Hi All,
Long time reader, first time poster. Long story short I picked my Gtab up after a long hiatus and wanted to load a custom boot logo to replace the g-tablet logo. Unfortunately I coudlnt find any posts for windows-only users. I found 2 sites with really helpful guides and put 2 n 2 together. I was stoked when my custom logo worked! Credit goes out to Igorv at Slatedroid and LeslieAnn from Android Central forums for their well detailed guides. Special thanks goes out to rajeevvp for compiling the cwm script.
Running Flashback ROM on BL 1.2.
Standard Disclaimer:
Use at your own risk. Im not responsible for what happens to your tablet. Nor do I know how this will affect your other apps. Its highly recommended you do a back up.
Required:
- Gtablet
- 1024x600 pixel image of choice
- Update.zip from Igorv at Slatedroid
- boot_screen_logo_creation_package.rar from LeslieAnn at Android Central
- CWM experience
- Command Prompt experience
This was created for Viewsonic G-tablet. It will replace 2nd boot logo (logo after birds).
Using Clockworkmod flash "update.zip" as you would with a ROM. It will only replace logo.
A. Download one of the Gtablet.zip file from Igorv (See Link 1 below)
B. Unpack any one of the update.zip files. You should have subfolders META-INF and tmp folders. You will replace the initlogo.rle in the tmp folder later.
C. Choose or Create any image file you want to replace the logo with. Make sure the dimensions are 1024x600 pixels
D. Create the RLE file with LeslieAnn's guide (See Link 2 below)
Install:
Extract the boot_screen_logo_creation_package.rar file someplace (see Link 3 below), I recommend something short because you will have to type the location. I use my D drive and a folder named RLE. So D:\RLE is the location I put these files.
How to create an rle file:
Step 1
Make the image you want to use. It MUST be 1024x600 pixels (for the G Tablet).
Step 2
Save the file as a PNG file to the directory you extracted the tool (in my case D:\RLE). I also save the file as a psd so I can later edit it further in a folder specifically for storing this stuff.
Step 3
Go to your start menu and find Command Prompt. This will be in (All) Programs/Accessories.
Step 4
Go to the folder you put the tool, in my case D:\RLE
Step 5
Run the tool, you need to know the name of the png file, again, in my case this is logo.png. Run the tool with the command:
convert_image_to_rle.bat logo.png
You should be left with the raw file, a png file and an rle file, all named logo.
Step 6
Rename the rle file to initlogo.rle and place the file into the update\tmp folder
E. repackage both the META-INF and tmp folder into a new update.zip file. (do not repackage the update folder. Repackage both the META-INF and tmp folders.)
F. Copy the update.zip file into your internal SD card
G. flash the update.zip file you created in CWM like you normally would for a rom
H. Reboot twice and enjoy! (mine hung after the 2nd boot logo and wouldnt get to the boot animation. a second reboot did the trick)
Thanks
Links (add www in front)
1 - Boot Logos (replace 2nd logo) Flashable with CWM
slatedroid.com/topic/20807-boot-logos-replace-2nd-logo-flashable-with-cwm/
2 - Make/extract RLE files in Windows, the easy way (now with Linux)
forums.androidcentral.com/optimus-v-rooting-roms-hacks/113550-make-extract-rle-files-windows-easy-way-now-linux.html
3 - (image file)-to-RLE converter
mediafire.com/?36b7g54t1az8p4j
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Just wanted to share this method of changing your boot splash image without using hboot,rather a flashable zip.
I am not responsible for damaging your phone.
Lets begin...
What you need/should have before we start..
Using your favorite image editing program take your desired image and make it 480w x800h and save it to your desktop as splash1.bmp(24 bit color bitmap).
NBIMG.exe is used to convert your BMP image into the proper format
-Windows
-Linux
-[Refrence]
(7zip or Winzip)
This zip is required for the last steps
-splash1.zip
1.Make sure desired splash1.bmp is on desktop
2.Extract nbimg.exe to desktop
3.HOLD SHIFT, right click on desktop and open command prompt
4.Type nbimg.exe,this will give you the options
5.At the top of the command window you will see the path needed to convert
6.Simply just add splash1.bmp to that path(nbimg -F splash1.bmp)
7.Once executed you should see splash1.bmp.nb on your desktop
8.Rename file to splash1.nb0 (thats a zero)
9.Open the splash1.zip/splash.zip and replace the splash1.nb0 file with yours
10.Confirm file was replaced, sign zip if you want (Right click, Sign file)
Now that we have our zip finished,place on root of SD card
Boot into recovery and flash zip
Follow onscreen instructions
Reboot phone as directed
It will start installing,let it do its thing
Once finished you should be back in recovery
Reboot and enjoy your new splash
[*]THANKS
-Calkulin for the model zip
-Deficitism for hboot splash thread
Hello Guys,This is an updated guide for creating an update.zip for your rom.I know that there are a few guides out there but i think my guide is a bit simpler and straight forward.
Step 1:
Download AutoUpdateCreator_V1.1
Step 2:Extract file and click on "CreateUpdateZip.exe"
Step 3: You can either drag your created zip file or press ENTER (If you did not compress your rom yet)
Step 4:Now drag & drop your ROM Folder in the program
**NOTE** Structure of ROM folder should be as follows:
ROM FOLDER(Containing)
---System
---Data
Note: If you get an error it means that your ROM Structure is incorrect!!)
Step 5:Now that everything is done,zip is signed go to GENERATED ZIPS in autoupdatecreator folder.
Step 6:Copy your update-script in your generated zip file at /META-INF/COM/GOOGLE/ANDROID/
(Do NOT replace Update-binary file!)
Other Notes:
(Update Script must be created,there are templates available)
(Editing Update Script with normal windows text editor will cause Status 6 Error)
(Adding an incorrect or non existing file in update-script will also give you a Status 6 Error)
Cheers
Thanx for work.means now i can convert .tar files into zip?and can flash from cell
not working in last cwm
switch to Edify error
Hey man, i guess you can help me. I have a samsung double time and it can't be flashed via odin, my wifi and all connections, except mobile data are not working. So i have the .tar firmware extracted. Is there any way to create an update.zip file from this firmware.
Stavr0s91i said:
Hello Guys,This is an updated guide for creating an update.zip for your rom.I know that there are a few guides out there but i think my guide is a bit simpler and straight forward.
Step 1:
Download AutoUpdateCreator_V1.1
Step 2:Extract file and click on "CreateUpdateZip.exe"
Step 3: You can either drag your created zip file or press ENTER (If you did not compress your rom yet)
Step 4:Now drag & drop your ROM Folder in the program
**NOTE** Structure of ROM folder should be as follows:
ROM FOLDER(Containing)
---System
---Data
Note: If you get an error it means that your ROM Structure is incorrect!!)
Step 5:Now that everything is done,zip is signed go to GENERATED ZIPS in autoupdatecreator folder.
Step 6:Copy your update-script in your generated zip file at /META-INF/COM/GOOGLE/ANDROID/
(Do NOT replace Update-binary file!)
Other Notes:
(Update Script must be created,there are templates available)
(Editing Update Script with normal windows text editor will cause Status 6 Error)
(Adding an incorrect or non existing file in update-script will also give you a Status 6 Error)
Cheers
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Hello.. I'm having issues with boot logo.. Actually i've just flashed Legoice 4.2.2 ROM... in my device and the problem im facing that i get two boot logos. As i power on my phone.. Note 3 boot logo comes on my phones screen which was of my last rom then there comes a samsung galaxy s4 logo.. After that boot animation starts.. I just want to know how to remove the first boot logo which was of my previous ROM. Help will be appreciated.
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Hello.. I'm having issues with boot logo.. Actually i've just flashed Legoice 4.2.2 ROM... in my device and the problem im facing that i get two boot logos. As i power on my phone.. Note 3 boot logo comes on my phones screen which was of my last rom then there comes a samsung galaxy s4 logo.. After that boot animation starts.. I just want to know how to remove the first boot logo which was of my previous ROM. Help will be appreciated.
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easiest way:
just flash new boot logo use search in xda.
examplehttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2637243
[MMX A110] Change boot logo + boot animation + shutdown animation
First things first...
This is not solely my work....
Thanks to balamu96m for boot logo guide
Here is how MMX A110 [In fact most MTK devices] has their boot images arranged.
--> MMX A110 [MediaTek] android has three boot screens.
1) --1st one is just an image and it is present in logo.bin. [You can get it in downloaded MMX A110 Stock ROM zip file]
2) --The second screen is also an image named boot_logo. [You can get it in /system/media/images ]
3) --The third one is the boot animation. It is present in /system/media/ folder and it is of the same type of all android devices.
So we can summaries that boot imaging goes like this:
Power on device -> logo.bin -> boot_logo -> bootanimation.zip
Now, here is the guide to mod the boot images:
First of all you'll need following tools to perform the mod. Please download them.
LogoBuilder_v1.2.zip ( Here is the original Logo_Builder Thread to get the latest version. Now Logo_Builder supports boot_logo editing )
Image_Search_Editor.zip
Gif2BootAnimation.zip [If you want your own animation]
1) Changing the First image - logo.bin
1. Extract LogoBuilder_v1.1.zip .It'll give you a folder named "LogoBuilder"
2. Exicute LogoBuilder.exe (Just double click it)
3. Click "Create new Project" and locate your "logo.bin" file. [Which you've got from stock ROM zip file]
4. Select "logoproject" (present inside the LogoBuilder folder) as project folder.
5. Set the logo image size to 480x854
6. Now it will extract the images from the logo.bin file. [ In between if any error message appears just CLICK ignore....for all the image..there will be some 16 images ]
7. Go to logoproject folder, you'll see the default boot logo image will be present there. Just replace it with your new boot image [The image name should be " img1.png "]
8. Click Make
Troubleshoot: [If make button is grayed out just close the program and re open it, click "open existing project" and select logoproject as the project folder. Click make.
Done!
2) Changing the Second image - boot_logo
There are two methods to do that.
The easy one: (A Big Thanks to Kadan)
1. Get a copy of boot_logo from /system/media/images to your computer.
2. Find the latest version of LogoBuilder program
3. Unzip it....Run it ..... the rest is self explanatory.( tool is real easy to use )
OLD method (If nothing works try this.. ):
Get a copy of boot_logo from /system/media/images to your computer. Rename it to boot_logo.bin
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1.Extract Image_Search_Editor.zip to a folder.
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Now open Image Search Editor.exe
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Select the file, boot_logo.bin to open.
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Now select 16 colors from the left side panel.
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Now click on the BMP button on the toolbar on the top.
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Now resize the image by clicking : Size --> 'Set Window Size'
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Now resize the image to that of your phone's screen size/resolution (MMX A110 : 480x854)
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Now you should see the full default boot logo image appearing in the editor.
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Now, in Image Search Editor, select: Edit-->Replace by BMP. Select the bmp image that you saved.
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Now click Apply
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Then, go to File-->Save as BIN. Save it.
Rename the newly saved .bin file to boot_logo.
Voila !!! The second screen is also changed !!!
So now you have with you a new logo.bin and boot_logo files.
3) Changing the Third image - bootanimation.zip
1) just download any boot animation you want OR you can create your own animation using Gif2BootAnimation.zip tool (Thanks to KADAN), which should have 480x854 resolution. Rename the zip file to bootanimation.zip (if it is not already named the same).
2) Create another copy of the bootanimatin.zip and rename it to shutanimation.zip
Now you have following 4 files with you:
logo.bin
boot-logo
bootanimatin.zip
shutanimation.zip
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Creating a flash-able zip
1. Download update_boot_images.zip file.
2. Open it in winrar and replace the alerady present files with the new ones that you've just created.
3. Copy it to your SD Card
4. Reboot to CWMR
5) Choose "install zip from sdcard" option
6) Select "choose zip from sdcard"
7) select update_boot_images.zip file
8) Reboot. Done!
IF you have any problem doing this just post it here.
I'll try my level best to resolve them.
Hit thanks if you're being helped !
How To Change Boot Logo
This guide shows how to change the boot logo, not the boot animation.
Boot logo is the logo that is shown before the animation.just like our "canvas".
Tools required:
1) Logo Builder - here
2) Stock logo.bin -Get the file from your device (/dev/logo)
3) Required boot logo files, in png format
4)Some Brain.
Once you have the required files, extract Logo Builder
Rename the file from your device (logo) to logo.bin.
1) Open LogoBuilder.exe
2) Click Create New Project
3) Select the logo.bin file you extracted from the device
4) Make a new folder for the project, any name will work
5) Select the folder and click on OK
You will see a progress bar running down. After finishing, you will get a whole bunch of images in the above selected folder
NOW
1) Open the folder containing all the images
2) Make a note of the sizes of img1.png and img39.png
The desired boot logo file must be a png file having resolution same as that of img1.png
3) Delete only img1.png and img39.png
4) Rename the desired boot logo file to img1.png and paste it in the folder
5) Make a copy of img1.png and rename it to img39.png
6) Click on Make button
In the selected folder, you'll get a file named update.zip
Flash that file using cwm and enjoy the new boot logo
CREDITS
@ankadnikov
@SaketJoshi
Helper @tech mashido
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY BRICK DEVICE,DO IT ON YOUR OWN RISK
Thank u
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Hey, today in this post I've discussed on the topic
"How to unpack/repack img without PC or android tools (android tool is a little complicated and sometimes doesn't works)."
So let's get started
First of all download & install 'android image studio'
1: open it and click on repack/unpack
2: select the port ROMs boot or recovery img.
3: we get two folders
a.) Split_img --->> contains kernal zimage.
b.) Ramdisk----> contains init.rc recovery. Fstab etc..
4: to delete any file long press on it and click delete
5: to import any file click on import button in right panel & select the file
6: after making desired changes. Repack the img using repack button
7: a file will be created with the name image-new.img
8: export this file using export button and select the desired location.
Congratulations you have just ported an img without PC easily.
Link for the tool: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.redlee90.imagekitchenforandroid
Link to my video toitorial for better understanding on this:
If you liked it just PRESS the THANKS button
I need more help, trying to open a .IMG boot file for Samsung s5, it gives the "No Image Supplied" error
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Using AIS. Trying to port custom recovery but first thing I've tried is to just unpack and repack stock recovery. When repacking output of AIS is new IMG and new ramdisk. New IMG is smaller than original but from what I've read this should be okay. Flashed new IMG and attempted reboot recovery and all I got was black screen. Flashed stock recovery and it booted recovery fine. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. I used AIS to open the new image it created and then kept doing file/folder comparisons on the output. I narrowed down the difference being recovery.img-ramdisk.cpio. But when I unpack with cpio the contents of the archive are the same. Additionally, I repacked the contents with cpio but it still comes up as not matching the original recovery.img-ramdisk.cpio. My device can and does make replacement recovery images using applypatch with bonus files and boot img. Any help greatly appreciated!