screen, do a search. It is a fairly simple matter of copying a picture file over to the /windows directory, overwriting the existing file.

here is the tool to change it back to black...

stevedebi said:
You are speaking of the screen that shows your radio versions? I'm thinking that those are in the ROM and cannot be changed without burning a new ROM into your device.
You can change the splash screen that comes up AFTER the initial screen, do a search. It is a fairly simple matter of copying a picture file over to the /windows directory, overwriting the existing file.
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Actually, you can change that screen fairly easy. I few months ago I found a mod that used a rom update utility to change it, but it didn't affect the current rom. Just the first boot screen. It was a dark grey and black striped background with HTC in the middle. If I can find the link, I will provide.

Michael Gaines said:
Actually, you can change that screen fairly easy. I few months ago I found a mod that used a rom update utility to change it, but it didn't affect the current rom. Just the first boot screen. It was a dark grey and black striped background with HTC in the middle. If I can find the link, I will provide.
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I think that's what's in the .zip that jdmsleepr posted above...I looked inside and it looks like a simple ROM update setup, like the one you describe. I'll use it as soon as somebody else tests it

sirphunkee said:
I think that's what's in the .zip that jdmsleepr posted above...I looked inside and it looks like a simple ROM update setup, like the one you describe. I'll use it as soon as somebody else tests it
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It looks to me like this burns the ROM, or part of it. So I'm to assume that one would need the hard SPL before use?

sirphunkee said:
I think that's what's in the .zip that jdmsleepr posted above...I looked inside and it looks like a simple ROM update setup, like the one you describe. I'll use it as soon as somebody else tests it
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Works like a charm

mrbox23 said:
Works like a charm
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Awesome, thanks for the feedback!
I don't have HSPL on here now though, so I'm still a little concerned about trying to run a mini-flasher or whatever this is...

Hi,
It's work for me too

Has anybody run it that didn't already have HardSPL?

Flip you for it....
SirPhunkee,
I will flip you to see who tries it first---- you or me

bojangle said:
SirPhunkee,
I will flip you to see who tries it first---- you or me
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Well you may have an unfair advantage there...I'm still waiting for ANY local store to not only get some stock, but to keep it long enough for me to find out about

sirphunkee said:
Well you may have an unfair advantage there...I'm still waiting for ANY local store to not only get some stock, but to keep it long enough for me to find out about
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You need hardspl to flash the customRUU

wez89 said:
You need hardspl to flash the customRUU
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Understood, thanks wez, I had suspected as much

jdmsleepr said:
here is the tool to change it back to black...
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This is great. Is there any way I can substitute my own image into this CustomRUU in place of the 'TouchPRO2' text on the black background?

JJHiemenz said:
This is great. Is there any way I can substitute my own image into this CustomRUU in place of the 'TouchPRO2' text on the black background?
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Yes, next time search a little bit before tossing questions out there that can easily be answered with a search.
Look at this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=405118

fdgfhsh nice!