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[Boot Animation][Splash Screen]Dime's Incredible Dropbox

I am still monitoring this thread, but all new content moving forward will be on my blog to make things easier ^_^
This will be a thread for all the boot animations and splash screens I produce/edit. Some boot animations are ROM specific, as noted, and can simply be flashed via recovery or ROM Manager, others will need to be renamed and adb pushed to the correct location for the ROM you're using (PM me if you need assistance, happy to help ^_^). For the splash screens, you MUST be S-Off via unrevoked forever. I will be checking and updating this thread regularly so feel free to post any suggestions, comments or requests here in this thread.
Instructions for ROM specific boot animations
1)Download .zip file from your phone by following the link you want
2)Install from recovery or ROM Manager
3)Reboot & enjoy!
Instructions for generic boot animations
1)Download .zip file from your computer by following the link you want
2)Rename the downloaded .zip appropriately (Usually bootanimation.zip or VZW_bootanimation.zip; if unsure, contact your ROM chef or PM me and I'll help as best I can)
3)ADB push the renamed .zip file to the appropriate location on your phone (Usually /system/media or /system/customize/resource; again, if unsure, contact your ROM chef or PM me and I'll help as best I can)
4)Reboot & enjoy!
Instructions for splash1 screens
1)YOU MUST BE S-OFF IN ORDER TO USE THESE! IF YOU ARE NOT, GO HERE AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS LISTED BEFORE PROCEEDING TO STEP 2!
2)Download .zip file from either from your computer or your phone
3)Rename it to PB31IMG.zip
4)Remove or rename any existing PB31IMG.zip file from the root of your SD card and copy the one you just downloaded and renamed to the root of your SD card
5)Power off your phone, reboot into bootloader (hold volume down and power, when it turns on, release power but NOT VOLUME DOWN!)
6)The bootloader will scan the file and prompt you to hit volume up to install, do that (unless you were just doing all this for practice and don't actually WANT a new splash1 screen lol)
7)Reboot & enjoy!​
If you enjoy my work, please click the donate link to keep me caffeinated! All donators of any amount get a personalized boot animation as a thank you!
This is just a counter to see which of my works is most popular based solely on number of times downloaded!
Generic BIOS boot - 87 downloads
Virtuous BIOS boot- 56 downloads
Redemption BIOS boot- 47 downloads
Redemptive rEVOlution BIOS boot- 29 downloads
SkyRaider BIOS boot - 28 downloads
HAL9000 splash - 18 downloads
Serenity splash - 5 downloads
Dime 1 splash - 4 downloads
Dime 2 splash - 1 download
Dime 3 splash - 1 download
Serenity NOW splash - 1 download
Serenity NOW! splash - 1 download

ROM Specific - Install through recovery or ROM Manager
Redemption ROM 2.X
preview here, download here...
Redemptive Revolution
preview same as Redemption ROM animation above but says Redemptive rEVOlution in the lines of text, download here...
SkyRaider Sense courtesy of Bgusting, thanks dude!
preview coming, download here...
Virtuous ROM 3.X
preview here, download here...
If you enjoy what I do and you're feeling generous, please feel free to click the donate link to keep me caffeinated!

Splash Screens and General Boot Animations
Dimebag Darrell Splash Screen #1 - make sure to rename it PB31IMG.zip!
Preview here, download here...
Dimebag Darrell Splash Screen #2 - make sure to rename it PB31IMG.zip!
Preview here, download here...
Dimebag Darrell Splash Screen #3 - make sure to rename it PB31IMG.zip!
Preview here, download here...
HAL9000 Splash Screen - make sure to rename it PB31IMG.zip!
Preview here, download here...
Serenity Splash Screen - make sure to rename it PB31IMG.zip!
Preview here, download here...
Serenity Splash Screen for Seinfeld fans hehe - make sure to rename it PB31IMG.zip!
Preview here, download here...
Generic Incredible BIOS Boot Animation
Preview here, download here...

ha ha first to post on your thread. still loving your boot animations.

somekid13 said:
ha ha first to post on your thread. still loving your boot animations.
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Woohoo! Thanks for stoppin by and glad you're liking the ani's ^_^ Currently YouTubing it up to hone my skeeeeeelz lol

Finally got it, the first link you had did not lead here. Either way, it works, thank you so much!!

n99hockey said:
Finally got it, the first link you had did not lead here. Either way, it works, thank you so much!!
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No prob dude, glad you like it! (^_^)>b

dimebagdan65 said:
Redemption ROM 2.X
preview here, download here.
Virtuous ROM 3.X
preview here, download here...
If you enjoy what I do and you're feeling generous, please feel free to click the donate link to keep me caffeinated!
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Loving the Virtuous ROM 3.X, thanks a bunch !!

normg said:
Loving the Virtuous ROM 3.X, thanks a bunch !!
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Glad you like it
Droid Incredible
HBOOT .92
unrEVOked Forever S-off
2.15.00.07.28
Redemption Rom 2.0.5
SoCalMiles' INCredible rEVOlution theme
Black HTC Incredible Unrevoked Splash Screen
"Redemption Rom" custom boot animation!
KxK BFS #5
PRL 65144
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where to push for redemptive 1.7? adb push VerizonBootAnimation.zip/system/app ?
or system/resource/customize and is it VZW_bootanimation that i need to renale it? or something else? are they still VZW files? or sprint?
Dont tell me to use root explorer, i like adb.

From molehill to mountain, back to a molehill lol
Colomonster said:
where to push for redemptive 1.7? adb push VerizonBootAnimation.zip/system/app ?
or system/resource/customize and is it VZW_bootanimation that i need to renale it? or something else? are they still VZW files? or sprint?
Dont tell me to use root explorer, i like adb.
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lol no worries, I never tell people what to do, only what I would do ^_^ I would just flash it in Recovery or ROM Manager (Heard some people having trouble with ROM Manager method, haven't been able to duplicate). If you really want to ADB push it, first you have to open up the RedemptiveRevolution_BIOS_boot_animation.zip file you downloaded, go in to the system>customize>resource folder and pull out the VZW_bootanimation.zip Then you can ADB push that exact VZW_bootanimation.zip file, no renaming necessary, to /system/customize/resource and you should be golden, but again, that's more work than you have to do ^_^
Good question though, and I updated the OP accordingly so hopefully it'll be a little clearer moving forward, that was my fault. The way I'm trying to do this is, any boot animations that are ROM specific (Custom ROM logos, wording, etc...), I'll install the ROM on my phone once I'm done with the boot animation and then try and load it myself. If it works, I post it, if not, I try again lol. That way, if it's in the ROM Specific section, all you should have to do is flash the downloaded .zip file in recovery or ROM Manager. It's when you dip into the Generic section that you have to be a teeeensy bit savvy and I'll be glad to help with those, just drop me a PM or a message here in this thread (Need to know what ROM you're running) and I'll either walk you thru it or, if possible, repackage the boot animation for you so you can flash it to your ROM in recovery the easy way ^_^

Awesome work Dan. I donated last night and he had a custom boot animation for me within a couple hours. He'll put whatever text you want on the boot screen and a custom image. He'll also keep tweaking it until you are happy with it.
Couldn't be happier with the work!

*high five*
Abbepp said:
Awesome work Dan. I donated last night and he had a custom boot animation for me within a couple hours. He'll put whatever text you want on the boot screen and a custom image. He'll also keep tweaking it until you are happy with it.
Couldn't be happier with the work!
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Couldn't be happier that you're happy ^_^ Stay tuned, more goodness to come! (I'm just scratching the surface, but I'm starting to learn how to do simple apps hehe)

I'm also using redemptive 1.7 on Dinc and am having trouble getting a boot animation I want to use to work. I'm using root explorer and have tried placing the .zip file in system/customize/resource and named it bootanimation.zip and also tried VZW_bootanimation.zip and am having no luck. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks.

"Throw me a frickin' bone here people, I'm the boss... need the info..." lol j/p
Stewart1244 said:
I'm also using redemptive 1.7 on Dinc and am having trouble getting a boot animation I want to use to work. I'm using root explorer and have tried placing the .zip file in system/customize/resource and named it bootanimation.zip and also tried VZW_bootanimation.zip and am having no luck. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks.
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Which one are you having trouble with? Again, if you guys are downloading the ROM specific ones, I've made that as simple as pie, just flash them in recovery or from ROM manager. If it's a different one, lemme know and I can make you a flashable .zip for Redemptive (How much do you LOVE those transitions by the way? Those things are sick!)

very nice work dude!
would really LOVE to see a DROID X BIOS one, i would use it for sure!

the generic incredible one is awesome

Thanks guys, I'd love to update these for other devices, but I have a D'Inc and my gf has a Moto Droid so that's all I can test on lol I need some testers *hint hint*
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dimebagdan65 said:
Thanks guys, I'd love to update these for other devices, but I have a D'Inc and my gf has a Moto Droid so that's all I can test on lol I need some testers *hint hint*
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Love the redemptive animation! Lou is doing some sick work. I just got my wife a Moto X, but she would freak out if I started messing with it. All I can say is I wouldn't trade my Incredible for the Moto X.

spence341 said:
Love the redemptive animation! Lou is doing some sick work. I just got my wife a Moto X, but she would freak out if I started messing with it. All I can say is I wouldn't trade my Incredible for the Moto X.
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Word, I don't like the wobbly buttons on the DX lol D'Inc ftw!
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Splash Screen Emporium!! (Post and get your images here!) [OP updated 5/5/2011]

Post and share your Splash Images here!!!
Requests: All requests WILL be fulfilled. Once done, the flashable zip file will be PM'd to you directly, and shared on my Flikr account with direct download links in the description.
My Splash work: Can be found >>> here <<<
**The direct download link for each Splash image, is in the description.
***Check out hyun18's work! It can be found HERE***
Don't forget to click THANKS if you like my work, or I have been helpful to you.
How to install using FLASHABLE ZIP
1. Download the Splash of your choice
2. Place the PD98IMG.zip on the root of your SD card
3. Reboot to BOOTLOADER
4. Once the bootloader reads the zip, press VOLUME UP to apply
5. Reboot and enjoy.
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How to install using ADB, with ENG S-OFF bootloader
1. Download the Splash of your choice
2. If the file is in ZIP format, extract the "splash1.img" file to your TOOLS folder of your SDK package.
3. Connect your phone your PC
4. Reboot your phone to FASTBOOT mode.
5. From ADB, within the TOOLS folder, type the following:
Code:
fastboot flash splash1 splash1.img
6. Once this is done, reboot and enjoy.
Code:
fastboot reboot
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Instructions to make your own flashable Splash Image
Step 1. Make your image. (Dimensions are 480x800)
Step 2. Save as a 24bit Bitmap, named "splash1.bmp"
Step 3. Copy this Bitmap to your TOOLS folder of your SDK package
Step 4. From ADB, within the TOOLS directory, type the following
Code:
nbimg -F splash1.bmp -w 480 -h 800
Step 5. Take your newly made nb image, and rename the extension to ".img"
Step 6. Grab this blank PD98IMG file from here. THANK MUDKNOT FOR THIS blank file.
Step 7. Right click the zip file and select "open archive"
Step 8. Copy your newly made splash1.img file to this zip file.
Step 9. Flash.
Attached is the nbimg needed to do this. Just extract the zip file to your TOOLS folder of your SDK package.
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Thanks to mudknot2005 for the Blank PD98IMG file. Go HERE and click "thanks" to thank him for making this happen for us. :-D

i have an image can you tell me how to make it a flashable splash screen

jlusco said:
i have an image can you tell me how to make it a flashable splash screen
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Yes...I'll update the OP with instructions.

Can you make me a moving one?
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XAviierG said:
Can you make me a moving one?
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Splash Screens are stationary, and do not move. Boot Animations DO move however and are what is displayed after the splash screen.
If you want a custom boot animation, PM me what you are looking for. No promises, as this is not my specialty, but I can certainly give it a shot.

tribalartgod said:
Splash Screens are stationary, and do not move. Boot Animations DO move however and are what is displayed after the splash screen.
If you want a custom boot animation, PM me what you are looking for. No promises, as this is not my specialty, but I can certainly give it a shot.
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Hey man, for it being "not my specialty", you do some mighty fine work. Any way you could do a variation of "HTC Inspire, Rooted, S-Off" with a blue background? The order they appear isn't important, I just wanted to get those three points in as the text part.
Thanks much!
-Mike

tribalartgod said:
Splash Screens are stationary, and do not move. Boot Animations DO move however and are what is displayed after the splash screen.
If you want a custom boot animation, PM me what you are looking for. No promises, as this is not my specialty, but I can certainly give it a shot.
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Hey man, for it being "not my specialty", you do some mighty fine work. Any way you could do a variation of "HTC Inspire, Rooted, S-Off" with a blue background? The order they appear isn't important, I just wanted to get those three points in as the text part.
Thanks much!
-Mike

Ultra Droid said:
Hey man, for it being "not my specialty", you do some mighty fine work. Any way you could do a variation of "HTC Inspire, Rooted, S-Off" with a blue background? The order they appear isn't important, I just wanted to get those three points in as the text part.
Thanks much!
-Mike
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Gotcha covered. I'll take care of it after work, and have it posted up on Flikr with the download link before I hit the bed. Any colors in particular that you are looking for? And what shade of blue? Dark or Light?

Great instructions...many thanks

tribalartgod said:
Gotcha covered. I'll take care of it after work, and have it posted up on Flikr with the download link before I hit the bed. Any colors in particular that you are looking for? And what shade of blue? Dark or Light?
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Dark blue for the background. Maybe gold for the text.
Thank you VERY much! You da man!
-Mike

this is a great mini guide! I found the nbimg command here for windows as well, I couldn't find it in my SDK. here!

driftkidd2323 said:
this is a great mini guide! I found the nbimg command here for windows as well, I couldn't find it in my SDK. here!
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You can copy those nbimg files to your SDK so that you have them for future use. I'll update the OP after work with a downloadable zip that contains these files as well, for those who don't have it.

Can I ask for you to make this image I put together into a flashable zip for me? My computer gets a little weird when I try using adb.

bathnapkin said:
Can I ask for you to make this image I put together into a flashable zip for me? My computer gets a little weird when I try using adb.
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I have this done, but can't upload it til I get home from work. That will be at 6pm EST today. I'll PM you the link once done.

tribalartgod said:
I have this done, but can't upload it til I get home from work. That will be at 6pm EST today. I'll PM you the link once done.
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Can you PM or post it for me too? The HTC quietly Briliant one from the OP too, if it's not too much trouble. I'm having a hell of a time making the P98 zips. :-(
Much appreciation.

bella92108 said:
Can you PM or post it for me too? The HTC quietly Briliant one from the OP too, if it's not too much trouble. I'm having a hell of a time making the P98 zips. :-(
Much appreciation.
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bella...go here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dotdead/sets/72157626499658155/detail
In the description of each Splash is the direct download link for that respective splash file.
And bathnapkin, pm'ing you now, but if you miss it, yours is here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15595851/Inspire Boot Splash's/Glow Droid/PD98IMG.zip

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bella...go here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dotdead/sets/72157626499658155/detail
In the description of each Splash is the direct download link for that respective splash file.
And bathnapkin, pm'ing you now, but if you miss it, yours is here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15595851/Inspire Boot Splash's/Glow Droid/PD98IMG.zip
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OMg You ROCK! Thank you Thank you Thank You!!!!!

bella92108 said:
OMg You ROCK! Thank you Thank you Thank You!!!!!
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haha. Well thank you. ..and you are most welcome.

Thank you man. I've been stuck with my sad little white and green splash for a while now

can you make this flashable for me please
http://www.mediafire.com/?77z52fupbif6jua

Bootsplash, bootanimation, etc.

I need the flash image of HTC Sensation (Black) - splash and animation

Hey, your question is definitely vague.
Please find attached bootsplash images I use in my roms. I'm unsure if this is what you're searching for.

Jackos said:
Hey, your question is definitely vague.
Please find attached bootsplash images I use in my roms. I'm unsure if this is what you're searching for.
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Can you specify the location to put these files. thanx

Usually we put downanimation.zip and bootanimation.zip into \system\customize\resource, but this is rom dependent.
I have no knowledge of InsertCoin.
In htc_black.7z you'll find htc_black.img - a flashable image.
To flash this splashscreen you'll need to execute this following commands:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash splash1 htc_black.img
fastboot reboot

Jackos said:
Usually we put downanimation.zip and bootanimation.zip into \system\customize\resource, but this is rom dependent.
I have no knowledge of InsertCoin.
In htc_black.7z you'll find htc_black.img - a flashable image.
To flash this splashscreen you'll need to execute this following commands:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash splash1 htc_black.img
fastboot reboot
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I found it, for InsertCoin both downanimation and bootanimation can be found
/system/customize/resource/
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I already change the both downanimation and bootanimation from above post. Thanks.

For any sensation ROM open the following file
/system/customize/CUD/default.xml
You can find the location of your boot animation and boot audio.
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musarraf172 said:
For any sensation ROM open the following file
/system/customize/CUD/default.xml
You can find the location of your boot animation and boot audio.
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Thanks. I'll centainly try exploring that.. Anyway, i just check the .xml file, i think instead of CUD its CID
Correct:
/system/customize/CID/default.xml
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kolokoy said:
Thanks. I'll centainly try exploring that.. Anyway, i just check the .xml file, i think instead of CUD its CID
Correct:
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Sorry typing mistake. Thanks
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need helpppppppppppp
i M IN desprate need of help. i need someone to guide me how to change my splash screen. my screen size is 400*600. if anyone can provide me with a flashable link of splash screen that would help me alot. the splash screen could be of any picture. blank or android would be prefered.
thanks in advance

manii001 said:
i M IN desprate need of help. i need someone to guide me how to change my splash screen. my screen size is 400*600. if anyone can provide me with a flashable link of splash screen that would help me alot. the splash screen could be of any picture. blank or android would be prefered.
thanks in advance
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First it's 960*540
Look in the theme's and apps section. I would love to give you mine but I'm on 3G.
And here's a simpler way:
Use the terminal emulator (or gscript if you don't like to type that text every time)
Just make a folder called "splashscreens" in your sd card inside it put the image file and rename it to "htc" (you can change the names if you want as long as they match the command)
Then in terminal emulator type :
su
Then :
dd if=/mnt/sdcard/splashscreens/htc.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14
And sure you must be s-off
And if your device not a Sensation. Don't try it.
Hope this is easier for you
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manii001 said:
i M IN desprate need of help. i need someone to guide me how to change my splash screen. my screen size is 400*600. if anyone can provide me with a flashable link of splash screen that would help me alot. the splash screen could be of any picture. blank or android would be prefered.
thanks in advance
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If youre screen size is 400 by 600 then you don't have a Sensation, which means do not use ANY advise on how to change a splash screen that you find in this forum. Anything that we suggest that works for the Sensation is very likely to cause massive massive problems to any other device.
Seek this help in the forum for your phone to make sure you get an answer that's compatible.

[HOW-TO] Change your Boot Splash + ZIPs + Online Generator + Warning Gone + Ville/C2

You can have your own custom boot splash. (This is the very first picture you see when you boot up the device. Before the boot animation. The one you also see when booting into recovery.)
Upload a picture here. (It should be 540x960 pixels. If it's not, it gets resized without preserving proportions.) It generates a .zip that you can flash in recovery.
Or pick one from the list at the bottom of this post.
You must be on hboot 1.06 or 1.09 for this to work. If you're not, here is how to downgrade your hboot.
If you're S-Off, this will work on any hboot version. If you're not, here is how to get S-Off.
Flashing a new boot splash does not get rid of the red "This build is for development only.." warning text. (Edit: Now that we have S-Off, you can edit out the warning text in the hboot image. I tried it. It works. But it's a dangerous thing to do if you don't do everything exactly correct.)
If you create one that you feel is especially nice, feel free to post it in this thread. ("Pics and zips please.")
/!\ So far there are (at least) 2 reports where the flashable zip did not work, but manually dd'ing the raw 565 file into mmcblk0p14 did work. If someone can point out what the update script in the zip does not do that is required to successfully flash the splash, I'd be very interested.
You can also get rid of the red warning text overlay. (If you're S-Off)
I modified a couple of hboots to edit out the warning text, and made flashable zips for them. See post #148. <-- You must be S-Off for this. If you're not you can get bricked.
(A side effect of flashing the 1.14.0004 hboot is that your ** TAMPERED ** flag is gone, even when flashing different ones afterwards.)
-Jobo
Original post, from before it was so easy...
If you have a 540x960px image, save/convert it to raw rgb565 (The resulting file should be 1036800 bytes.. 540x960x2) and dd it into /dev/block/mmcblk0p14.
I tested with this attached one. (That zip is not flashable. Just unzip it and dd the raw 565 file. You dont need to be in recovery, you can do it while booted.) I'm sure others can do better but this was good enough to see that it works, and I like a dark splash better than the light one.
You will still get the red 'This build is for development only' stuff overlaid tho.
That overlay text sits in mmcblk0p12:0xBD700 by the way but I dont dare poke into that partition.​
Update 2012/7/19: See post #8 to make it flashable from recovery.
Update 2012/7/25: Looks like this will only for for hboot-1.06 and 1.09, not for 1.13 and up. (Unless you're S-Off)
Update 2012/9/20: Collected all boot splashes here.
Update 2012/10/1: Made a php thingy to generate flashable zips from a web form. See post #115.
Update 2013/1/2: Redid this post to point at the online zip generator.
Update 2013/2/22: Made some additions/edits regarding S-Off
Update 2013/2/23: Added some flashable edited hboots. See post #148.
Update 2013/3/16: Added fastboot-flashable zips, as it is now discouraged to flash hboot in recovery. See post #274
Update 2013/6/11: Minor php script update in the online generator because I added a version for the One-M7
Update 2013/11/22: Confirmed to work on VilleC2 as well.
Update 2014/05/31: Added support for the Desire X
Update 2014/07/15: Added support for the One M8
Update 2014/07/17: Hmmm... So it turns out that the zips for the M7 also work for the Butterfly S. I had no idea.
splash-(lcambriz)-google.zip
splash-(pagantek)-motherboard.zip
splash-(randomnoob83)-supergirl.zip
splash-(Stroid01)-napoli-flame-effect.zip
splash-(Stroid01)-napoli.zip
splash-(Stroid01)-realmadrid.zip
splash-(TramainM)-rings.zip
splash-black.zip
splash-blue.zip
splash-stock.zip
splash-tampered.zip
splash-viper.zip
splash-(Orical)-aktion.zip
splash-(ChaseMDuffin)-thc.zip
splash-ragnarokmk2.zip
splash-(essentialmindz)-OneS.zip
splash-(Sneakyghost)-venomOne.zip

Edit: never mind. Nice
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Very nice. Thanks for finding this out. Maybe a mod should move this to the themes and apps section? I don't want it to get buried with all the other topics here in general.
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Moved to themes and apps.​

Hell yeah!!!!! I've been waiting for someone to post this up I have been making a few since I bought this device ill post some images when I get home tonight.
Thanks for figuring this out.
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Ya same here as I went through withdraw not being able to easily change the.splash on the g2x..
Don't sound like much but when you do it the g1, then my3gs, then my4g then to them all again when the wife takes over the phone.
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Does the name have to be the same or can I change it too "custom.img"
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Orical said:
Does the name have to be the same..
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The name doesn't matter, but the contents must be raw rgb565 data.
Just put the file on your sdcard, and then from an adb shell, dd it into mmcblk0p14.
-Jobo
Edit: Attachment is flashable in recovery. You can just replace the file in /cache/
Edit: To work around the 20 attachment limit, I use this post to 'host' flashable zips to link to from post #1.

quick question
touch of jobo said:
The name doesn't matter, but the contents must be raw rgb565 data.
Just put the file on your sdcard, and then from an adb shell, dd it into mmcblk0p14.
-Jobo
Edit: Attachment is flashable in recovery. You can just replace the file in /cache/
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Just curious, exactly what file do I replace in cache?

musky said:
what file do I replace in cache?
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Inside the zip. There is only one file inside /cache/ and thats the splash.
-Jobo

Ok did a flash and it worked out great, the only time you will get that HTC warning in red letters across the splash is if your not using the stock boot image, if your using a raw image it will display but other wise it looks fine (no warning displayed).
Thanks again, I'll post up some work when I'm done.
For those that have never done this before here's what you do.
First you want to back up the original image, there's nothing worse than changing something and finding out you didn't back up the original and this is no exception SO go to terminal emulator and type this line:
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p14.img
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This will backup to the sdcard as an image so now go put that in a safe place on your computer just in case you format your sdcard down the road. Don't lose this.
Rename the image that you put on your sdcard to:
custom.img
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and save it, make sure its on the root of the sdcard other wise you need to provide the path. Then load terminal emulator and type:
su
dd if=/mnt/sdcard/custom.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14
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The transfer in and out will be exactly the same if you typed this in correctly and its highly important that you type in the correct mmcblk number or you could be in for a long night.
I backed up everything just in case to do this type this out and take the file image and put it away.
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0.img
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This is a huge image but its a full image of your entire device including all partitions, this is more than a nandoid its everything.
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Could we get some requests going? I've always had a thing for this simple black splash screen.

lcambriz said:
.. some requests .. for this simple black splash screen.
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Flash this .zip in recovery.
-Jobo

touch of jobo said:
Flash this .zip in recovery.
-Jobo
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What are you using to convert the splash.jpg to splash.img? I tried an older method but for some reason it's not working.

can anyone turn this into a rgb565 data.

Orical said:
What are you using to convert the splash.jpg to splash.img?
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ffmpeg will do it,
Code:
ffmpeg -i splash1.bmp -f rawvideo -pix_fmt rgb565 splash.565
or alternatively you can save it as a 16 bit .bmp and then strip the headers off or tail the last 1036800 bytes. (You'll have to flip it as (0,0) is bottom left in .bmp files.)
I bet there are nicer tools but I haven't looked.
-Jobo

touch of jobo said:
ffmpeg will do it,
Code:
ffmpeg -i splash1.bmp -f rawvideo -pix_fmt rgb565 splash.565
or alternatively you can save it as a 16 bit .bmp and then strip the headers off or tail the last 1036800 bytes. (You'll have to flip it as (0,0) is bottom left in .bmp files.)
I bet there are nicer tools but I haven't looked.
-Jobo
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Yeah I've looked and the one released is strictly 480x800, I've never used that method you listed above but ill give it a shot everything I did before was with that tool on the mytouch 4g.
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Orical said:
Yeah I've looked and the one released is strictly 480x800, I've never used that method you listed above but ill give it a shot everything I did before was with that tool on the mytouch 4g.
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You can also use that Paint.Net program as described in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=649890
Pretty easy to do it using that method, you just have to consider the different resolution of the OneS and follow steps 1-3. I converted an image to rgb565 with it, worked like a charm.
BUT! I can't get it to flash. Tried with the flashable zip (placed it in the cache folder) and tried installing with TWRP. Comes out as successful, but I still get the default HTC quietly brilliant splash.
Also tried dd-ing the image with a terminal emulator, also no-go.
Running HTC Stock Rom, Vodafone DE/UK, 1.78, rooted.
Attached the image in a zip, if someone wants to try it. It can be opened with Paint.Net. You have to supply it with the correct resolution tho: 540x960

ragnarokmk2 said:
I can't get it to flash. .. Attached the image in a zip, if someone wants to try it.
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Works for me.
I wonder what could make the difference...
Do you have a signed boot image in place or a custom one?
Do you get the red 'This build is for development only' text overlaid?
-Jobo

touch of jobo said:
Works for me.
I wonder what could make the difference...
Do you have a signed boot image in place or a custom one?
Do you get the red 'This build is for development only' text overlaid?
-Jobo
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I tryed the Google one and it didnt work and same as ragnarokmk2 TWRP says successful. I'm on Miui and have the red text.

Automatic Splash Image Creator (PNG to Flashable Zip in One Click!)

This DOES NOT work on the i9300/note 2 and never will, please stop asking about it.
Thanks to the work of invisiblek and some Google searching I was able to come up with the following tool:
This tool takes a 720x1280 .PNG image and converts it to a recovery-flashable splash screen in a single click.
A video so you can see what this changes: http://youtu.be/XXaBJTVQ2Sw
How to use:
Making your own splash screen:
0) Download and extract the .zip file
1) Make a 720x1280 .png image you want to be your splash screen (this comes in-between the boot animation and the quick Samsung logo flash)
2) Name it "initlogo.png" without the quotes
3) Place it in the PNGtoConvert folder
4) Run the "PNG-2-RLE.bat" file
5) You are finished! A "flashthisinrecovery.zip" will appear in the same directory as the batch files. Just flash it in recovery and enjoy your new splash screen!
Note: If you want the .RLE and not the whole flashable, it can be found as "initlogo.rle" in the "kernel" folder or you can pull it from the kernel folder inside the "flashmeinrecovery.zip"
Converting an .RLE that you made back to a .PNG for editing:
0) Download an extract the .zip file
1) Copy the "initlogo.rle" you want to convert to a .PNG to the RLEtoConvert folder. It must be named "initlogo.rle"
2) Run the "RLE-2-PNG.bat"
3) PNG will be in the PNGtoConvert folder named "initlogoOUTPUT.png"
Other notes:
I have included the stock initlogo as a .PNG named "initlogoSTOCKBACKUP.png" for your reference/backup purposes. If you want to test the tool with it, remember to rename it to initlogo.png
If you flash a new kernel/rom the splash will revert to stock. To get it back, just flash the "flashmeinrecovery.zip" again. You don't need to reconvert it or anything.
This has only been tested with the d2_vzw but will work with all USA (S4 CPU) variants!
Credits:
invisiblek for the recovery zip scripting
Yagya Gaire @ http://yagyagaire.blogspot.com for the original conversion tools
Download Here: http://d-h.st/F2A
As always, even though this tool has been tested, nobody is responsible to damage to your phone except yourself!

Linux version coming?

wera750 said:
Linux version coming?
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No... there are too many windows binaries lol.

Sounds interesting, I just downloaded it and will play around with this tonight. I don't know why I never thought about personalizing my phone by just changing out my splash image with one of my own, but this sounds cool and will give me something to play around with tonight at work. Thanks, I will let you know how it works out for me. I appreciate your efforts and willingness to share your work.

jlangleyrn said:
Sounds interesting, I just downloaded it and will play around with this tonight. I don't know why I never thought about personalizing my phone by just changing out my splash image with one of my own, but this sounds cool and will give me something to play around with tonight at work. Thanks, I will let you know how it works out for me. I appreciate your efforts and willingness to share your work.
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I mean lets be honest it is really a minor thing and it shows for all of 5 seconds but it is still fun to change.

The Samsung thing is getting kind of old...just sayin.
Thanks Con
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I think this is also good.

Works great, thanks man!

omgi0wn said:
Works great, thanks man!
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Glad to hear it works. It is always nice to know when it works for someone else and my instructions are good
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I didn't even know I could have a custom splash screen with Samsung! Thanks Con
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Will this work with AOSP ROMs, or just TW?
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VikingoRMCF said:
Will this work with AOSP ROMs, or just TW?
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Both

Didn't work
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Note: the image I used wasn't 720x1280, does it have to be?
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This is pretty cool. we were doing this with the thunderbolt and i changed my all the time to the flavor of the moment.
thanks for getting this done...it is not necessary, but it sure is cool...

VikingoRMCF said:
Note: the image I used wasn't 720x1280, does it have to be?
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It must be 720x1280. If you don't follow the directions (read Step #1) you shouldn't expect it to work!

i thanked you in the other post so i'll do it here too. thanks!
I love changing my splash screens and boot animations. when I came over from a long line of Evos everyone was looking at my like if I was crazy when I was wondering why we couldn't change our splash.
anyways, have you looked into changing the Samsung splash that comes before? I would like to replace both so that the image I created shows longer. don't need that Samsung logo flashing around

Max_Pain said:
i thanked you in the other post so i'll do it here too. thanks!
I love changing my splash screens and boot animations. when I came over from a long line of Evos everyone was looking at my like if I was crazy when I was wondering why we couldn't change our splash.
anyways, have you looked into changing the Samsung splash that comes before? I would like to replace both so that the image I created shows longer. don't need that Samsung logo flashing around
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I don't think we can because it is a part of the bootloader which is signed so we can't modify it. On the gnex the app logome can change it but we can't due to the security. I am not sure if the other carrier models are signed but for Verizon I am pretty sure it's impossible.
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Worked great. Here is my (extremely dumb) first splash haha.

Here is mine! We should make a thread with all of these btw. Maybe I'll go over to the theme section in a little bit and make one.