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extracting splash screen?

after extracting the rom with core pro, in the extract/splash folder i got 2 files. 9d000000-HTC.nb and 92000000-Splash.nb. can i use any of this to create my own custom splash screen? and can someone tell me the different btwn the two files.

9d000000-HTC.nb is the first splash screen (eg HTC) and 92000000-Splash.nb is the second splash screen (the one before welcome to windows). Both of the image files you see can be used to create your own splash screens for your rom.
The Molski devpack details how to do this. Thequinoxe wrote a detailed tut as well.
This is also written in the wiki.

Flashing Custom Splash Screens on Kaiser

Instructions for flashing custom splash screens on HTC Kaiser:
1. Install HardSPL.
2. Create a BMP file in paint, size must be 240x320, save it as BMP 24bit.
3. Download SplashTool
4. Load your BMP on nb_image_converter (included in SplashTool's zip) and save it as splash.nb
5. Open SplashTool.exe and convert splash.nb to new format.
6. Pack the resulting splash.nb into a NBH file using htc rom tool.
7. Flash your cusotm NBH using CustomRUU.
Enjoy your new splash screen!

pof said:
Instructions for flashing custom splash screens on HTC Kaiser:
6. Pack the resulting splash.nb into a NBH file using htc rom tool.
7. Flash your cusotm NBH using CustomRUU.
Enjoy your new splash screen!
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Hi pof.
This is a great idea and I thank you for the instructions but I got to #6 and am so new to ROM building(virgin, in fact ) that I must ask....
In the htc rom tool do I leave all fields blank except for the splash screen entry? And where do I enter that? I assume that I type splash.nb into the splash1 field.
Else, do I fill in all of the fields such as country ID, version, IPL?
many thanks.
karlo

one more question. does this flash delete my current tytn's settings (do i need to flash splash screens after hard reset or anytime)?

re
Is there a way to make a .cab file to change the bootsplash image? Also i see some custom roms have a 3d intro (maybe flash?) how would i go about doing this?
Thanks

thanks a lot man

To change Splash Boot screen, made a picture 320x320 pixel 96dpi save it in .png and rename in welcomehead.96.png
Use Resco Explorer, copy, paste and replace the welcomehead.96.png in folder Windows, make a soft reset.

So, this will be the correct tool to use to format images for the Titan?

Splash Screen Collection....
panosha said:
To change Splash Boot screen, made a picture 320x320 pixel 96dpi save it in .png and rename in welcomehead.96.png
Use Resco Explorer, copy, paste and replace the welcomehead.96.png in folder Windows, make a soft reset.
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May be WE can all put some more Splash Screen, so we will have a collection eventually...
Just a thought
Nadavi..

great idea
Nadavi said:
May be WE can all put some more Splash Screen, so we will have a collection eventually...
Just a thought
Nadavi..
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Great Idea mate we should start a thread based on all custom splash screens who knows the cooks might even used some of them soon.

????????
How do you run bmp converter? Not work for me!

I get 240 file eroor when trying to flash it to my tytn2.

Optical Illusion Splash Screens
Some optical illusions:

Animated?
Since the image is in .png format is it safe to assume that we can NOT load an animated splash screen??.. Also does flashing via the steps in the first post accomplishes the same as replacing the welcomhead.96.png manually??
Thank you..

jadehawk: you are correct that the welcomehead.96.png is non-animated, if you create an animated .gif and rename it to .png it may work in some programs that read inside the file for the relevant code to know how to display it but most programs including the wm6 bootup hook will not display it how it should so don't bother
Just to clarify that the original post by pof is "THE ONLY WAY" at present to replace the splash screen on initial boot of the phone, the welcomehead.96.png usage is on windows boot (some people have a 3rd animated .gif in between the 2, but this doesn't work on all models even with the registry entries in place, i have tried on my T-Mobile).
hope that helps.
Russ

Thank you
Great thank you for clearing that out.. for now I am just happy replacing the animated.gif file in the windows folder with something other than the HTC animated one.. I have tried to make my own ROM using the kaiser kitchen but so far It has never worked at least not like the really simple tutorials I have found here.. still waiting for a better tutorial with screenshots and all.. so far i will stick with the ones I get from here and use the sprite backup to restore the applications I want loaded in the ROM.. thank you

Hey
when i try to instal
the 3 files u said
a window pops up & says
not a wm appliction
can u help
pof said:
Instructions for flashing custom splash screens on HTC Kaiser:
1. Install HardSPL.
2. Create a BMP file in paint, size must be 240x320, save it as BMP 24bit.
3. Download SplashTool
4. Load your BMP on nb_image_converter (included in SplashTool's zip) and save it as splash.nb
5. Open SplashTool.exe and convert splash.nb to new format.
6. Pack the resulting splash.nb into a NBH file using htc rom tool.
7. Flash your cusotm NBH using CustomRUU.
Enjoy your new splash screen!
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freeborock said:
How do you run bmp converter? Not work for me!
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find the missing ocx file (windows search) and put it in the same folder

Deathace said:
jadehawk: you are correct that the welcomehead.96.png is non-animated, if you create an animated .gif and rename it to .png it may work in some programs that read inside the file for the relevant code to know how to display it but most programs including the wm6 bootup hook will not display it how it should so don't bother
Just to clarify that the original post by pof is "THE ONLY WAY" at present to replace the splash screen on initial boot of the phone, the welcomehead.96.png usage is on windows boot (some people have a 3rd animated .gif in between the 2, but this doesn't work on all models even with the registry entries in place, i have tried on my T-Mobile).
hope that helps.
Russ
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thank you for your help

Thank you very much. i put my business card on the splash screen. phone is well protected now
thank you again

anyone care to share their customize splash screen?

Splash screens.

I tried to use splash flasher to flash some screens but on boot the image is scrambled?

{LCD}Stelios said:
I tried to use splash flasher to flash some screens but on boot the image is scrambled?
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Are you use a right 24 bit bmp format?

Tried ones that I had on my DHD.

Had the same problem; Here's a quick how to:
Make sure your image is sized as 540x960 (so you'll lose a bit off of the sides, since the aspect ratio is different vs. the usual 480x800 that many HTC devices have been).
Use the 2nd option of SplashFlasher 1.0 to convert the PNG you have to custom.img. Ignore the warning that says the file should be a certain resolution.
Take the custom.img file and copy it into your fastboot directory. Rename it to new_splash.img
do this:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash splash1 new_splash.img
fastboot reboot
(credit to jbrew78 at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171290)
You should be all set! For some reason, the splashing from splashflasher doesn't work with our devices, but it's converting tool is the easiest for me.
This is my first attempt at a how to, so please let me know if there's anything I could help clarify, or if it doesn't work/what step you get stuck on.
Hope it helps!

Cheers for that bud, yeah the tool is handy it is a shame that it doesn't work with the Sensation. Just need to find out what I have messed up with the bootanimation now.
I put a new one in and now I can't work out how to do it again lol?
And that was really easy to follow and helpful thanks.

i use this way and it works
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1194690

How to change the boot logo on your MTCD/MTCE device

I was always kinda annoyed by the not matching boot logo. After the loader I could change the logo to the car manufacturer but the first seconds still showed "On vehicle navigation system". After installing the Malasyk 8.0 ROM I recognized a different boot logo. So a change was possible. After some playing around with various ROM tools I was able to change the logo (sorry, I don't remember the exact steps). After switching to the HAL9k ROM, the changed logo was gone. The old method didn't work with HAL as the boot loader with the logo was part of the signed update.zip and changing the logo of course breaks the signature.
So I played round with dumping various partitions and check for the logo. There is a way to change it:
NOTE: The slightest mistake in one of the steps WILL brick your device!!!
1. Dump the bootloader partition
2. Find the logo in the dump
3. Replace the logo in the dump
4. Write the new bootloader parition
In general it is a good idea to connect to the device using adb on your PC as typing on the on-screen-keyboard is error prone. dd commands have to be executed as root.
1a. dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk2p4 of=/storage/ext_sd/mmcblk2p4.bin
Note: Depending on your ROM or device the partition might be different. So if you don't find the logo there, try other partitions. Also adapt the of argument. I wrote the file to the "Music" SD card.
1b. Write down the file size. In my case it was exactly 16MB.
2a. Search the dump file for the string "BM6". I used HxD and found it atoffset F800.
2b. Dump everything starting as this offset to a new file and name it with the extension BMP.
2c. Open it with your favorite viewer (I use IrfanView) and check if it is the correct logo.
2d. Check the resolution. In case of the HAL9k 3.1 ROM it should be 800x480x24, for Malasky it was 1024x600x24
2e. Save the file there to a different name.
2f. Check the new file size. In case of the HAL9k 3.1 ROM it should be 1152054 bytes
3a. Create a logo of your choice with exact the same resolution.
3b. Check the file size. It must be identical to the one of the dumped BMP
3c. Replace the data in the compete dump. Make sure, you use the correct offset and use replace, not insert.
3d. Save the new dump and compare the file size. It must not be changed!
4a. Copy the file back on the SD card
4b. Write it back: dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk2p4 if=/storage/ext_sd/mmcblk2p4.bin
Note: if and of is now switched!
4c. Reboot

Just did mine in Hal9k rom.Thank you
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

NOTE: The slightest mistake in one of the steps WILL brick your device!!!
Hi,
just a thought of safety..
is it not better that you change that -boot- logo for all cars so that "everybody" can choose his car logo, instead or to prevent that men would make some a mistake which wouldl brick his headunit?
https://www.google.com/search?q=and...KHQHTDu8QsAR6BAgEEAE&biw=1280&bih=726&dpr=1.5

Thanks for this!
In my case, it was mmcblk2p7.
At first, I had a black screen, but file size and resolution was correct.
Somehow, I managed to boot the device again and then I tried another picture and it worked.
I don't know the difference between my first and second try...but I'm lucky that my device isn't bricked.
Maybe we find a safer way for this...

rezi09 said:
Thanks for this!
In my case, it was mmcblk2p7.
At first, I had a black screen, but file size and resolution was correct.
Somehow, I managed to boot the device again and then I tried another picture and it worked.
I don't know the difference between my first and second try...but I'm lucky that my device isn't bricked.
Maybe we find a safer way for this...
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Great example of New member joining, reading articles, giving it a go and reporting back.
Wonderful but rare.

marchnz said:
Great example of New member joining, reading articles, giving it a go and reporting back.
Wonderful but rare.
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Well, I'm new since 2009
Thx...it's a great forum with great people!

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Help creating custom boot logo .bin pictures

Hey ya'll!
Im running a rooted G7 Power and want to know where can i either get custom boot logo .bin files or how to create a custom .bin picture. Also, what are the spec dimensions for the picture size for the boot logo. Im really hoping to get a picture and somehow convert it to a .bin file. I presume thats what is needed for that. Any help will be great. I also tried to use the MotoBoot Logo Maker program with no luck. Thanks!

hondais1 said:
Hey ya'll!
Im running a rooted G7 Power and want to know where can i either get custom boot logo .bin files or how to create a custom .bin picture. Also, what are the spec dimensions for the picture size for the boot logo. Im really hoping to get a picture and somehow convert it to a .bin file. I presume thats what is needed for that. Any help will be great. I also tried to use the MotoBoot Logo Maker program with no luck. Thanks!
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Hi, I've made custom boot logo .bin files. Following Moto Boot Logo Maker program is your easiest bet. Extract pic from MotoBootLogo Maker. Open it in Photoshop and that is your dimensions without any guesswork size wise (laying out pics is another). Use photoshop and save your images in the LOWEST resolution in whatever the original filetype is, and I think its .png. If they go over a certain file size, they won't flash.
See my example And because it ain't linking hxxps://ibb.co/0YFktdy (remove the xxps and replace it with ttps)

Moto G7 Play, Power, Plus Logo sizes and screen sizes
Screen sizes
Moto G7/G7 Plus: 6.24-inch, 2270 x 1080, 403ppi
Moto G7 Power: 6.2-inch, 1520 x 720, 271ppi
Moto G7 Play: 5.7-inch, 1512 x 720, 294ppi
which is also logo sizes