[GUIDE] How to change the splash screen - ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion

After digging around with EDL mode I found out that the splash screen can be very easily changed. As always I'm not responsible for anything that happens to your phone, warranty void and all that.
Requirement:
-One of the below:
1) Rooted ROM
2) TWRP
3) EDL mode setup
-Image editing software, I used GIMP
Making the splash:
1) Using GIMP or any other image editing software make your splash screen in 1440x2560 resolution.
2) Merge the layers and then flip the image horizontally, making it upside down.
3) Export as .bmp format. Turn on compatibility settings if you can any as this needs to be in BMP3 format. This may work with other formats but the stock splash.img is in BMP3. Read more here.
Example in GIMP
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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Installing the splash:
A) With rooted ROM or TWRP:
You will need to put the image on your phone. For this guide I'll assume it's on the sdcard named android.bmp.
1)Get into a terminal. You can do this via adb shell or using a terminal emulator on your phone. If you are using TWRP it's under Advanced for a Terminal.
2)
Code:
su
to root yourself. You don't need to do this if it's TWRP as you are already rooted.
3)
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/android.bmp of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/splash
this will write the image to your phone
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B) With EDL mode. This can be done without root but will void your warranty.
1) Setup EDL mode with MiFlash or the Axon 7 ToolKit.
2) Download the folder below and replace splash.img with your image. I included my splash as well as the stock US one.
3) Flash the folder. WARNING. This folder contains TWRP, Fastboot AND the splash screen. If you don't want TWRP or fastboot you can just edit "rawprogram0.xml and delete the appropriate lines.
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Downloads and Images:
Example picture: https://imgur.com/Rv098hh.jpg
EDL folder: https://my.mixtape.moe/gkzxwa.zip