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Hey all,
I think it would be a good idea to have a one stop shop for people to get splash screens. It's something that's easy to add to your phone when it's done up but it's not always so easy for people to make them up with all the kitchens.
any way I'll try and start it off with a splash screen I made a while back and finally got around to putting on my phone if anyone wants it.
It's a simple one, but I think it fits in great with the Wizard Mobile Theme Though
I created the first one a while ago(with nothin's background from core kitchen 4.0 as a backdrop). I still have the layered pngs so I'm sure I'll end up swapping out some different backgrounds that I create or find(and uploading the merlin pngs if anyone wants em).
Let me know if I'm posting something that's already been done.
Update: Ive added an xp themed version now. I'll leave both on here if you like the version with nothin's crossbow background better
Each zip file contains an nk.nbf file to flash with the rom upgrade utility of your choice and a cab file to install the 3rd splash(welcome) screen
Just an FYI, but the 3rd splash screen (welcomehead.96..png) should be 320x320 (your's appears to be 240x320) so that it will work properly in Landscape mode. Main graphics should be in the 240x320 area, but it won't look right if you happen to be in Landscape (keyboard open) when you reboot.
mfrazzz said:
Just an FYI, but the 3rd splash screen (welcomehead.96..png) should be 320x320 (your's appears to be 240x320) so that it will work properly in Landscape mode. Main graphics should be in the 240x320 area, but it won't look right if you happen to be in Landscape (keyboard open) when you reboot.
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Thanks mfrazz, I didnt realize that. Ill change the third splash screen a little later tonight, and will post when I do. Feel free to post any splash screens you've made as well
Ok I padded the third splash screen so it doesn't show a black bar in landscape mode and updated the original post with it.
Does any one have any splash screens they have done or any that they would like to see?
btw....why you used my old xplore splashes without permission....:S
they are there - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=304876&highlight=xplore
my original one(3rd splash, "crossbow" was second one):
nevermind...though.
nothin said:
btw....why you used my old xplore splashes without permission....:S
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Recently, I edited the original post hoping to turn it from a question to a discussion, and in doing so I left out where I got the "crossbow" background. I got the BMP from the Core Kitchen 4.0 release, I then created a layered png out of it(only b/c they were the only 24 bit bitmaps I had on hand) for each merlin screen(only using your image as the backdrop). If you want me to remove your background as i stated originally that i planned on doing anyway when i update, i will.
My original post was to ask if we had a repository, and i had said i came up with these by adding merlin to the spash screen images included in the core kitchen. that's why the post said "Like I Said" although what i said isn't there anymore
Although, if the images where included in a kitchen to use freely, why would I need your permission to use them :|
no ouches required.... i re edited the original post to state that the background image came from the core kitchen.. why not link directly to your post with the splash screens here so others can get some use of them from here(although a link to the post is probably sufficient)/ thanks for your input to the "community"....
all right.
Ok I added a new version of the Merlin Splash Screen to my original post. This version uses a bit more color and is a little bigger but still flashes fine and looks good.
nothin i also left the version with your background attached for people who want the gray version, but I noted you in the file name of it. If you want me to remove it alltogether let me know
Here's a pic of the new version
Merlin XP
Im going to make a vista one soon too. Let me know what you think or if you have any cool splash screens feel free to post them.
Has anyone ever made an app to swap the third splash screen each time the device boots? That might be a fun tool to have
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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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?
I am attempting to build an Ubuntu like boot screen for my phone with the default Ubuntu logon sound.
However in my failed attempts to do this, I have ruined/misplaced my original Sprint.Gif and boot.mp3.
Could one of you please email me a copy of your Sprint.gif and Boot.mp3. You can adb shell in to /system/media/bootscreen and cp them to you sd card.
You can email them to me kcarpenter five two eight AT gmail.com
Thanks a million in advance!
You could also grab the boot screens from the fresh pre kitchen. he has 5 other s screen as well as the original Sprint in there
I am on a linux machine right now, wouldn't run.
Kcarpenter said:
I am on a linux machine right now, wouldn't run.
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Does not need to, the files are all in folders, the proggie is just a simple .exe to access them. Just unzip and you will have all you need.
Doesnt have to, the files are included. Just get them from the folder.
Kcarpenter said:
I am attempting to build an Ubuntu like boot screen for my phone with the default Ubuntu logon sound.
However in my failed attempts to do this, I have ruined/misplaced my original Sprint.Gif and boot.mp3.
Could one of you please email me a copy of your Sprint.gif and Boot.mp3. You can adb shell in to /system/media/bootscreen and cp them to you sd card.
You can email them to me kcarpenter five two eight AT gmail.com
Thanks a million in advance!
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Email Sent.
Ahhhhh, thank you gents for the enlightenment. On with my screw ups. Any of you know if these gifs have certain requirements? Like can only have x ammount of colors? When I put my GIFs in, its like a broken video card - all staicy and pixelated can't even tell what the image is.
There may be code that specifies the height and width..
Did you match your size with the file you replaced?
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There may be code that specifies the height and width..
Did you match your size with the file you replaced?
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Yes sir, 320 x 480 on the sprint logo. The XML file has some numbers but I have no clue what they are refering to.
ScreenX = 100
ScreenY = 130
Noj you seem to be the art guy, any ideas?
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Yes sir, 320 x 480 on the sprint logo. The XML file has some numbers but I have no clue what they are refering to.
ScreenX = 100
ScreenY = 130
Noj you seem to be the art guy, any ideas?
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I may be incorrect about this but if you compare those numbers to actual screen size that seems very close to the size of the animation.
@ WTPhoto, the HTC and HERO images are 300 x 120 the Sprint image is 320 x 480 - I replaced the Sprint.gif with this one.
If someone has any clue what I am doing wrong here let me know.
I have another thread going about that specific problem in the Apps/Themes sub forum.
I am making a new boot screen for my self that mimics an Ubuntu one. Problem I have, is durring the animation, as far as I can tell frame 2...crap hits the fan. The image distorts in a funny pixelated way. Not sure how to describe it other than an explosion of random colored pixels. Well not so random colored, they are the colors that are in the image.
So I guess my question is, are there certain ways the GIF needs to be formated? Color restrictions? Frame restriction? In all the image is 32 kb so its not huge. I have it formated is a Animated Gif WebSnap 128 - There is no transparency.
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Ok so uploading the image to the thread didn't keep the animation - promise its not just a black picture lol
Kcarpenter said:
@ WTPhoto, the HTC and HERO images are 300 x 120 the Sprint image is 320 x 480 - I replaced the Sprint.gif with this one.
If someone has any clue what I am doing wrong here let me know.
I have another thread going about that specific problem in the Apps/Themes sub forum.
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Ok so uploading the image to the thread didn't keep the animation - promise its not just a black picture lol
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lol like I said I I could be wrong. I dont know ANYTHING about GIF's never had any desire to mess with them until now. I am however pretty happy with the horizontal nexus one bootscreen just added the "fresh" sound to it.
be intresting to see if you can get this going.
This is what the boot actually looks like...screen-o-garbage
Just another thing that stops me from putting my ROM out there, I don't want to have to fix this crap lol.
Kcarpenter said:
Yes sir, 320 x 480 on the sprint logo. The XML file has some numbers but I have no clue what they are refering to.
ScreenX = 100
ScreenY = 130
Noj you seem to be the art guy, any ideas?
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Kcarpenter said:
This is what the boot actually looks like...screen-o-garbage
Just another thing that stops me from putting my ROM out there, I don't want to have to fix this crap lol.
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hmmm, I needed to look into bootscreens anyway, lol
got a request for one
1st guess is the x and y are either screen position coordinates or a timer for each image.
Can you setup a dl for your file, pm it to me?
I can make a animated gif from scratch if I need to
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hmmm, I needed to look into bootscreens anyway, lol
got a request for one
1st guess is the x and y are either screen position coordinates or a timer for each image.
Can you setup a dl for your file, pm it to me?
I can make a animated gif from scratch if I need to
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Yeah, Ill PM . Right now we are snowed in at my In-laws house, it will be a day or two before we dig out.
Here is the gif if you want to take a look at it. I had to zip it, if you upload a gif the site turns it to a jpeg.
Forgot to post the zip.
While making a bootanimation, i found this issue - The phone is elongating it diagonally on its own.
The first image shows how it is intended to be, the other one shows a diagonally stretched one that the phone shows.
Please give it a thought, the images inside the bootanimation are JPEG. No matter what i do, its the same. I will be trying the same in PNG soon.
EDIT: Tried with PNG, same resuts.
I've added the zip fie
will post a new one...
I will post another zip, and check if it works.
should it loop or what?
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try this one: View attachment eagames_resize.zip
I found a nice animated gif on reddit that I thought would make a cool fullscreen boot animation for the N5.
So, I contacted the guy who made the gif, and asked him to make some 1920 resolution individual frames for it.
Today I got a reply from him with an album of all the individual frames re-rendered in high 1920 resolution.
Here it is: http://imgur.com/gallery/ALyzv
can someone please take these frames (there is also a gif on the front of the album for reference of what it looks like animated), crop them if needed, and make them into a nice smooth boot animation zip please?
I know how to copy it in and do the permissions manually, I just need the zip file with the right frame timing etc
The guy responsible for the frames/render asked me to link his tumblr as credit: http://admiralpotato.tumblr.com/
Thanks XDA
Try this one first, if it doesn't work, give this one a shot. the first one I set the FPS to 0 in hopes that it would just run through it smoothly. The second, the FPS is set to 30.
BrianAllred said:
Try this one first, if it doesn't work, give this one a shot. the first one I set the FPS to 0 in hopes that it would just run through it smoothly. The second, the FPS is set to 30.
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Thanks, that's a great start, however the framerate really isn't working properly.
The first ~5? seconds of the boot it will stutter along at, I dunno, 2-3 FPS, after that it becomes smooth as it's supposed to be. Same case with both files.
More specifically: the first time it plays through the files (24 frames) it goes really slowly, as though it's loading each one one by one very unsmoothly. After that the animation is smooth. Any way to fix this?
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Thanks, that's a great start, however the framerate really isn't working properly.
The first ~5? seconds of the boot it will stutter along at, I dunno, 2-3 FPS, after that it becomes smooth as it's supposed to be. Same case with both files.
More specifically: the first time it plays through the files (24 frames) it goes really slowly, as though it's loading each one one by one very unsmoothly. After that the animation is smooth. Any way to fix this?
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It might be because of the high file size of each frame. Let me see if I can do anything about that.
Since the images really take up all 1080x1920 pixels, it's hard to get the file size down. This is pretty much the best I could get.
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It might be because of the high file size of each frame. Let me see if I can do anything about that.
Since the images really take up all 1080x1920 pixels, it's hard to get the file size down. This is pretty much the best I could get.
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I brought the animation size down to ~3.3MB and there still seems to be a rough beginning, but I think the animation looks great regardless. Get it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49106124
overhauling said:
I brought the animation size down to ~3.3MB and there still seems to be a rough beginning, but I think the animation looks great regardless. Get it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49106124
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that's great, almost perfect, except the aspect ratio is all squished and wierd on yours. can you use the image frames from the first reply in this thread so it's not squidged? thanks, this is gonna be a real nice boot anim i think
DryEagle said:
that's great, almost perfect, except the aspect ratio is all squished and wierd on yours. can you use the image frames from the first reply in this thread so it's not squidged? thanks, this is gonna be a real nice boot anim i think
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I already made an animation that's scaled properly, I'm not home right now and it's in my laptop so I'll post it later on today. I didn't use the images in the first animation, instead I cropped the images in half and used the left side of the image. It still looks great.
overhauling said:
I already made an animation that's scaled properly, I'm not home right now and it's in my laptop so I'll post it later on today. I didn't use the images in the first animation, instead I cropped the images in half and used the left side of the image. It still looks great.
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whenever you're ready then
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whenever you're ready then
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Try the attached one, it's even smaller.
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Try the attached one, it's even smaller.
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great job, the filesize is very impress, but... seems there was a problem when you were doing batch crop on the images, because they're all completely off-centre... getting so close to perfect, i know you can do it!
DryEagle said:
I found a nice animated gif on reddit that I thought would make a cool fullscreen boot animation for the N5.
So, I contacted the guy who made the gif, and asked him to make some 1920 resolution individual frames for it.
Today I got a reply from him with an album of all the individual frames re-rendered in high 1920 resolution.
Here it is: http://imgur.com/gallery/ALyzv
can someone please take these frames (there is also a gif on the front of the album for reference of what it looks like animated), crop them if needed, and make them into a nice smooth boot animation zip please?
I know how to copy it in and do the permissions manually, I just need the zip file with the right frame timing etc
The guy responsible for the frames/render asked me to link his tumblr as credit: http://admiralpotato.tumblr.com/
Thanks XDA
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53563814&postcount=1
See if that works.