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?
Hi,
I'd like to know if it's possible "to loop" the weather animation on the homepage of the HTC HD2. I like it very much and I'd like to see the animation all the time that I see the home.
Thanks in advance.
Must I modify some value in register system?
That's a good question!! Must be possible via the reg - but I cannot find it!!
Thanks.
Anyone know how it can be made?
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Thanks.
Anyone know how it can be made?
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I reckon it will mean an edit of the files that are the animated weather, but I can't find them. I had a pretty good look round and just couldn't find them anywhere (obvious).
It's gotta be doable, but you've gotta bear in mind that the animation fades in, so a loop may look pretty bad. (Imagine you've got a load of snow falling over your screen and then it just disappears and starts to fade in again, not to mention the sliding of the corner images in snow!)
It's gonna take someone knowing where the files are stored and knowing how to edit them well to make this work. It may simply be too much to ask with the current animations.
I hope not, cos I'd love constant snow on my home page at the minute. It looks great for the few seconds that it does work!
I'm pretty sure what you want will result in huge energy draw and battery will die too fast.
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!
So I've got an idea or two for a custom boot animation for my Droid X but I can't seem to find an *updated* How-to guide on how to do it.
I've read that the image files need to be PNGs but what type of PNG, do they need to have transparency? How many files can does the animation need to be? Can it be installed via the Clockwork loader or is it only via terminal commands, etc.?
Any info would be greatly appreciated
All are png. Using photoshop just save as a png image. U will need to edit alot of photos as some boots have over 100. They are in two folders one with the start up and the other a repeated loop. You will need a comand file that gives the size and the fps. Dl a boot and take apart a zip. You will see how it all comes together.
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Can the images be created from another format? I plan on creating a simple 3D spinning logo and saving the animation out as sequential images but can't remember if 3dsmax outputs PNGs or not.
I also came across this guide...anyone know if this works for the DX?
http://forum.sdx-developers.com/themes/(how-to)-bootanimation-zip/
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I have always used png as that's what the stock boots are made with. You can try jpeg it wont hurt the phone. It would just not show up when you boot. Its all about trial and error with this stuff. Play around.
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Jpg works just fine. I have made multiple animations, including mixing ones that are already made. I just finished up a boondock saints one, just waiting to upload to youtube.
Gentlemen, I would like to present to you......
Boondock Saints: The Boot Animation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdDzfmHrLw8
The Boot Logo is from:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-2-hacks/88531-changing-moto-logo.html
on the 3rd or 4th page.
The Download link is a install.zip through bootstrap is here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AVFQU34L
The animation is all .JPG and is supposed to cut out after the chains drop.
Nice boot animation Casen, Im a huge Boondock Saints fan, thumbs up for the animation Any help with how you added video to your bootanimation?
Now, speaking of the OP, I just created my own boot animation today and it took some help but I am learning. My boot animation is on YT. Look for Irishsmyles as the user. Sorry not able to post outside links due to restrictions
I used photoshop and used the animation option under window. Created seperate images and then put them in a gif, named theme in sequential order using 5 digits 00000, 00001, etc. The trickiest part and part that I needed help was the desc.txt part but I am starting to understand that now. I may post a video on my YT channel so look for that tomorrow. But my Droid X rocks that much more now that I have a custom boot logo, animation, and wallpaper added
Hi there,
I'm not really cut out to make things like roms or kernals or anything like that but I can do pretty cool designing stuff and I would really like to start making some splash screens and boot screen images so I can have something to contribute to xda.
So far I have only found a boot screen image trainer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1234611
Any help to either links or guides or really anything would be much appreciated.
Thank you