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Kaiser Boot Screen, Splash Animation, Splash Screen Complete Walkthrough on Vista

Hi i am new here, just got my kaiser and i wanted to customize my splash screen because i flashed a ROM. It took me like 2 days to search through this forum and did everything. I have to say that the information is quite scattered. i am sure a lot of the new guys will have the same problems.
So I decide to contribute my first post to the newbies like me.
BTW i use vista ultimate 64bit, windows mobile center. which seem like there are a lot of compatibility issues.
Okay, so first Boot Screen, Splash Animation and Splash Screen are 3 different things. the order come to the screen is : boot screen (default as "smart mobility" for HTC), then splash animation (default is animation for HTC or operator), then splash screen (default is windows mobile x.x)
Lets work backwards,
Splash Screen
Fairly easy, the image is in \windows\welcomehead.96.png, this folder is not visible on the phone browser on my computer but i can see it with my file explorer on the phone. I made a png and cut then paste it. then i found out the file cannot be replaced somehow (depends on ROM?).
so i looked around, it seems like there are 2 solutions: resco explorer or edit the registry, I have a registry editor so i picked that solution. first i changed my image name to welcome2008.png and uploaded to \windows\ . Then Edit \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\SPLASH SCREEN there are 2 image urls, not sure the difference, but i changed both to \windows\welcome2008.png,
soft reset! wala!!
Splash Animation
Took me a while. the animation is in \windows\animated.gif so I made a gif with flash. but the frame rate seems not right. then i realized the IE is bad in displaying gifs, it looks fine in firefox.
I uploaded to the the phone, cut and paste to \windows\, cannot be replaced the original file again. so i change the file name to animated2.gif, Edit \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HTC\STARTUPANIAMATION change the giffile to "\windows\animated2.gif"
soft reset! bingo!!
later on i also changed another field there called WavFile, so my startup has sound too... SO COOL!
more animation here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=336174
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=414418&highlight=splash
Boot Screen
Took me the longest, first look through:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=334907&highlight=kaiser+splash
Download SplashTool, nb_image_converter, customRUU, and htc rom tool.
follow the instruction, i made a bmp and converted it into a nice splash.nb. ran the HTC rom tool, ERROR
error: File "htcrt.info" is CORRPTED. This is the license policy violation! Halting
checked the forum, seems like a lot of people have problem with HTC Rom Tool. so i flipped through google and somehow found this NBHUtil on this forum that also make rom. i attached it in this post.
run NBHUtil, choose Kaiser as device, pick splash.nb in Splash file, LEAVE EVERYTHING ELSE DEFAULT... Build NBH. yay, finally got a splash.nbh,
now what??
Change the nbh name to "ruu_signed.nbh", run CustomRUU, similar steps as you are flashing the ROM
some nervous selections, a bit scared to turn my phone into a brick. but...
IT WORKED !!!
anyhow, hope this post can help some of the newbies.

junkmantis said:
Hi i am new here, just got my kaiser and i wanted to customize my splash screen because i flashed a ROM. It took me like 2 days to search through this forum and did everything. I have to say that the information is quite scattered. i am sure a lot of the new guys will have the same problems.
You maybe are not using the search tools correctly there is a little thing called XDA-WiKi go there and there is all the information you will need. I could give you the link but then you won't learn how to find anything and tomorrow you'll be back asking someone how to change your boot sound. You know you can search GOOGLE and they will bring right back to XDA for what your looking for. You say you been looking for 2 days then your not digging in the right place or using the right tool. It took me 10 key strokes to get what your asking for. So I hope you take my advice you have set yourself up for a flame here by asking this kind of question. I have tried to help you but don't be surprised if you get flamed!
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edbutler said:
You maybe are not using the search tools correctly there is a little thing called XDA-WiKi go there and there is all the information you will need. I could give you the link but then you won't learn how to find anything and tomorrow you'll be back asking someone how to change your boot sound. You know you can search GOOGLE and they will bring right back to XDA for what your looking for. You say you been looking for 2 days then your not digging in the right place or using the right tool. It took me 10 key strokes to get what your asking for. So I hope you take my advice you have set yourself up for a flame here by asking this kind of question. I have tried to help you but don't be surprised if you get flamed!
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you mean like this:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?auto_redirect=1&pagename=TitleSearch&s=splash
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?auto_redirect=1&pagename=TitleSearch&s=boot+screen
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?auto_redirect=1&pagename=TitleSearch&s=kaiser+splash
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=FullTextSearch&s=customize+splash

Thanks for your summary of this scattered information!

no problem

thanks junkmantis, i changed my animation. but when i tried to add the sound, i just got a really sharp noise instead of my sound effect. what did i do wrong?

Cheers dude, new here too and it's a;ways nice to read a 'summary' post.

still cannot get my splash sound to work, anyone knows the problem??
thanks in advance!!

Great post. Quick correction: the registry entry for the splash screen should be corrected
From:
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\MICROSOFT\SPLASH SCREEN
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\SPLASH SCREEN

thanks peterfnet for the correction,
kaiserbb001, i am not sure, maybe something to do with the wav format?? anyone else knows?

Use schap's new Advanced Config 3.0 and check to see if animation is enabled. Also, the .wav file must be in \Windows. You can also use Schap's Advanced Config 3.0 to browse and choose the .wav file that you want to use.

Did all of this great the only problem I have is that my initial boot screen shows and then it stays on there until windows loads so its not showing welcomehead at all anymore, same goes for if I turn the animated splash on it will just show where the animation stopped until windows loads and totally bypasses the welcomehead.

Hope this will get you in the right direction!!
http://tinyurl.com/bzz44r

lol I have been searching this site using the search function as well as the wikis nothing so far has worked thanks for the help tho

Hello,
so I want to change my SplashAnimation. You say that I must change the RegistryEntry because the animated.gif is Read-Only.
But I cant find \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\SPLASH SCREEN
Do you have an other idea how I will be find the entry? Or do you have an idea how i can delete the Tick to ReadOnly?
Thx 4 Help
PS: Sorry, my english is very bad, im twelve and from germany

kaiserbb001 said:
thanks junkmantis, i changed my animation. but when i tried to add the sound, i just got a really sharp noise instead of my sound effect. what did i do wrong?
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I've had my start wav sound do the same as yours ... and a "chipmunk" type fast sound play. I'm assuming the bitrate of my files isn't correct and I don't seem to be able to find the precise settings to create a wav to have it play properly. Can anyone supply this info please?

Welcome Splash

Hi all,
Here's a splash screen set I did for myself. The main download is "Welcome Splash.zip". This contains all the necessary files and instructions to install it to your device.
The second download is "Splash.zip". This is for advanced users only and is the Splash.nb file for cooking into a ROM.
10-10-08 - Source Graphics and Font files uploaded.
N.B. I'm not a designer, I didn't do the artwork, just the packaging.
Hope you enjoy!
andrew-in-woking

absolutely beautiful my friend
great work and keep it up

I like the look a lot! Very clean and modern-artsy-looking-kinda-thing.
You wouldn't happen to have the same screen without the Welcome/Loading, would you? I'd like to see about getting the HTC logo where it says Welcome, or something to that effect.

very nice

Really nice Bravo ! Downloading and installing now

Source Files
Hi all,
I'll upload the source files, as requested within the next 24 hours.
Happy splash screen flashing!
andrew-in-woking

nice! This'll be good for manila 2d vista theme here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2684727&postcount=1022

Nice. I wonder if this can be done with SD-card flashing?

Animated GIF
Hi all,
I've uploaded the image and font file I used to make the splash screens. If anybody could make an animated GIF with text fading in and/or out that would complete the set. I don't know how to do this.
Cheers,
andrew-in-woking

Also for Elf ??
Hi, can I install this also on my Elf ??
Thanks.

andrew-in-woking said:
Hi all,
I've uploaded the image and font file I used to make the splash screens. If anybody could make an animated GIF with text fading in and/or out that would complete the set. I don't know how to do this.
Cheers,
andrew-in-woking
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Ok i was impressed by your iplayer post thanks for that now here is the help you wanted animated gif (right click save as)
Shows loading 1sec then welcome screen PM me for changes

are there any vga splash screens?

iTouch24 said:
are there any vga splash screens?
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Since the Kaiser forum is a qvga forum, you might try over at the raphael/diamond forums.

This is what I am looking too..
Thank you, works on me...

Very nice thanks downloading now

I'm not sure if I didn't do something right here or not, but I still see the AT&T Globe icon in between your new screen, and the 3G woosh screen still runs. Is this normal? I do see your new welcome screen, but in between is the AT&T globe and then the 3G graphics. That's what i would like to eliminate...
Oh well, I will wait to see what everyone else has...
Thanks
ITAdmin

Animated Splash
ITAdmin said:
I'm not sure if I didn't do something right here or not, but I still see the AT&T Globe icon in between your new screen, and the 3G woosh screen still runs. Is this normal? I do see your new welcome screen, but in between is the AT&T globe and then the 3G graphics. That's what i would like to eliminate...
Oh well, I will wait to see what everyone else has...
Thanks
ITAdmin
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Hi
The screen you are talking about is the HTC animation screen. This is the software HTC loads into its ROMs which displays "animated.gif" on start up. You should install schaps advanced config 3.3. In this program you have the option of disabling this part of the start up sequence.
Hope that helps
andrew-in-woking

Wrong way round
wapvirus said:
Ok i was impressed by your iplayer post thanks for that now here is the help you wanted animated gif (right click save as)
Shows loading 1sec then welcome screen PM me for changes
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Hi wapvirus
Is it me or is the transition the wrong way round? Shouldn't it go from "Welcome" to "Loading" not the other way round?
Cheers
Andrew

Here you go
I tried to use the neue helvetica 35 thin font, but for some reason I could not get that installed on my Photoshop. So I am using another font.
Here is my version.
Right click on the first image(with just W) and save. This is the animated.gif file. The image(Welcome) is just a screen image.

Spash/Boot Screen

Hello,
Does anyone know how to change or customize the boot screen (the screen that comes up just after you turn on the device)?
Thanks!
Kosta

funnily enough, if you use the search button up on the right and search for splash screen you will find it.
One hint though, if you don't find it here, try looking in the diamond forum in the same way.....

Umm yeah, right.
On this forum, can't find anything, searched it pretty much with different keywords, and on Diamond, there are only splashes for Diamond. I would like to have the official "TouchPro" splash.

Schaps Advanced Configuration Tool lets you do it, there's an option for Splash Screen and you can browse the device and find an image to use.

That is right, it allows to change the splash screen for the windows, but it doesn't change the boot logo, which appears BEFORE the splash screen. That one I ment. I think that can only be changed through cooking...or am I wrong? I don't want to destroy my device doing something wrong...

Kosta88 said:
That is right, it allows to change the splash screen for the windows, but it doesn't change the boot logo, which appears BEFORE the splash screen. That one I ment. I think that can only be changed through cooking...or am I wrong? I don't want to destroy my device doing something wrong...
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Oh, my bad... I haven't actually used it so I wasn't sure what it was/wasn't able to change.

I don't actually have a Touch Pro, but on my old wizard you had to use the RUU to flash a nk.nbf that only had the splash screen in it. Apparently its actually stored in the ROM. I'll hunt around a bit.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=431161
Please remember to use Google. Literally: i searched "touch pro splash screen" and the first link that came up had all the info you needed, including the default splash screen.
We are here to help you, but not to do your research for you. Use the Search Tool and Google, chances are your question has already been answered.

m.carroll said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=431161
Please remember to use Google. Literally: i searched "touch pro splash screen" and the first link that came up had all the info you needed, including the default splash screen.
We are here to help you, but not to do your research for you. Use the Search Tool and Google, chances are your question has already been answered.
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Forget everything carroll just said, for $9 an hour I will do all of your research for you. Paypal is an accepted method of payment.

Black93300ZX said:
Forget everything carroll just said, for $9 an hour I will do all of your research for you. Paypal is an accepted method of payment.
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Haha! that is true, if the price is right, i'm sure some of us would troll around for you!

the first screen is built into the rom and is quite difficult to change
the spalsh screen is welcomehead96.png (or something)

Brendo said:
the first screen is built into the rom and is quite difficult to change
the spalsh screen is welcomehead96.png (or something)
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not that hard, the above link details the process and has tools to automate some of it.

Sorry to resurrect an old thread... and I am somewhat of a noob. Here goes- I have a Fuze and I want to get rid of the annoying 3g-Swoosh splash screen. I found the reg tweek to get rid of it and the sound, but I kinda wanted to try to make it something else. After reading this thread, I am not sure if this is right place to ask, as it seems there might have been an easier way... but at least I got here by using the search button.

Not too many options currently, a few splash screens, but other than the HTC Logo and 3G swoosh I do not know of many other replacements for the animated logo.
You can try searching in the HTC Universal forum and see if there are any other replacement animated.gif files.
Because of this lack of splashes and boot screens, I made myself fake BIOS / Boot Screen files to replace the images.
Which you can find here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467977

I found a few screens that replace the ATT 'World Phone' 1st screen. I am cool with keeping that. I am more interested in changing the animated /swoosh part and the immediatly following green screen. I remember it being pretty easy on my old 8525, but somehow this seems like a different ballgame altogether...

Orange windows screen

Hello guys.
I searched a lot on forum, but I cannot find a way to delete the orange screen with windows logo after the htc splash screen (or whatever image if you installed something else instead of htc one)... I mean: is it built in rom? I tried to change it with totalcommander using a different image and renaming it, but the original one is always present...
someone knows what to do?!?
thx

have you seen this?

of course.
and I am not talking about the first splash screen, but the second one. Try to cancel or edit the windows logo image... not possible for me

JWMD icon changer
its very easy without flashing your rom.....................
download (JWMD icon changer) someone had posted it here or you can google it. in options there is bonus feature options where you can change your animated screen even you can change windows default screen its.. easy and you dont have to flash your rom.
i hopt it will work, i have tried on my own device.

I thank you so much for the reply, mate.
It is exactly what I was looking for. Now I am searching the app and I am going to try. I hope it works...

PERFECT!
THX A LOT!

Topaz Bios Startup Animation

I spent some time building this Diamond 2 custom animation and I hope you like it. Just install the cab (it installs automatically into the internal memory) and perform a reboot... than enjoy the new look of your booting sequence.
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Please report here if the animation flows to fast or too slow, if needed I will readapt the speed. The animated gif attached in this post is faster than the actual gif contained in the cab file.

Works perfectly looks a lot better than the original.
RESPECT!!!!!!

Nice
Thanks mate

Can be it uninstalled if you want?

Remove..
Yes, just remove the CAB file in Add/Remove Programs list and soft-reset..

Works fine and looks great! Thanks

does this animation do the actual testing of the boot parameters or just dummy?

Well, it's just dummy Windows Mobile doesn't have a real-time bootloader with dynamic text displaying. This is just an animation to make the impression of a bios bootloader. However, the text content corresponds with Diamond2 hardware, to make the animation somehow more credible.

Absolutely amazing.
Congratulations Optyqus!

thanks, it works, and also in diamond1

I made also some animation, next time i'll try make better one
BTW What is max of size of image?
EDIT: If anyone can tell me the animation it works, because temporary I do not have a phone.

Reverse the animation
alien44 said:
I made also some animation, next time i'll try make better one
BTW What is max of size of image?
EDIT: If anyone can tell me the animation it works, because temporary I do not have a phone.
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alien44: when i saw that image of yours, something cross my mind:
It's wonderful... but what if you reverse the animation... like a great amount of small pieces joining to form the words?
Just an ideia
PMoto

Hello, I do appreciate your topaz/leo startup BIOS-style... any chance you'd make one for TD2 older brother, that is Diamond (DIAM100)?

PMoto said:
alien44: when i saw that image of yours, something cross my mind:
It's wonderful... but what if you reverse the animation... like a great amount of small pieces joining to form the words?
Just an ideia
PMoto
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Yes, yes - the reverse one

Iam also for the reserve implosion...plz do it

Not to step on any toes but....
Hope this helps.
**Edit** I had a registry error in this file so it may not have worked. I have uploaded the fixed version.

That file is the reversed animation with auto installer, right?
Thanks Bruce.. you are always there...
PMoto

PMoto said:
That file is the reversed animation with auto installer, right?
Thanks Bruce.. you are always there...
PMoto
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Yes Sir...
Should work but I didn't test.
I did notice the implosion animation is significantly larger than the Bios animation.

ok how and the heck can i change the startup animation to anything i want cuz i have several ones ive made and i wanna use them but i dont kno how to do it

pupi001 said:
ok how and the heck can i change the startup animation to anything i want cuz i have several ones ive made and i wanna use them but i dont kno how to do it
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There are some Registry keys that control that:
HTC ANIMATION:
HKLM\Software\HTC\HTCAnimation :
StartupGif - \Windows\animated.gif
StartupWav - \Windows\***.wav
SPLASH SCREEN:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Splash Screen :
CarriereBitmap - \windows\welcomehead**.png
MSBitmap - \windows\welcomehead**.png
Go to your Registry, check if this ones are the ones you have. If so, check the filenames and path.
There you have the files and path used by your phone. Copy the new files to the path with the same name (Overwrite) or change the registry setting to new files. Get it?
PMoto