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During my quest to get rid of german software and get normal english, i have flashed my system like a million times,
then i got an 02 boot image
then a I-mate
then t-mobile
so its possible to change this image to your willing i guess
anyonen figured out what cab file in extended rom holds this image
maybe we can raw hack it
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if you got an imate
its
Default_Imate.CAB
there are 2 files
0Splash1.005
0Splash2.004
if you run this cab, it will only edit the boot screens, so it turns into i-mate
i dont know how to edit these 2 files yet
they arent any format i know
hexedit read doesnt discover anything
any help here?
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its a raw format
trying a picture in a bit
got a strange picture now
but he its working great
no hard reset needed or anything
still need to get the format right!
then we can all change our boot screen
When it extracts, it creates a files with a .nb extension i believe. I ran the CAB just for fun and cancelled it halfway through. Upon soft reboot, the top part of the "i-mate" logo was missing (as if just cut horizontally). Re-ran the cab, this time it worked fine.
Are these similar to the screens on the original XDA?
ladies and gentleman
You can now change your bootimages to your liking
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This prehistoric way will change
the boot pictures of your xda2
But it works
boot sequence has 2 pictures
1 will be at startup
and the next wil follow after 2 seconds
so you can make something nice
I included 2 working images, so you can test it you like.
Its supposed to be jennifer lopez and second image is matrix revolutions
step by step
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1. open a drawing program and maken 2 pictures
make sure they are saved in 320 height and 240
width. save them as normal BMP or JPG as you like
name them Splash1 and Splash2
2. acdsee 6.0 is required and easiest for this
open it and convert the pictures to
RSB RED STORM FILE FORMAT
setting for me where : use a specific resolution 64 megapixel
anti aliashing off
3. when its done rename the extensions to .NB
4.copy the cab file on your phone
and copy the Splash1.nb and Splash2.nb
in your windows folder
5.now run the CAB file
done
you can delete the 2 files Splash1.nc and Splash2.nc from your
windows map
basic
but works
**sometimes the image doesnt fit properly, i think the width must be adjusted.
will look into that later
Akira
akira, you are the man!
-arebelspy
Maybe you could have the cab file (at the end of its running) delete Splash1.nc and Splash2.nc for us?
-arebelspy
You can use WinCE CAB Manager (http://www.ocpsoftware.com/) to edit the CAB file to include the nb files.
Bam, I got matrix code as my bootup image.
-arebelspy
i was very tired yesterday and it was getting late, so i finished it quickly so other could try.
that cab thing is good, ill try this weekend to make something more handy
the file displacement is maybe because the file has to be exactly as big as the original. try that this weekend to..
IMO, keep the cab how it is. If you make the .nb files inside the cab, you'd have to download a new cab file every time you wanted to change the image, etc. It'd be a lot harder for people to change the startup images, how it is now works good, if it would just delete the two files for us.
-arebelspy
is your picture on the right place or displaced?
displaced.. that's why i replaced it with matrix code, so you couldn't tell
then again maybe it was how you saved the images that made it displaced? i just hit save and did it as that filetype, didnt bother to check about the 64 megapixel anti aliasing off thing.
-arebelspy
Hello,
I have tryed the method but it didn't work for me.
I builded a rom on yorch.net with pocketpc 2003 en get de xd developer startup screen, when i do what you tell above and i restart my XDA the developerscreen is still there nothing has changed.
Can you help me with this problem i really want to change the startup picture
platte said:
Hello,
I have tryed the method but it didn't work for me.
I builded a rom on yorch.net with pocketpc 2003 en get de xd developer startup screen, when i do what you tell above and i restart my XDA the developerscreen is still there nothing has changed.
Can you help me with this problem i really want to change the startup picture
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I think this program works only on XDA II
xda2 only
So it is not possible to change the startuppic of my xda1
correct
I have the same displacement problem. I'll look into it on the weekend
very nice app so far, thx
my images are also slightly displaced though, maybe 10 pixels to the right
Hey,
does anybody known how to replace the splash screen on the HTC Athena the one that says T Mobile I would like to put one of my own.
Please advice me how to do it.
Thank You
Gigino
You can search in XDA in the section Ultimate.... But I believe it's like this: Via Resco Explorer you can find the file "welcomehead.192.png", it's in the "windows" section. This is the splash screen.
You have to replace it with an other picture that is even big 640 x 480.
Good luck!
welcomehead.192.png readonly
Replacing will be a bit difficult, because it is placed at the ROM.
Well, try to replace it with your next ROM-Update.
...
Have fun.
If you browse or explore unsing activesync/wmdc you can easily replace the welcomehead file even though it is in rom
First Splash screen
The file you said to replace is the green windows mobile splash screen (the 2nd splash screen to display) I'd like to replace the very first picture which on my ameo is the T-mobile one any ideas? I used picture manager to view all the pictures in the windows folder as I can't seem to locate the Windows folder when connected to the PC.
The first splash screen is normaly part of the rom that doesnt show up in the filesystem.
Splash image uploaders have been made for other devices/os's but require technical knowledge of the system.
Its not a file delete/replace or anything.
You will have to wait untill one of the forum gods create a bootsplash uploader for the Athena.
So is there a easy way to replace the "welcomehead.192.png" file then?
/Magnus
alright i've searched and reset till I can't see straight anymore. Is there a way to change the first 2 boot screens on startup,without flashing a new rom? I can change the 3rd by changing the welcomehead.96. image, but all the ones I've tried for the 1st 2 either don't work or freeze my phone on boot screen,resulting in a hard reset ( good thing I have all my cabs on my storage card).would prefer a cab file ,but a rar or zip with some instructions will work. sorry if it's been posted somewhere else already, but I can't find it. thanks in advance
Sorry, there's a good reason your searches came up fruitless... splash screens are embedded in the rom, and just "replacing a file" using file exporer will not change it since it is Read Only. Very often the splash screen is displayed before the OS even has a chance to load the file system.
Basically, you need to learn how to embed images into the rom and re-flash. I'm pretty sure there's no way around this.
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alright i've searched and reset till I can't see straight anymore. Is there a way to change the first 2 boot screens on startup,without flashing a new rom? I can change the 3rd by changing the welcomehead.96. image, but all the ones I've tried for the 1st 2 either don't work or freeze my phone on boot screen,resulting in a hard reset ( good thing I have all my cabs on my storage card).would prefer a cab file ,but a rar or zip with some instructions will work. sorry if it's been posted somewhere else already, but I can't find it. thanks in advance
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You can change the second screen on the Mogul by replacing the SPCS_startup.gif Since this file is a read-only, you'll have to change the attributes using Resco Explorer or some other file manager program (except the built in one). Then you can replace it with any gif or animated gif image and ofcourse have the name the same SPCS_startup.gif. The first boot screen is something that's only done by embeding an image into the ROM and flashing.
ok thats kinda what I thought
well I was afraid of that. really don't know anything about flashing or dumping rom. can I flash just the boot screens like other models,,and where do I find how to do that? my device is qwest with a rom 213. which is different than sprints 209 or 216 . so I,m not sure about getting the rom back if I mess it up. any help would be appreciated . thanx
I am not sure about Qwest either...as I am with Sprint. I don't think there is a download for the Qwest ROM since there hasn't been any udpates to it but you might try looking at PPCGeeks in the ftp://ftp.ppcgeeks.com/titan/users/
you might be able to find the Qwest ROM extracted by IMCOKEMAN.
Also, you can flash the boot screen (1st screen). That nbh file use to be in DCD's folder at PPCGeeks but its not there anymore. I'll have to go home and look to see if I still have it on my home PC.
I've just managed to ahem, persuade Orange UK to sim unlock my Niki 12 weeks early.
The next thing I'd like to do is replace the orange boot splash screen to one of my own.
Maybe with one of R'kids stunning paintings http://www.artworkbysteve.co.uk/
Do I first need to CID unlock my Niki to do this?
Is there any software that is capable of doing this without bricking my phone?
I've done this previously with my wizard, but I'm still a little unsteady on my feet,
I need clear easy to follow step by step newbie instructions if anybody has the time.
Any help greatly appreciated,
Cheers.
Interested too
/Windows/animated.gif
in "animated.zip" there is the original boot splah of htc.
with "Advanced Configuration Tool" (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=317070) is possible to change the default location of startup animation's file.
garsim said:
/Windows/animated.gif
in "animated.zip" there is the original boot splah of htc.
with "Advanced Configuration Tool" (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=317070) is possible to change the default location of startup animation's file.
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Great! tanx
Resaponse
....But can I do this without CID unlock me ole mucker?
garsim said:
/Windows/animated.gif
in "animated.zip" there is the original boot splah of htc.
with "Advanced Configuration Tool" (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=317070) is possible to change the default location of startup animation's file.
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Damn, doesnt work. It always show the orange logo in startup
any idea?
tanx
ariandax said:
any idea?
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nothing
To change the actual boot splash which contains the operator logo and ROM info text you need to flash it! the TD (Niki) has 4 splash screen as follows:
1-Primary Splash (Operator Logo)
2-Secondary Splash again operator logo with the ROM Protocol info at the bottom of screen in red.
3-Splash Gif animation
4-Splash Welcomehead i.e. WM6 splash you get before Today loads.
Splash 3 and 4 can easily be changed as mentioned here. I think what you need is to change Splash 1 and 2 if you want to get rid of the Orange logo however this can only be done through flashing (via customRUU) so you must make sure your TD has HardSPL otherwise you will end up bricking the device if you haven't check this thread:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=355730
At the moment I can only change the 1st Splash but can't seem to change the 2nd splash once I can figure out how, I will post the necessary files here
Here is a thread that shows how change your PrimarySplash screen. You do need to flash it, but its not that hard to do.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=361287
second one is easy to change. Just rename any .png picture to welcomehead.96.png and put in Windows folder on phone, replacing the one that's there. Then soft reset.
Thanks
Cheers fellas, I appreciate your help.
odd problem with Welcomehead 96
Tried overwriting the welcomehead.96 file but it can't be overwritten,
checked the properties of the file and all the options (read only etc) are greyed out?
Copied the file to my hard drive and it cannot be seen, even when I have the show hidden files folder option checked?
I'd hazard a guess that the PNG file is hard coded to the memory chip? so a Rom flash may be needed?
But I still can't work out why the copied PNG on my hard drive would behave the way it is,
maybe just having a thick attack.
I haven't come across this before, can anyone shed some light on it?
martinartois said:
Tried overwriting the welcomehead.96 file but it can't be overwritten,
checked the properties of the file and all the options (read only etc) are greyed out?
Copied the file to my hard drive and it cannot be seen, even when I have the show hidden files folder option checked?
I'd hazard a guess that the PNG file is hard coded to the memory chip? so a Rom flash may be needed?
But I still can't work out why the copied PNG on my hard drive would behave the way it is,
maybe just having a thick attack.
I haven't come across this before, can anyone shed some light on it?
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You can't overwrite files in the windows folder with the built in file explorer use Resco File Explorer or download freeware Total Commander from here: http://www.ghisler.com/pocketpc.htm
Thanks
Cheers gfreek,
I overwrote welcomehead 96 as recommended with Total Commander.
Thanks for your assistance, it's appreciated.
gfreek said:
At the moment I can only change the 1st Splash but can't seem to change the 2nd splash once I can figure out how, I will post the necessary files here
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Here's how I changed both the 1st & 2nd Splash screens on my Wife's Touch Dual:
First create two splash screens (.i.e. PrimarySplash.nb & SecondarySplash.nb) using the methods & tools mentioned in PDAViet site.
1. Use Dark Simpson HTC ROM Tool
2. Select 'Hermes' as device
3. Fill in 'NIKI***' as Model ID (Instead of 'HERM***')
4. Select your Primary & Secondary Splash
5. Create the NBH file
6. Flash with the Touch Dual CustomRUU extracted from Niki Project's ROM.
Cheers!
[email protected] said:
Here's how I changed both the 1st & 2nd Splash screens on my Wife's Touch Dual:
First create two splash screens (.i.e. PrimarySplash.nb & SecondarySplash.nb) using the methods & tools mentioned in PDAViet site.
1. Use Dark Simpson HTC ROM Tool
2. Select 'Hermes' as device
3. Fill in 'NIKI***' as Model ID (Instead of 'HERM***')
4. Select your Primary & Secondary Splash
5. Create the NBH file
6. Flash with the Touch Dual CustomRUU extracted from Niki Project's ROM.
Cheers!
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Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! Followed as per your instruction and finally got both 1&2 splash changed however both splash's are about 10-15 pixel off center to the right, with the bottom part being black:-/ see attached images below;
I can't understand why??? am I missing something? all the splash I've used are QVGA 240x320 so they are the correct size!!
Appreciate your help on this one!
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gfreek said:
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! Followed as per your instruction and finally got both 1&2 splash changed however both splash's are about 10-15 pixel off center to the right, with the bottom part being black:-/ see attached images below;
I can't understand why??? am I missing something? all the splash I've used are QVGA 240x320 so they are the correct size!!
Appreciate your help on this one!
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Update***SOLVED*** Once again thanks [email protected] for pointing me in the right direction however, to create the two splash (.i.e. PrimarySplash.nb & SecondarySplash.nb) using the methods & tools mentioned in PDAViet site and here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=361287 is "NOT COMPATIBLE WITH NIKI" hence the reason I ended up getting corrupted splash screens (see the images in my last post)
The Correct Procedure is as Follows:
1. Make sure you have HardSPL installed if not get it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=355730
2. Create a BMP file in paint, size must be 240x320, save it as BMP 24bit.
3. Get SplashTool from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=334904
4. Load your BMP on nb_image_converter (included in SplashTool's zip) and save it as PrimarySplash do the same load another BMP and this time save as SecondarySplash
5. Open SplashTool.exe and convert both PrimarySplash.nb and SecondarySplash.nb to new format.
6. Use Dark Simpson HTC ROM Tool get it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=311909
7. Select 'Hermes' as device
8. Fill in 'NIKI***' as Model ID (Instead of 'HERM***')
9. Select your Primary & Secondary Splash
10. Create the NBH file
11. Flash with the Touch Dual CustomRUU get it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=356259
Enjoy your new splash screen
Credits to Pof, MadKat, Dark Simpson, Jockyw2001 and Midget_1990!!!!
P.S. For those of you who are getting the vista "COMDLG32.OSX" error when trying to run madkat's NB image converter download and install the attached file and re-run the convertor should work
gfreek said:
Update***SOLVED*** Once again thanks [email protected] for pointing me in the right direction however, to create the two splash (.i.e. PrimarySplash.nb & SecondarySplash.nb) using the methods & tools mentioned in PDAViet site and here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=361287 is "NOT COMPATIBLE WITH NIKI" hence the reason I ended up getting corrupted splash screens (see the images in my last post)
The Correct Procedure is as Follows:
1. Make sure you have HardSPL installed if not get it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=355730
2. Create a BMP file in paint, size must be 240x320, save it as BMP 24bit.
3. Get SplashTool from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=334904
4. Load your BMP on nb_image_converter (included in SplashTool's zip) and save it as PrimarySplash do the same load another BMP and this time save as SecondarySplash
5. Open SplashTool.exe and convert both PrimarySplash.nb and SecondarySplash.nb to new format.
6. Use Dark Simpson HTC ROM Tool get it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=311909
7. Select 'Hermes' as device
8. Fill in 'NIKI***' as Model ID (Instead of 'HERM***')
9. Select your Primary & Secondary Splash
10. Create the NBH file
11. Flash with the Touch Dual CustomRUU get it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=356259
Enjoy your new splash screen
Credits to Pof, MadKat, Dark Simpson, Jockyw2001 and Midget_1990!!!!
P.S. For those of you who are getting the vista "COMDLG32.OSX" error when trying to run madkat's NB image converter download and install the attached file and re-run the convertor should work
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Oh.......Same post for me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=367370
Anyway u faster 30 seconds gfreek
tom_codon said:
Oh.......Same post for me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=367370
Anyway u faster 30 seconds gfreek
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Kudos to you tom!! sorry if I double posted in any case I think yours is a much simpler neater method then the one I've posted here
thanks.
Un Saludo.
was wondering if someone could tell me where to find the nk.nbf from dcd's 2.2.x roms...want to cook up some custom boot screens, but have NO idea where to find it (or get it from). thanks
You need to extract the nbh from the installer (you can use procmon from sysinternals.exe to find out where the installer extracts it).
After that you need to decompile the NBH using various tools, in which will present you with a 00_OS.nb.
After doing that, you need to extract the splash images from other roms, or create your own, then recompile the NBH.
EDIT: wow first post since 2006, you can tell ive been a leech, glad to give back to the community lol...
I was going to post the contents of the readme file that i'm trying to understand...in order for you to see what i'm being told to do, but I really can't decipher it all that well, so i'm going to attach it. This is what I'm being told to do...
Have you looked in to this: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=16939
Yeah I read through that...
Thing is...with dcd's latest roms, the only file you get when you extract his nbh is 00_OS.nb
I have my splash.nb already made from the image i chose, but I'm not sure what to do with 00_OS.nb and splash.nb
Make an NBH from them.
You can use Dutty's NBH Tool patched for the Titan.
Since I can't find the original thread where I got it (took me forever to find in the first place) I uploaded it to fileshex.
Download here
I don't have to name my splash.nb something specific when creating the new nbh? It will just know that it's the splash?
Edit: nevermind, after opening duttys tool it's clear on how it works...thanks
Ahhh..one more question...
Is it possible to just take my splash.nb and make an nbh out of that. Then put it into the RUU and flash just the splash? Or must it be merged with the entire rom and flashed?
I have no idea.. I never did it. I want the original Verizon splash screen back instead of the static Verizon logo.
Try it and let us know if it works.
Can someone upload VZW_Startup.gif from \Windows somewhere I can download it?
I'd appreciate it very much
Confirmed.
Just took splash.nb and created an nbh just including the splash fields. I then inserted it into the RUU, flashed, and worked like a charm, no need to include any other part of the OS or anything.
Looks badass...for any help let me know...now that I know what I'm doing
P.S. It WILL hard reset the phone though upon flashing...
I put all the necessary files in a zip and I'm working on an easy step by step readme...so if anyone wants to change their bootscreen send me a pm.