Hiya All! most people like to know how to change their splash screen because they want to change it to something else.
as daft as this sounds i would really like to be-able to take the G3MOD splash screen and use it as my phones wallpaper
it just looks so good booting up since i have a silver galaxy and the exact same red phone cover as in the image!
but i have no clue where it is stored on my phone, i know where bootanimation.zip is stored but i can't figure
out where or how to get to the boot splash screen using root explorer
can anyone help me with this? also if it's a special file can you tell me how to convert it back to bmp thank you!
GraphiX2004 said:
Hiya All! most people like to know how to change their splash screen because they want to change it to something else.
as daft as this sounds i would really like to be-able to take the G3MOD splash screen and use it as my phones wallpaper
it just looks so good booting up since i have a silver galaxy and the exact same red phone cover as in the image!
but i have no clue where it is stored on my phone, i know where bootanimation.zip is stored but i can't figure
out where or how to get to the boot splash screen using root explorer
can anyone help me with this? also if it's a special file can you tell me how to convert it back to bmp thank you!
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If I remember correctly I think the splash screen image is inside the kernel I think, as I remember someone asked about it in another thread.
hulkbuster92 said:
If I remember correctly I think the splash screen image is inside the kernel I think, as I remember someone asked about it in another thread.
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I remember this too, but that was pretty long ago, should still apply though. So unless you know how to mess with the kernel, I suggest you don't try to change the splash screen.
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oh not trying to change the screen just want that splash.bmp to put as a wallpaper if i knew where it was on the phone
was hoping could get into /system put the fill convert it to bmp
GraphiX2004 said:
oh not trying to change the screen just want that splash.bmp to put as a wallpaper if i knew where it was on the phone
was hoping could get into /system put the fill convert it to bmp
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As they said above, the file isn't in the system since it's in the kernel so unfortunately it's not that simple. Maybe you can find out who made it and then ask them for the image file?
no worries was hoping someone who made the kernel would pick up on this post and hopefully PM me with a link to the splash.
see i don't know if it's the original G3MOD kernel it's crylo ROM but it says the kernel is 2.6 i only see GMOD 2.4 so it might of been a custom thing.
never know someone who made it might see this thread,
GraphiX2004 said:
no worries was hoping someone who made the kernel would pick up on this post and hopefully PM me with a link to the splash.
see i don't know if it's the original G3MOD kernel it's crylo ROM but it says the kernel is 2.6 i only see GMOD 2.4 so it might of been a custom thing.
never know someone who made it might see this thread,
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The version of the kernel made by android itself is 2.6... blah blah but the latest version of G3MOD is 2.5 and the splash screen was made by one of the G3MOD developers. It wasn't made by Kyrillos.
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Well I am 99.99999999999% sure I figured out what I did wrong. Somehow I managed to accidentally download Cyan's 4.0.2. I wouldn't have noticed it except I was double checking my radio. Lord I feel like a moron
I got my new phone in the mail today since my old G1 had a keyboard issue. I am able to root and load Cyan's 4.0.4 without a single hitch.
However, regardless if I wipe beforehand, afterward, both, or not at all, when I load Ted's Hero styled theme, I go through the wait of the G1 screen, then his animation... and then? BLACK... the screen is on... it's just displaying an endless world of black. (Sort of reminds me of staring at my ex's soul).
I have tried the above as well as the repair command (running Cyan's 1.4 recovery). I am running the latest radio etc etc etc.
WTH is going on here? I have tried searching for black screen etc and come up with 1,000 or so threads that have no relevance to my issue. So can someone please point me in the right direction? Thanks so much!
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Maybe a bad download? Does Ted post the MD5 of his files? If not any you have tried reflashing rom and theme then you have a odd problem. Double check and make sure you have the right rom build # and theme for that build # (since his roms change soo often). Other then that I'm not sure. You don't need to wipe though, you just flash the rom and let it load up for initial setup then reboot into recovery and flash the theme. Only wiping would be BEFORE you flash the ROM.
PS
Now running the EngBootloader V2 (thought maybe THAT was it).
Edit again... now running hard-spl. Still no dice. What the heck am I missing here?
Hey its all good we make mistakes. Glad I could help.
Yeah thanks man
Not sure how I did it. I just looked at the thread again and there isn't even a link to what I had. It goes from a download link to 3.6.8.1 to 4.0.4.
NO IDEA lol
Hey, does anyone know how to load a custom boot screen on cdma hero? I took boot, boot1 boot2 boot_animation and boot_log and pushed it to sysem/media/bootanimation and nothing?? can someone please shed some light?? Im a newb and i think i have this all messed up. anyonehave some time to go into detail on what to do? already have desc and pictures but where from their??
johntheman_692003 said:
Hey, does anyone know how to load a custom boot screen on cdma hero? I took boot, boot1 boot2 boot_animation and boot_log and pushed it to sysem/media/bootanimation and nothing?? can someone please shed some light??
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Gods, take apart any flashable bootscreen, and all the information you need is right there. Pushing random files to the phone isn't going to accomplish anything.
johntheman_692003 said:
Hey, does anyone know how to load a custom boot screen on cdma hero? I took boot, boot1 boot2 boot_animation and boot_log and pushed it to sysem/media/bootanimation and nothing?? can someone please shed some light?? Im a newb and i think i have this all messed up. anyonehave some time to go into detail on what to do? already have desc and pictures but where from their??
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Go into system/media delete bootanimation.zip then flash the boot screen you want(assuming you have a flashable zip)
That's how I have learned to do many things. Download a theme, bootscreen, flashable updates....Unzip.....Look at how it's setup.....
Is it possible to change it on our device? I can't find anything about it and I've looked all around.
If anyone knows how or can point me to a thread, that would be great.
waffleman911 said:
Is it possible to change it on our device? I can't find anything about it and I've looked all around.
If anyone knows how or can point me to a thread, that would be great.
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If you are talking about boot animations:
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grubbster said:
If you are talking about boot animations:
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No. I am talking about the splash screen... Completely different from a boot animation.
A splash screen is the first still image right before the boot animation when the phone starts up. The Nexus 4 has just a black background that says "Google".
That is what I want to change.
From the discussions I have seen no one has a solution for that yet. Sorry.
........Epic WHOMP!!
RMA, and request a new splash screen, with a fruit on it.....
I also want to change the splash screen and use my own. If there is a way , please tell us or post a link if you find any. Thankx
Same here. I want to add my contact-info to the splash-screen. I have done that before with my HTC Desire and Galaxy S2. It's really useful when you lose your phone and someone just turns it on.
waffleman911 said:
Is it possible to change it on our device? I can't find anything about it and I've looked all around.
If anyone knows how or can point me to a thread, that would be great.
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I think its part of the boot loader, as it shows the locked and unlocked symbols, so maybe if you downloaded the image from https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images and extracted the bootloader image you could modify that and flash it through fastboot?
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You can on other nexus devices with this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=aperture.ezekeel.logome not the n4 though
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Tom540 said:
I think its part of the boot loader, as it shows the locked and unlocked symbols, so maybe if you downloaded the image from https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images and extracted the bootloader image you could modify that and flash it through fastboot?
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You can't simply extract the Bootloader and edit it's files. You would have to open it up in a hex editor and find the offsets for the image. Then inject your own into that offset and pray that you got all the dimensions and formatting 100% correct or else when you flash it you will have a nice hard brick
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Alex240188 said:
You can't simply extract the Bootloader and edit it's files. You would have to open it up in a hex editor and find the offsets for the image. Then replace it with your own in hex and pray that you got it 100% correct or else when you flash it you will have a nice hard brick
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Fair enough, its just that's the only way I could think to modify the splash screen
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Did anyone figure out the way to do this?
t'was so easy on all my other devices.
Maine_Coon said:
Did anyone figure out the way to do this?
t'was so easy on all my other devices.
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The splash screen depends on the bootloader. It might be easier on another device, but the Nexus's bootloader was not designed in such a way that makes this easy. You would have to modify the bootloader, but it really isn't worth it because there is no room for error. One wrong character in the bootloader and you have a nice shiny brick.
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The splash screen depends on the bootloader. It might be easier on another device, but the Nexus's bootloader was not designed in such a way that makes this easy. You would have to modify the bootloader, but it really isn't worth it because there is no room for error. One wrong character in the bootloader and you have a nice shiny brick.
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Got it.
Indeed, not worth it.
Have to live w/Google splash, alas.
Dang! I did SO want to change it to "Goobers" or "Goofball" or somesuch.
That "Google" shown on when starting up the phone in my knowledge the bootloader.
There might way to change the image , but you would have to mess with the bootloader.
Messing with the bootloader is dangerous, and a corrupted bootloader most of the time leads to bricked phone( there are ways to recover but its best not let it come to this)
So its best to leave the "Google" thing alone; It's not that intrusive and quickly disappears.
Actually, all of you are wrong in two ways:
1) You can't flash a custom bootloader on Nexus 4, because due to its qfuse configuration (in bootloader it appears as "Secure Boot: Enabled") it would compromise the trusted bootchain and therefore lead to a bricked device.
2) The splash image is not STORED in the bootloader itself, i'm currently working to find out where it is stored, but unless google pushes out an update with an updated splash screen it is going to be difficult.
I found out that a copy of the charging animation(when the phone is turned off), which is displayed by the bootloader is stored in "/res/images/charger"
My current idea is to find the function that puts the animation there and see where it comes from.
On other devices like HTC and Motorola it is more easy as the splash screen is stored in a seperate partition.
(Oh, and the bootloader isn't just what you see when you boot into fastboot mode, it consists out of tz, sbl1, sbl2, sbl3, rpm and aboot.)
So anyone figured out or we cant change the splash screen?
as the title says im looking to sort out my snap dragon splash screen im used to aio tool by phone hacker and flashing using zip but the note is new to me and nothing is supported anymore
as usual theres a pint in it for ya to say cheers
Please say if I've missed an old how-to guide specific to the Nexus 4! (A link would be helpful in that case
Is there an easy(ish) way of changing the boot logo? My phone is rooted so that's not an issue, and I have ADB, but I'm inexperienced with it so if the method requires that, please include a detailed guide so that laypeople like me can follow
Many thanks to anyone who can tell me anything here.
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Best bet is to get ROM Toolbox- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.liberty.toolboxpro .
It's super easy to use.
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BigCrisco39 said:
Best bet is to get ROM Toolbox- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.liberty.toolboxpro .
It's super easy to use.
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except it doesnt change boot logos. its easy to use, just not easy to read
a boot logo is not the same as a boot animation.
BigCrisco39 said:
Best bet is to get ROM Toolbox- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.liberty.toolboxpro .
It's super easy to use.
Sent from my LeXus⁴
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I have ROM Toolbox Pro already, and I've used it to change my boot animation (among other things), but I don't think it caters for the boot logo (what is displayed before the animation is loaded). Small difference .
It may have this option and I've just not found it yet, in which case, do you know where to find it? Otherwise, is there another app or method I can use?
Thanks a lot for your answer!
pmedwards25 said:
I have ROM Toolbox Pro already, and I've used it to change my boot animation (among other things), but I don't think it caters for the boot logo (what is displayed before the animation is loaded). Small difference .
It may have this option and I've just not found it yet, in which case, do you know where to find it? Otherwise, is there another app or method I can use?
Thanks a lot for your answer!
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you can not change the boot logo on a nexus 4 unfortunately, its in the same partition as the bootloader and very easy to brick if you mess up. so, at this point, no one has made it possible for us to change it with an app.
simms22 said:
you can not change the boot logo on a nexus 4 unfortunately, its in the same partition as the bootloader and very easy to brick if you mess up. so, at this point, no one has made it possible for us to change it with an app.
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Thanks! It's odd though, because stock Nexus Android comes with just a centered white Google logo as the boot logo, whereas my CM has that with a little grey unlocked padlock sign underneath... Maybe they edited it themselves, or it's an Android way of saying the phone is rooted/the bootloader unlocked.
pmedwards25 said:
Thanks! It's odd though, because stock Nexus Android comes with just a centered white Google logo as the boot logo, whereas my CM has that with a little grey unlocked padlock sign underneath... Maybe they edited it themselves, or it's an Android way of saying the phone is rooted/the bootloader unlocked.
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the liitle grey unlocked padlock is visable on any nexus with an unlocked bootloader. on the n5, someone did develop a way to change the boot logo, but i dont think anyone has tried his method on the n4, as it not working could also brick the device. heres the n5 thread for changing the bootlogo, if you would like to test.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/themes-apps/tool-change-boot-logo-images-t2763698