I've been reading through the XDA forums for days on various splash screen solutions. So far, not one of them will work on the P509 Optimus T.
When the P509 is powered up, you get 3 startup images.
#1 - LG Logo - SPLASH.IMG file
#2 - Animated T-Mobile "Stick Together" magenta/white splash screen (THIS MUST DIE)
#3 - Android boot animation (located in /system/bin/bootanimation in t-mobile 2.2.2 V10S firmware)
I am aware of the bootanimation.zip in /system/media/. This is NOT the issue I am referring to, and does not apply to my desired results.
Again - I have read nearly ALL of the other threads on this problem - they do not apply. There is NO fastboot or hboot menu option on this phone like the HTC or samsung, and as far as i can tell there is no "Splash1" partition either.
What I am trying to do is replace the animated T-Mobile splash screen with my own.
I know the boot animation is most likely the initlogo.rle file, or related to it. It gets dropped into the root of the phone at boot and disappears every time the phone is turned off. If I try and manually place my own there, it gets overwritten.
I'm assuming it hides in the boot.img file in the firmware somewhere. What I -DONT- know is how do I rip that damned file apart, replace the animation with my own, and then put it back together again. I have seen a LOT of people ask on various forums about the various LG Optimus models; and they have all been pointed to information that does not apply to these phones.
I know that many other firmware developers have embedded their own splash image in their roms and this will over-write the T-mobile magenta monstrosity. Unfortunately, I have ZERO need or intent on flashing a new ROM. I am happy with my stripped and tweaked stock rom and franco kernel.
Oddly, the SPLASH.IMG file is a RED lg logo, but it's hidden by a Silver LG logo that I assume is hardcoded into the phone somewhere, so the only time you see it is on boot to CWM recovery for 1/2 second or less.
I have managed to decompile my stock KDZ firmware file, and then decrypt the resulting DZ file down to the *.mbn files and the Boot.img, recovery.img, and splash.img files if they are useable for anyone interested in screwing with an old 2.2.2 stock. >.<
Is there anyone that CAN do this, or at least help me figure out how to go about doing it myself?
There is a post on this. U have to recompile the boot.img I thinl
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As far as I know, changing the the splash screen can not be changed or altered in any form but I'm sure it can be done, unfortunately there isn't much talk about that sort of thing, give me a few days and I'll look into it, I gotta do research
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Jrhodes85 said:
As far as I know, changing the the splash screen can not be changed or altered in any form but I'm sure it can be done, unfortunately there isn't much talk about that sort of thing, give me a few days and I'll look into it, I gotta do research
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Download the kitchen, put your ROM in the right folder, go to advanced tools in the kitchen, choose extract boot.img
There is a post about this by ciaox / Bytecode
Good luck
I was unable to find the ciaox/Bytecode post.
But the splash screen and sound bothered me,
so some exploring lead to the following ...
You can replace the annoying jingle:
/system/sounds/lgeSounds/Startup.mp3
The T-Mobile "Stick Together" screen are the 8 open*.rle files in /bootimages
You can use pratyush.creed's boot logo editor to generate replacement files
forum dot xda-developers dot com/showthread. php?t=1383396
www dot mediafire dot com/?pyebp4b7ymkcnjd
(sorry, not allowed to post links yet)
For the shutdown splash and sound, you will need to decompile,
replace the images and sounds then rebuild /system/app/PowerOff.apk
Cheers.
me too having the same problem...
Bytecode's thread
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Hi guys, has anyone figured out how to change the splash image of the streak 5? i am referring to the dell logo(or the 02/softbank logo) before the android boot animation begins.
I know that HTC phones have their splash image stored in the 'splash1' partition. However this partition doesn't to be to exist on the streak or is named something else. Perhaps someone here has a clue?
Dell Streak 5 partition map -xda wiki
There is a partition named splash, it's also the only partition that I dont know the contents of.
BUT, pkgs can change the splash without ever touching that partition. I'm inclined to say that the splash partition is a red herring and that on the s5 it's stored directly in the bootloaders.
Thanks for the enlightenment, I am aware that PKGs can change the splash screen but also couldn't figure our why. Perhaps I will spend more time researching it.
Chrisrotolo looked into to some of this before giving up, he might have some tidbits but i'm pretty sure overall it's far too risky for the reward.
We can change the image
After splash before bootanim
Its init.rle file
Which is included in kernel
ther's rle to raw converter and again to rle
Try
fards got the closest I believe, it involved a framebuffer image.
I did flash an SoftBank ROM to mess around, and it looks like there are actually 2 of these splash screens, 1 is only seen occassionally, but it is the same Dell logo.
General Tip about splash screens: usually difficult and dangerous, not quite worth bricking a device.
and with that being said off I go to see if I can rebuild a Kernel for GTAB7+ just for splash screen .....
Check this link
this should help.
http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/28946-change-boot-splash-screen/
Is there a link to explain how to delete or change the stock start up pink screen on the T959 Vibrant? I hate it.
Root the phone then put download Rom Manager and titanium backup. The download a custom rom and flash that....... you will never see the pink screen again.
You need to read more, alot more.........
WHAT ????
ya ya ya done all that , done all the reading, done a lot of roms, done a lot of rooting ........
your assumption is "all" rom make new boot screens I guess?????
guess not. go load Project_V & see what I'm talking about.
i'm looking for answers, not rebukes.
Never been on Project V and i dont even remember stock but theres 3 startup images usually ~Bootloader,kernel,bootanimation. I doubt its bootloader
If its Bootanimation is located in /system/media/bootanimation.zip just swap for something else or put "debug.sf.nobootanimation=1" in build.prop for no boot animation at all
Or it might be the kernel boot picture, change kernels since i dunno where kernel image is stored, Bullet is good
Root rom boot animation.
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replace the boot animation. and delete the shutdown animation. thats what i did. im currently on project v.
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has anyone successfully done this? i have a rooted fascinate running aokp milestone 4. i have read all the forums and have studied for hours. i finally got the nerve to try it....and....brick. lol i tried using heimdall. installed the drivers properly, opened the program, flashed the hacked param.lfs, program ran, phone booted into a blank screen for about 25 sec then went into recovery. tried wiping and restoring but right back to recovery i went. lol . had to odin to stock and build back up.
was just wondering if someone got this to work and could maybe give me a clue of what i may have done wrong..thanx.
Are you just wanting to replace the boot animation? In the case of AOPK, this would be the Unicorn animation. I do this all the time, directly from the phone. I use ES Explorer, although Root Explorer or an equivalent should work just as well. You'll need to go to /System/Media and delete the pre-exisiting bootanimation.zip. You can then replace this file with your preferred boot animation and be good to go. You can also move the old bootanimation.zip to your SD card before replacing it, allowing for easy recovery if you decide you want it back. You can also place your preferred boot animation in /data/local and supposedly a re-flash won't overwrite the boot animation. I haven't done this, as I prefer to see what animation is included in the ROM, then change it out if I wish. I'm sure there's other ways to accomplish this, but this procedure is quite simple. My preference at the moment is the rockets animation from makelegs' CM7 Kang, but there are lots available for download. Or, you can make your own if you are so inclined. I have a folder on my SD card that has a half-dozen boot animations in it, allowing me to choose which one I'd like to use.
If you need to download ES Explorer, there are a few options you'll need to enable to be able to manipulate the local filesystem. They are "Root Explorer" and "Mount File System" I think it goes without saying, but you'll need to grant ES Explorer with root permissions when prompted.
WARNING: If modifying your file system like this, BE CAREFUL what you delete. Delete the wrong file, and you could be starting over. I am not responsible for you bricking your phone.
I believe bdogg is referring to the boot splash screen. If you are following the directions that I think you are, I have not yet been successful at getting it to work yet either . If you figure it out let me know.
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It is quite possible that I misunderstood which screen it was he was wanting to change. On my phone, all I get during the boot sequence is the black & white "Samsung" screen twice (once when the phone first powers on, and then it flashes quickly and reappears for what I assume is the Glitch kernel), and then the AOKP Unicorn boot animation. Once the Unicorn boot animation finishes, I get the unlock screen, at which point I consider the boot process finished. To my knowledge, you can't change the B&W Samsung screen. I could very much be wrong here, I've just never seen anything stating differently. The Glitch "logo" is set in the kernel, although I'm guessing if you edit the right thing in the .zip before you flash it that could be changed. It's not something I care to attempt, it's not on screen long enough for me to really care, and I have no preference to go messing around in the kernel. That leaves the Unicorn boot animation, which I know can be quite easily changed out to whatever different boot animation you prefer.
I'm currently running AOKP Build 28 with Glitch 14 B6.
EDIT: After a quick Google search, it appears I am wrong and that it is possible to edit the default "Samsung" screen. I didn't fully read up on the process, as I don't care to do it myself, but I did glean enough to know that I probably posted instructions here to something that you already knew, and that didn't help you one bit. I'll do better next time.
Yes, we are talking about the initial samsung logo. It is fun to change it to other things i admit. I only was able to do it per the instructions on the gb roms. I thought I saw new ones for ics but can't remember where I saw them.
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Hey guys, wanted to share a couple changes I made to my evolte. These both worked for me, running Char 5.0. I take no credit for these. Credit for the boot animation goes to mattmanwrx. Credit for the splash screens goes to Stoney666.
First one is the nexus 7 boot animation, resized for the one x. I figured it was basically the same phone as ours, so I gave it a shot. I recommend backing up your old boot animation (changing the name of it works for me), then once installing (using recovery) the zip should ask what phone you are on.
Before that was part of the zip, I installed the old zip, but still had to rename the animation zip to hTC_boot up_one.zip, it didn't install with the same name so it didn't overwrite the original animation zip. Hopefully you can avoid that minor hiccup with the new zip mattmanwrx created. I'm just not sure if everyone's boot animations are in the same spot, so heads up.
I think he might have a galaxy nexus animation floating around on his site as well. I obviously haven't tried that one of it is there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=141
Splash screen
Stoney666 is making some pretty nice splash screens. This installed using his instructions flawlessly. He's got quite a few to choose from, plus is willing to make some custom ones as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28128663
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You can now have your own custom boot splash. (You must be S-Off!)
(This is the first picture you see when you boot up your device, before the boot animation starts. The one you also see before booting into recovery.)
How to do it:
Upload a picture to the boot splash generator, (Preferably 480x800.)
It generates and downloads a flashable .zip file,
Flash the resulting .zip file in recovery.
Disclaimer:
You have unlocked and rooted your device, flashed custom recoveries, and turned it S-Off, so by now you should know that you have nobody to blame but yourself.
Anyway: This tool is provided as is, with no warranty whatsoever.
Some context:
I had already done this for the One-S Ville and Ville C2. See this thread. (Don't flash the zips posted there on your Desire X!) I own the One S, and mapped out the partitions, and found out that we could change the splash on certain hboot versions while still S-On. When we got S-Off, all hboots could flash a custom splash.
Later I added support for the One M7, and now added support for the Desire X as well.
Thanks to @SecUpwN for identifying the splash partition (this links to how it was done) and for putting his device at risk for testing. I do not own this device myself, so @SecUpwN carried out the research and tested my first flashable .zip and later the php generator. These were all opportunities to destroy the device. As I understand, it isn't even his own device but his girlfriend's which makes it even more dangerous. (But then, I guess he deserves to be the one to take the risk, as it was his idea to add Desire X support in the first place... )
Luckily it all went smoothly, so no device had to be destroyed in the process.
How it works:
On the Desire X, partition 19 (/dev/block/mmcblk0p19) contains the boot splash.
The first 750kB, 768000 bytes (480 x 800 x 2), are raw RGB565 bitmap data.
On boot, this data gets copied into the frame buffer. We can put anything in there.
The boot splash generator resizes your image to 480x800 and then converts it to raw 16 bit RGB data.
It then puts the result into a recovery-flashable .zip file. When run on the phone in recovery, it unpacks the raw image file and copies it into partition 19.
Note: /!\ I have never been able to test this myself, since I don't own the device. At time of posting I have only one confirmation, even tho it comes from @SecUpwN who personally did the research and testing. It would still be nice to see a few confirmations.
Edit: We now have a couple more confirmations. Thanks for that.
Back to stock
The attached .zip is recovery flashable. It contains the stock boot splash. (I took the image from an extracted RUU, turned it into a .bmp and ran that through the generator.) So if you ever want the stock splash back, you can flash this. Running a RUU will also flash the stock splash back.
Enjoy!
If you create any cool splashes, that others might like, post them with a pictures and zips.
-Jobo
I may do something with this. Or not.
Grabbing post number three: THANK YOU for your dedication and heart blood to developing your online generator, @touch of jobo! I hereby confirm that my girlfriend is now a happy user of a modded boot splash with a picture of us two.
All research has been carried out carefully and as thorough as possible. If you closely follow the steps mentiuoned in the OP, nothing can go wrong - although we provide no guarantee whatsoever and are not liable for anything you do to your phone. But rest assured: I love modding and hacking - it was a pleasure to contribute to the work of Mr. jobo.
Flash away and post your fanciest boot splash ZIPs! Oh and hey, don't forget to press "thanks". ENJOY!
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Ghost
Hello~everybody
Well,I made one in yesterday~
Hope you guys like it!!
First,this photo is the Japanese Animation callatema Inverted Japanese name:サカサマのパテマ
I like PATEMA very very much><
She is so cute........
Full size image:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2781797&stc=1&d=1401965962
Approximate location:
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My Boot Splash
Flash .zip file in recovery.
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