Does anyone know where the splash screen file or image is located? I'm trying to experiment to see if I can change it cuz the blinding HTC splash is horrible. I've been looking through all the files with root explorer, and there are hundreds, but I'm not seeing it so far.
Just curious if any one knows where it is?
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you can swap the boot animation but not the splash screen atm, its an issue of not having s-off.
F033x said:
you can swap the boot animation but not the splash screen atm, its an issue of not having s-off.
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Ya I've located the boot anim, so basically without s-off there's no way to change that huh? I was thinking, locate the image and then replace it ha ha. Not that simple I guess then.
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misfit61871 said:
Ya I've located the boot anim, so basically without s-off there's no way to change that huh? I was thinking, locate the image and then replace it ha ha. Not that simple I guess then.
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You can change your boot animation by replacing the "bootanimation.zip" file with a boot anim of your choice. However, you cannot change the splash screen which is the white screen with the HTC when you first turn on your phone, at least not until we get S-OFF.
Also, its more than just one image. Its a series of images played back using a desc.txt file all put into one .zip file. (im going off of memory and the file could be called something else.)
An Invisible location called S-Off
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What's the directory/name of the splash image (not boot animation, b4 that)? Is it possible to just use es file explorer and replace that file to change splashes?
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Eat it iPhone said:
What's the directory/name of the splash image (not boot animation, b4 that)? Is it possible to just use es file explorer and replace that file to change splashes?
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it isnt in a directory. and no you cant change it with file explorer. to change it you must use fastboot
t3project said:
it isnt in a directory. and no you cant change it with file explorer. to change it you must use fastboot
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Does that mean renaming it to PC86IMG or whatever and flashing via hboot?
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Does that mean renaming it to PC86IMG or whatever and flashing via hboot?
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Yes. That is the only way to do it. And it will stay that image no matter what rom/kernel you flash until you change it thru bootloader again.
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Yes. That is the only way to do it. And it will stay that image no matter what rom/kernel you flash until you change it thru bootloader again.
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Cool got it thx guys
Eat it iPhone said:
What's the directory/name of the splash image (not boot animation, b4 that)? Is it possible to just use es file explorer and replace that file to change splashes?
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to more directly answer this question, the splash image is located in a special portion of internal memory. it is not directly accessible from normal android mode or from recovery mode, at least as far as anybody as found.
the only known method of access to this restricted portion of dedicated internal memory which holds the splash image is thru fastboot mode and the fastboot binary.
on other older devices, like the samsung moment, the splash image was/is stored on internal memory in a dedicated partition, but it was write accessible from android mode and recovery mode. this made it much easier to modify and change which facilitated the ability for an android app, Flash Image GUI, I created to help thru this process.
unfortunately there haven't been anyways found yet to access the splash image on the evo 3d other than thru fastboot. i do think it would be great if there was a way found one day!
hope that helps add some clarity!
is it pC86img or pG86img? Every thread i review seems to have something different.
Also, I can confirm paste new hTC_bootanimation.zip over the original doesnt work. I did a NAND and tried it when i made my boot animation (death of megatron/birth of galvatron FTW) and now it displays the HTC logo but just the initial still frame.
Why are so many things you flash or load through bootloader named PG/PC86IMG lol. I've always been hesitant on account of that. Does bootloader look inside the zip and place it in the appropriate slot based on name or something?
Thanks!
Skyphos said:
is it pC86img or pG86img?
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PG86IMG.zip
Skyphos said:
Why are so many things you flash or load through bootloader named PG/PC86IMG lol. I've always been hesitant on account of that. Does bootloader look inside the zip and place it in the appropriate slot based on name or something?
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Short answer: Yes. The bootloader looks for specific file names inside of the .zip file to know which partition to flash them too.
Longer answer: HTC designed the bootloader/fastboot/radio to have the most write access to the internal partitions. Recovery and normal android mode also have write access (unlocked bootloader, custom recovery needed, etc) but the bootloader/radio/fastboot have the most access.
Since the bootloader/radio/fastboot have the most access to the internal partitions, it is sometimes regarded as the best way to flash certain partitions of the phone and hence why there are so many different .zip files available!
Hope that helps!
@JoeyKrim:
Thanks. I was familiar with PG86IMG and its options and assumed PC was just a typo. I only seen PC on splash screen how to posts and assumed it was wrong...or i misunderstood since everything flashed through hboot seems to be named PG86IMG (i think even the 4G was that way..been a while). I'm trying to learn more with this phone so I've been reading up a lot. Many smart people on this forum so it only makes sense. I like to know as much as I can about what is really going on behind the scenes before I take any action...just seems logical. Trying to graduate from a mere flash-a-holic =-)
So the take away here is that anything flashed via fastboot/hboot is PG86IMG.zip and hboot/fastboot is smart enough to look at the folder structure within the zip and fine the appropriate partition to write to without user intervention. Good to know. I've done many things with my phone but I usually tried to leave hboot/fastboot alone due to my lack of understanding.
Sidenote: I love your projects. Thanks for all the hard work
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@JoeyKrim:
Thanks. I was familiar with PG86IMG and its options and assumed PC was just a typo. I only seen PC on splash screen how to posts and assumed it was wrong...or i misunderstood since everything flashed through hboot seems to be named PG86IMG (i think even the 4G was that way..been a while).
Sidenote: I love your projects. Thanks for all the hard work
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I think the EVO bootloader used files named PC36IMG.zip. It is up to HTC. They can program the bootloader to use files named whatever they want.
the way to determine the file name the bootloader is searching for: when first booting into the bootloader it will print out on the screen (sometimes quickly) the file names it is searching for. these names will be the correct names as they are hard coded into the bootloader and very rarely change.
appreciate the support and hope the above helps provide more detail! good luck on your progression and feel free to ask questions as they come!
@Joey: Thanks again for the insight man!
@OP: Sorry for taking the thread into a little tangent. Hopfully it helped provide more detail for some of those looking deeper into the process.
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I think the EVO bootloader used files named PC36IMG.zip. It is up to HTC. They can program the bootloader to use files named whatever they want.
the way to determine the file name the bootloader is searching for: when first booting into the bootloader it will print out on the screen (sometimes quickly) the file names it is searching for. these names will be the correct names as they are hard coded into the bootloader and very rarely change.
appreciate the support and hope the above helps provide more detail! good luck on your progression and feel free to ask questions as they come!
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will the PG86IMG.zip deal to replace Splash Image Work on an HBOOT 1.5 Evo 3D S-ON. figured better ask to avoid a brick. Thanks for your help.
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will the PG86IMG.zip deal to replace Splash Image Work on an HBOOT 1.5 Evo 3D S-ON. figured better ask to avoid a brick. Thanks for your help.
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no, splash can't be overwritten on hboot 1.5 sadly, and you wouldn't brick if you flashed, it just wouldn't apply the image.
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no, splash can't be overwritten on hboot 1.5 sadly, and you wouldn't brick if you flashed, it just wouldn't apply the image.
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Maybe soff will come soon now that GSM e3d got hboot downgrade and soff then problem solved splash for all =-)
^by the way...
all of this, one of the reasons why i am not a flashoholic when it comes to the splash screen. if something goes wrong, you get a bad download, etc., you can brick the device. i don't justify the risk for an image that simply appears for merely 3 or 4 seconds at boot up.
Is there anyway to changed the initial HTC boot screen colors? I've been flashing a lot of files and had to reboot a few times and the screen is really bright every time it reboots.
Search for spalsh screen replacement.
The jist is you have to do it from
fastboot with a PC86IMG.zip
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Is there anyway to changed the initial HTC boot screen colors? I've been flashing a lot of files and had to reboot a few times and the screen is really bright every time it reboots.
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I made a video tutorial on how to change your splash image. Hope this helps, brothah!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3vyBTJSoHg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Is there anyway to changed the initial HTC boot screen colors? I've been flashing a lot of files and had to reboot a few times and the screen is really bright every time it reboots.
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Same method of flashing like the Hero. Flashed through fastboot or bootloader. If through bootloader you need the android-info.txt and splash1.nb0 zipped in a folder named whatever your device is.
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Special thanks to nolimitzr2 for testing!
Info:
The splash screen is stored as its own partition like a boot image. The splash screen is located at mmcblk0p14. This means that we can use the executable dd to modify the splash screen from recovery. This is S-OFF only!
What is new about this?
Right now, the splash screen needs to be flashed via PH98IMG.zip or fastboot. This isn't quite as convenient as flashing via recovery. With this, you could store several that you enjoy on your SD card and quickly swap between them via recovery rather than loading up a new PH98IMG.zip or fastboot whenever you want to switch.
How to use:
1. Download template zip file.
2. Put the splash screen you want named splash1.img in the splash folder in the zip file. Use 7zip to drag and drop it in.
3. Flash in recovery.
I nor anyone else are responsible for damage to your device.
edit: also to rom devs, please don't abuse this and brand everyone's phone to your rom if they don't want it.
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Special thanks to nolimitzr2 for testing!
Info:
The splash screen is stored as its own partition like a boot image. The splash screen is located at mmcblk0p14. This means that we can use the executable dd to modify the splash screen from recovery.
What is new about this?
Right now, the splash screen needs to be flashed via PH98IMG.zip or fastboot. This isn't quite as convenient as flashing via recovery. With this, you could store several that you enjoy on your SD card and quickly swap between them via recovery rather than loading up a new PH98IMG.zip or fastboot whenever you want to switch.
How to use:
1. Download template zip file.
2. Put the splash screen you want named splash1.img in the splash folder in the zip file. Use 7zip to drag and drop it in.
3. Flash in recovery.
I nor anyone else are responsible for damage to your device.
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Could this potentially cause an unrecoverable brick if flashed wrong?
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Could this potentially cause an unrecoverable brick if flashed wrong?
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I would just assume you would get a messed up splash
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Could this potentially cause an unrecoverable brick if flashed wrong?
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Anything is possible, but it is likely a bad flash would just yield a bad looking splash screen. However if it was having trouble booting because of it, you could likely get into hboot to reflash one via hboot since the splash doesn't load before directly booting to hboot.
I'm pretty sure it will not hurt ur phone if j flash a bad one
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Anything is possible, but it is likely a bad flash would just yield a bad looking splash screen. However if it was having trouble booting because of it, you could likely get into hboot to reflash one via hboot since the splash doesn't load before directly booting to hboot.
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Ahh i didnt think about that.
Does this require soff?
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Piaband said:
Does this require soff?
Rezound, rooted, loving it.
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Yes
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Piaband said:
Does this require soff?
Rezound, rooted, loving it.
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it might "flash" without s-off but it might brick
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it might "flash" without s-off but it might brick
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Have nolimit test it
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People have flashed bad splash1 images before. they looked terrible but it ran fine. I will try to have him test one before he tests something else for me that I think might brick
What would the recommended screen size/file type be?
a little confused with instructions. do i do all this from my pc first, then transfer to sd? thanks
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What would the recommended screen size/file type be?
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zounduser said:
a little confused with instructions. do i do all this from my pc first, then transfer to sd? thanks
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The splash1.img has to be created the same way as usual. This is just a different way to flash it.
720 x 1280
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Oh sweet! Now I can take those ph98's I made and turn it into recovery zips. Awesome. Thanks much con!
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Yet again, thanks Con
another goodie might be coming tomorrow if testing goes well. how about a stealth hboot? Says S-ON even when it is S-OFF
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another goodie might be coming tomorrow if testing goes well. how about a stealth hboot? Says S-ON even when it is S-OFF
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I like mine to say s-off. Smile every time I see it. But I can see the use in having it say s-on
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Where in the stock rom is the boot animation? I've done some exploring but can't seem to find it.
Just found it, lol.
/system/customize/resource
Can we change boot animations w/o S-OFF?
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We can change the boot animation without s-off, ViperROM has a custom boot, as for the splash screen, i have no idea as i haven't tried.
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We can change the boot animation without s-off, ViperROM has a custom boot, as for the splash screen, i have no idea as i haven't tried.
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Thanks for that answer bro
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Yes bootanimations can be changed without S-OFF.
Splash screens can also be changed by following the link below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1706861
Red text Removed from aboot for our Sprint M9 Firmware version 1.32.651.30, 2.6.651.11 & 2.11.651.19 & 3.41.651.4
I have made a Modified Hboot(aboot) for the Sprint M9 that removes the annoying red text after Unlocking bootloader.
This is only for the Sprint M9 Firmware 1.32.651.30, 2.6.651.11 & 2.11.651.19 & 3.41.651.4Thanks to @OMJ for Firmware from which I used aboot image
YOU MUST BE S-OFF TO FLASH THIS!!!
Download
Sprint M9 Red Text Removed Firmware 1.32.651.30
Sprint M9 Red Text Removed Firmware 2.6.651.11
Sprint M9 Red Text Removed Firmware 2.11.651.19
Sprint M9 Red Text Removed Firmware 3.41.651.4
Instructions:
1. Download attached zip
2. Reboot to bootloader
3. reboot to download mode
4. type fastboot devices (Make sure your device is displayed)
5. type fastboot flash zip Sprint_M9_Red_Text_Removed.zip
6. After flash is done, you may need to reflash again(I did, said failed flush image)
7. Phone reboots, leave command prompt open type "fastboot reboot", place phone back in download mode
8. type fastboot flash zip Sprint_M9_Red_Text_Removed.zip again (should receive [email protected])
9. type fastboot reboot
10. Enjoy no more red text!
Thanks to
@herwegan for guide to edit aboot
Oh yeah, I am not responsible if you break, brick, didn't follow instructions, or can't read. Flash at your own Risk!
Reserved
Sweet, thanks bro!
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Thank you! Been waiting for this. I was gonna try and modify the hboot myself but I would be pissed if I bricked the phone. I hate the red text.
So I want to flash a custom splash as well from here however the android-info.txt if for the international version. File type should be the same but I didn't wanna take a chance doing it wrong for this phone. As long as the file format is correct and the android-info.txt is correct is should be fine?
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Thank you! Been waiting for this. I was gonna try and modify the hboot myself but I would be pissed if I bricked the phone. I hate the red text.
So I want to flash a custom splash as well from here however the android-info.txt if for the international version. File type should be the same but I didn't wanna take a chance doing it wrong for this phone. As long as the file format is correct and the android-info.txt is correct is should be fine?
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you can always take the android-info.txt file from the firmware zip. i used it from the red text removed zip.
Haven't really checked it out yet, so im not sure what img is the Splash on the M9.
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you can always take the android-info.txt file from the firmware zip. i used it from the red text removed zip.
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I should have thought of that. Awesome! Gonna flash hboot and splash as soon as my phone is done charging.
Threw you & OMJ a couple of small donations. Thanks for all you guys do.
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I should have thought of that. Awesome! Gonna flash hboot and splash as soon as my phone is done charging.
Threw you & OMJ a couple of small donations. Thanks for all you guys do.
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Thanks buddy first donation in a long time!
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Thanks buddy first donation in a long time!
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not a problem! Red Text is now gone and I got my breaking bad splash screen back. When I flashed it the 1st time it failed like you said, what's odd phone rebooted immediately. Just left command prompt open, did an adb reboot and flashed again once back into download mode took right away. Figure I let people know incase it does the same thing.
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not a problem! Red Text is now gone and I got my breaking bad splash screen back. When I flashed it the 1st time it failed like you said, what's odd phone rebooted immediately. Just left command prompt open, did an adb reboot and flashed again once back into download mode took right away. Figure I let people know incase it does the same thing.
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Yeah did the same thing to me, almost like flash the ADSP.img on the M8, had to flash it twice.
Glad it worked!
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not a problem! Red Text is now gone and I got my breaking bad splash screen back. When I flashed it the 1st time it failed like you said, what's odd phone rebooted immediately. Just left command prompt open, did an adb reboot and flashed again once back into download mode took right away. Figure I let people know incase it does the same thing.
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Ok what steps did you take to flash the breaking bad splash? Could you share please?
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motoelliot said:
Ok what steps did you take to flash the breaking bad splash? Could you share please?
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@SoLdieR9312 made some custom splashes that are compatible with the M9. I'm not sure if they changed the file format from the M8 or not here. Remove the .txt file in the zip and replace it with the one schmeggy929 posted here . Make sure both the new .txt file and splash screen are in the same zip. Then just flash it per the instructions posted on soldiers splash screen thread. Worked perfect, same one I was using on my M8. His .android info file was for the international version so you just have to update that to work for the Sprint version. File format is the exact same on both variants for the splash screen so you don't have to mess with editing the splash screen file.
Thanks. Worked perfectly! Now we just need more splashes to choose from...
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motoelliot said:
Thanks. Worked perfectly! Now we just need more splashes to choose from...
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Yea I have been rocking a breaking bad one since m7. Since the screen resolution is the same I don't see why the m7 & m8 splashes that are out there wouldn't work. If htc changed the format but could be as simple as just renaming the file and updating the Android info file. Although I'm not a dev so I don't know if that would work or not.
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Yea I have been rocking a breaking bad one since m7. Since the screen resolution is the same I don't see why the m7 & m8 splashes that are out there wouldn't work. If htc changed the format but could be as simple as just renaming the file and updating the Android info file. Although I'm not a dev so I don't know if that would work or not.
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I'll look at some m8 files, but I think the m7 ones won't work without changing the resolution. Maybe it's not but how do you make a nb0 file? Or can we just
fastboot flash splash1 splash.img
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I'll look at some m8 files, but I think the m7 ones won't work without changing the resolution. Maybe it's not but how do you make a nb0 file? Or can we just
fastboot flash splash1 splash.img
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Now that I got my breaking bad splash I'm good for the time being. I have seen some stuff about making splash screens before around XDA if you poke around.
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I'll look at some m8 files, but I think the m7 ones won't work without changing the resolution. Maybe it's not but how do you make a nb0 file? Or can we just
fastboot flash splash1 splash.img
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once you convert Splash1.img to Splash1.nb0 and using M9 android-info.txt you are good to go. Sim said look around for Splash flasher 1.0.
Take your image and put it in the right folder type number for convert png, Jpg or bmp to img and rename to Splash1.nb0.
I just made this one
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once you convert Splash1.img to Splash1.nb0 and using M9 android-info.txt you are good to go. Sim said look around for Splash flasher 1.0.
Take your image and put it in the right folder type number for convert png, Jpg or bmp to img and rename to Splash1.nb0.
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Linky?
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Linky?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784348
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784348
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I'll see about updating the splash flasher so it will flash the splash also beings the OG was made for the M7