[Q] any way to change the splash screen? - HTC Amaze 4G

guys can i use the same tool from the sensation to this to change the splash screen?

gypsy214 said:
guys can i use the same tool from the sensation to this to change the splash screen?
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I've looked into the partitions and couldn't find any partitions that were the same. Since the tool probably requires s-off (which we don't have) and would effect a partition not designed for the Amaze, I wouldn't risk it since there is a small chance of corrupting a vital nand. For example if the splash screen partition for the Sensation is the kernel partition for the Amaze you could end up with a device that won't boot. So proceed at your own risk if I were you.

yeah you are right. how about any boot animations from the sensation.
im just asking i have a sensation folder full of crap and wanted to know whats useful before i take the garbage out

gypsy214 said:
yeah you are right. how about any boot animations from the sensation.
im just asking i have a sensation folder full of crap and wanted to know whats useful before i take the garbage out
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Bootanimations should still work since the screen size is the same and it's media related, not partition specific.

Binary100100 said:
I've looked into the partitions and couldn't find any partitions that were the same. Since the tool probably requires s-off (which we don't have) and would effect a partition not designed for the Amaze, I wouldn't risk it since there is a small chance of corrupting a vital nand. For example if the splash screen partition for the Sensation is the kernel partition for the Amaze you could end up with a device that won't boot. So proceed at your own risk if I were you.
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I was wondering this myself, I hate that bright ass HTC splash. Now I know, good thing I searched through the threads first.
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mmcblk0p14(splash) <-- any other way to over-write? anyone know if it is a .img file?

Opentang said:
mmcblk0p14(splash) <-- any other way to over-write? anyone know if it is a .img file?
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Idk if partitions are that different from phone to phone, but on the mt4g it was mmcblk0p19
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[Q] Replacing the Splash Screen

Is there a way to change the splash screen even with S-ON? I can't stand the plain white HTC.
Nope sorry.
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On the thunderbolt it could be done via a fastboot with "fastboot flash splash1 splashimage.img" or something along those lines if I recall correctly....anyone given something like that a try?
PhantomApollyon said:
On the thunderbolt it could be done via a fastboot with "fastboot flash splash1 splashimage.img" or something along those lines if I recall correctly....anyone given something like that a try?
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Yes, that is how it's done. I can't comment on S-On but I haven't been able to get nbimg tool to work on 720x1280 res. No problem when I did my EVO 3D (obviously only 540x960). When I run it, it crashes (makes a splash.bmp.nb, just a little scared to try and flash it since i'm unsure).
can't wait for this either, i want my android pissing on the apple once again. sometimes i turn on my incredible just to see it. lmao
I'm guessing there is an issue with nbimg, where the .bmp has to be smaller than 2MB...
awenthol said:
I'm guessing there is an issue with nbimg, where the .bmp has to be smaller than 2MB...
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If you do get to playing around with it, post up your results, otherwise when I get home tomorrow I'll give manually flashing one a shot
PhantomApollyon said:
If you do get to playing around with it, post up your results, otherwise when I get home tomorrow I'll give manually flashing one a shot
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You ever pull the trigger on this one?
id love to be able to change my splash screen.
will anyone with the know how please make me a splash screen?
andybones said:
will anyone with the know how please make me a splash screen?
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Ooh big bad andy wants a splash screen for his s-off rezound haha I'm just giving you a hard time
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andybones said:
will anyone with the know how please make me a splash screen?
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Me too....
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I tried but got some weird error with the nbimg tool
check out this thread in the developer section.
[S-OFF] Juopunutbear S-OFF - HTC Rezound
andybones said:
will anyone with the know how please make me a splash screen?
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Yo, Andy, looks like with S-OFF you've gone ahead and done it yourself!
Dumped down the innertubes from my Arnova 10 G2
try this out
http://droid.tnet.com/rezsplashgen
Jacrushar said:
try this out
http://droid.tnet.com/rezsplashgen
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Thanks. Not a problem anymore since I got S-OFF.
Sent into the innertubes from my Arnova 10 G2.
with the result of the http://droid.tnet.com/rezsplashgen generator,
do I just rename it and autoflash with hboot, or use the fastboot
command to send it?
Auto flash it with hboot after renaming it.
Via my HTC Rezound

food for thot(possible downgrade?)

happened across this this morning:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1547695
(thanks to jcase on twitter)
value could be a couple different things,to us:
1)downgrade if there was an explolit in older firmware
2)use it to sneek on the signed eng hboot by using that in the third step instead of an s-on ship hboot,then running an RUU with hboot removed to finish recovering the phone
id love to try it,but i dont have a linux machine and my linux skills are basically none
your thots?
whoah! I just read through that whole process and that is some scary stuff right there. But looks like it could be great progress right there!
anothen said:
whoah! I just read through that whole process and that is some scary stuff right there. But looks like it could be great progress right there!
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Yeah, I am looking forward to Revolutionary or someone to make it a one click routine. That would be nice.
Interesting. If I were to guess, I would say that HBOOT unlocks something in order to prep for a flash of a PH98IMG.zip ... when you intentionally brick the phone by messing with the flashable file you've left it in an unlocked state, which you can take advantage of after rebooting by directly copying to the raw partition a bootable image. Obviously some knowledge of the underlying phone hardware is needed in order to find, modify, or build from scratch this bootable image and finding the proper partition into which it needs to be copied -- the directions in the linked thread are for a different phone and different code and probably different partition names would be required.
This may not even work on the Rezound.
And, I should add, the potential to permanently and irrevocably brick your phone is quite high.
It might work with the signed eng hboot. I would try it if I had a backup device. Hell if someone has one that is in terrible condition that is going to do an insurance claim reguardless, I would ask them to try it out. Or have me help them try it.
I'm gonna give this a shot. Worse thing that happens is, I go and buy another Rezound (or something else).
NilsP said:
Yeah, I am looking forward to Revolutionary or someone to make it a one click routine. That would be nice.
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Yeah- I remember how easy it was on the Incredible to root. Then on the Thunderbolt it was a little harder (for those who aren't comfortable with adp commands) and eventually a one-click process came up. Now, it would be great to have something like that on the Rezound and maybe, just maybe, be able to root without this big, ugly UNLOCKED / RE-LOCKED showing in H-Boot!
dlsolo said:
I'm gonna give this a shot. Worse thing that happens is, I go and buy another Rezound (or something else).
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You,sir,are a gentleman and a scholar looking fwd to your results. If it fails,ill throw a few bones your way to help purchas a replacement!
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dlsolo said:
I'm gonna give this a shot. Worse thing that happens is, I go and buy another Rezound (or something else).
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can you hit me up on gtalk before you try? PM me please. I have some suggestions that might help it go better.
dlsolo said:
I'm gonna give this a shot. Worse thing that happens is, I go and buy another Rezound (or something else).
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i'm in... no luck with rom building today so i might as well fry my rezound
lllboredlll said:
i'm in... no luck with rom building today so i might as well fry my rezound
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If you are gonna try it now PM me please if you want to gtalk. I have a couple ideas/suggestions
con247 said:
If you are gonna try it now PM me please if you want to gtalk. I have a couple ideas/suggestions
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awww yeah! here's hoping for some positive results!!
was just going to post this last night. good luck guys!
For anyone that wants to try it
Start with the OTA PH98IMG.zip
Then swap with our shipped PH98IMG.zip
So you should be trying to go from Hboot 2.11 to 2.10
Then when in linux, recover with the signed eng hboot image we have.
After that, I would recommend using fastboot to turn secure flag off (assuming you didn't brick and it worked)
Then flash a homemade PH98IMG.zip with everything except hboot in it.
What should be done first is identify which emmc block hboot is before you start this process.
woah... if we have a "signed" eng HBOOT why cant we just flash it over the one we already have?
Easton999GS said:
woah... if we have a "signed" eng HBOOT why cant we just flash it over the one we already have?
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It's a lower version. So we need a downgrade like this to flash it
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I'll pass everything in my paypal account to anyone who gets this. I think is like 60 or 70 dollars.
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If this works kudos. S-off is like the rosetta stone of htc phones lol
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fernando sor said:
I'll pass everything in my paypal account to anyone who gets this. I think is like 60 or 70 dollars.
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While I can't be as generous as you ...I will certainly donate towards someone who does attempt this.
Great find Scotty!
con247 said:
It's a lower version. So we need a downgrade like this to flash it
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What version number is the ENG HBOOT?

[PORT] [WIP] [ROM]Sensation CM7 SelfKang Alphafied Number 10[GB 2.3.7]

IMPORTANT! I'm moving development to android-dev.us, if you want to know, read over there, HOWEVER, I will respond to anything posted over here
http://www.android-dev.us/showthrea...ion-CM7-SelfKang-Alphafied-Number-10-GB-2-3-7
Hey guys, I'm going to try to start to learn android rom development, and thought maybe porting a AOSP rom fromt the sensation would be a cool task to work with. Right now, I think the Sensation is the closest to our Amaze, but it's CM7 build is lacking. Either way, it will be a ton easier to port CM7 than CM9 for a complete noob, but that doesn't mean I don't need your help!
I like to keep an open mind and workflow on stuff (I collaborate musically like this) so anyone willing to help or learn something can hop right in and I would appreciate it!​
Some links I'm using for learning / porting:
Code:
It took a while, but I finally tracked down a mirror for the latest and last build of CM7 for the sensation:
[url]http://www.mediafire.com/?tc50rn6qvobj9us[/url]
I'm going to be using this kitchen:
[url]http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246[/url]
Found this guid for porting a rom. It's ment to be from CM7 to AOSP from the same phone, but it's worth a shot!
[url]http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1512319[/url]
Along with some really specific files but for another phone, time to do some research :D
[url]http://androidforums.com/optimus-m-all-things-root/515246-guide-porting-lg-vortex-optimus-t-v-s-roms-m.html[/url]
EVEN MORE Porting guides with explanations for some of the files you're moving:
[url]http://androidforums.com/a70-all-things-root/444687-all-one-guide-porting-roms.html[/url]
Some build.prop info:
[url]http://www.blogtechnika.com/android-tweaking-demystified-part-i-build-prop-scripts-android-tweaking-demystified-part-i-build-prop-scripts[/url]
The latest ROM (Updated 3/19/2012) :
http://www.mediafire.com/?5128xikhv7xhdq3
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hmmmm..... does it work with your amaze, since it isn't in the supported list i was holding back on using it
I appreciate you trying... But what makes you think the Amaze and Sensation are similar? From what I've read, Devs say they are COMPLETELY different phones.
Just thought I'd give you a heads up.
Best of luck to you though... I hope you get it working!
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glacierguy said:
I appreciate you trying... But what makes you think the Amaze and Sensation are similar? From what I've read, Devs say they are COMPLETELY different phones.
Just thought I'd give you a heads up.
Best of luck to you though... I hope you get it working!
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They are very different.... thus it has been a pain in the ass to port roms to it, but since you dont have to mess with changing the screen/resolution to match it, it makes it a little easier
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I also just noticed your porting android 2.3.7..........................good luck doing that man may god be with you lol
Ok, yea, the internals are different. So far as I can tell the sensation has an S2 snapdragon and the Amaze has an S3. I don't know if I can even get this thing to boot, but I think it will be a great learning experience nevertheless!
Veras1996 said:
hmmmm..... does it work with your amaze, since it isn't in the supported list i was holding back on using it
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You mean the rom? As of now im just going to try to move some drivers, libs, and kernel around and see what happens.
I got CM9 booting by just editing the build.prop from the sensation ported a ROM think it was CM9 but touch screen and features didn't work.
Diabolic Jr. said:
I got CM9 booting by just editing the build.prop from the sensation ported a ROM think it was CM9 but touch screen and features didn't work.
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Woah! That's quite an accomplishment! You mind helping me with this port then?
And by editing the build prop, did you just pretty much copy the hardward identifiers from a stock ROM from the Amaze?
dubt17 said:
Woah! That's quite an accomplishment! You mind helping me with this port then?
And by editing the build prop, did you just pretty much copy the hardward identifiers from a stock ROM from the Amaze?
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yea, i by editing the build prop you could boot almost any rom, but you take risk of bricking your phone
Veras1996 said:
yea, i by editing the build prop you could boot almost any rom, but you take risk of bricking your phone
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Hmmmm, I'm wondering how bad this risk is? Like will editing the build prop, and keeping an existing kernel brick the phone? Because by my understanding I can ALWAYS boot into the bootloader, then recovery before it even touches the files that I'm injecting
Plus my phones S-ON, not that this means anything, because I have fastboot!
From what I've read, again, there have been 0 bricked s=on Amaze devices. There have been soft bricks, but ppl have always been able to fix in fastboot
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glacierguy said:
From what I've read, again, there have been 0 bricked s=on Amaze devices. There have been soft bricks, but ppl have always been able to fix in fastboot
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Thanks, then back to the dev'n!
I've got a virtual box with ubuntu on it right now, but its hard drive isn't expanding past 8GB like it should be, so I have to figure this out first...
Trying to copy a stock ruu rom for some porting! Just not enough space
Alright, so I used dsixda's kitchen to port over the libs and some files. I then made an attempt to get the update-script to install and it seems as if it went through. Now I'm stuck on the white htc screen. I'm uploading as we speak, if anyone can help I would be grateful!
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Alright, so I used dsixda's kitchen to port over the libs and some files. I then made an attempt to get the update-script to install and it seems as if it went through. Now I'm stuck on the white htc screen. I'm uploading as we speak, if anyone can help I would be grateful!
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There's the soft brick my friend. Try to boot into recovery and restore. If you can't get into recovery, you will have to re-install a recovery using fastboot or adb. You can find the instructions on X's site in Amaze>Development> and find a recovery... It will be labeled "hard way" but its not really hard at all. It's easier than soft bricking your phone
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And this is One of the reason the Amaze lacks development... It's a lil more difficult to dev on... Combine that with s=on and a phone only marketed in North America and you get a ghost town forum
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glacierguy said:
There's the soft brick my friend. Try to boot into recovery and restore. If you can't get into recovery, you will have to re-install a recovery using fastboot or adb. You can find the instructions on X's site in Amaze>Development> and find a recovery... It will be labeled "hard way" but its not really hard at all. It's easier than soft bricking your phone
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Thanks man! But not needed It's just installing to the system partition and one other, but both are active only after the bootloader, so I just hold down the "volume down" button while turning on, scroll to recovery and restore my backup. No trouble at all! In fact, since I'm basing this off the stock kernel, I don't think I need to install one until I can get it booting
Thanks for the help again dude, seriously, get that screen and help me with this
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And this is One of the reason the Amaze lacks development... It's a lil more difficult to dev on... Combine that with s=on and a phone only marketed in North America and you get a ghost town forum
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Really good point too hahahaha, didn't know this was a north american only phone. Dang it, means HTC will try to go through carriers for ICS... I hope they "leak" it before they send it off to T-Mob and such
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Really good point too hahahaha, didn't know this was a north american only phone. Dang it, means HTC will try to go through carriers for ICS... I hope they "leak" it before they send it off to T-Mob and such
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I'm pretty sure there is an XDA member, @Football I think his name is, that works for HTC that leaks the goodies for the devs.
We will be ok.
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[Q] S-OFF

I would like to know.. What is the positive and negatives about S-OFF??
Pos- it allows you to flash kernels through recovery (which u can do with 4ext anyway). And you can flash custom boot animations.
Neg- makes your phone able to be "bricked", but I don't think there's been any one who has bricked an Amaze yet.
That's pretty much all it is. Just allows you to write to partitions that are protected
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aj_2423 said:
Pos- it allows you to flash kernels through recovery (which u can do with 4ext anyway). And you can flash custom boot animations.
Neg- makes your phone able to be "bricked", but I don't think there's been any one who has bricked an Amaze yet.
That's pretty much all it is. Just allows you to write to partitions that are protected
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also lets you flash different radio's and ROM's/RUU's ment for other carries etc.. but yeah the biggest thing is that it lets you write to protected partitions
Supercid
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Supercid
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yes how could we forget about that.. (which is technically the ability to flash any stock ruu for carries) and there's also the ability to SIM unlock the phone for free without having to get the unlock code
I think aj meant u can flash different splash screens... custom boot animations u can do with s=on.
Since there aren't a wide variety of radios, and 4ext handles flashing needs, really it's for splash screens and thats about it. Not worth the wire trick if u ask me
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I think aj meant u can flash different splash screens... custom boot animations u can do with s=on.
Since there aren't a wide variety of radios, and 4ext handles flashing needs, really it's for splash screens and thats about it. Not worth the wire trick if u ask me
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Lol, whoops. That's what happens when u don't have time to to come here and u rush to type something real quick. Thanks bro
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This has been asked before
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1916038

Can we use Sprint HTC One Splash Screens?

Just curious, so I don't brick my device. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317202 Here is the thread I'm asking about since we don't have one going for our device, maybe others who are looking for these can use them as well?
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Just curious, so I don't brick my device. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317202 Here is the thread I'm asking about since we don't have one going for our device, maybe others who are looking for these can use them as well?
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You should be fine. When flashed it basically just replaces an image in the system much like flashing boot images.
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