How to change boot (splash) image?

[krale]

Any ideas how to change the boot image on the prophet?

[Putra]

Got this info from PPCSG - so all credit goes to them (especially farbird). This changes the 2nd splash screen (the one with the windows logo on the blue background). The HTC/Dopod splash screen which appears after every reset is still there.

1) copy the welcome96.png file to your desktop from ppc. edit it... do not change the dimensions.

2) save that edited file as 'welcomehead.961.png' and copy it into your ppc /windows folder.

3) open total commander in ppc. go to windows folder, tap on hold on the original welcomehead.96.png, click properties, uncheck all the boxes under attributes. select ok.

4) total commander will refresh the directory, rename it now to 'welcomehead.962.png'. After that look for your edited file copied from the pc ie welcomehead.961.png.. rename it to welcomehead.96.png. after that, tap and hold and click on properties. check the box that says " read only, hidden, system "

once that is done, do a soft reboot. u should be able to see your new bootup screen after the rom version is up.

There is another way using activesync, but it didn't work for me as it gives me a write-protect error.

Do a search here @ xda-dev, u shld get the same info...

[funnysurf]

Hi,
this does not work on GER Vodafone ROM 2.15.3.26 cause welcome.96.png is in the rom part and not deletable.

[Putra]

Hi,
this does not work on GER Vodafone ROM 2.15.3.26 cause welcome.96.png is in the rom part and not deletable.

Yes, that file is a ROM file and cannot be deleted. BUT if you use TotalCommander, you can rename that file to something else, rename your new splash image file to welcome.96.png, copy it to your windows folder and set its attributes to read only, system, & hidden. AND the changes will be permanent. Try it.

The reason it being a ROM file is why I was unable to copy & paste using the activesync method. But the way I did it works. Make sure you use Total Commander & not resco explorer or the built-in file explorer

[raskal]

Any ideas how to change the boot image on the prophet?

this feature will also add soon in JAFWM, i think is a very usefull option.

[funnysurf]

Hi,
this does not work on GER Vodafone ROM 2.15.3.26 cause welcome.96.png is in the rom part and not deletable.

Yes, that file is a ROM file and cannot be deleted. BUT if you use TotalCommander, you can rename that file to something else, rename your new splash image file to welcome.96.png, copy it to your windows folder and set its attributes to read only, system, & hidden. AND the changes will be permanent. Try it.

The reason it being a ROM file is why I was unable to copy & paste using the activesync method. But the way I did it works. Make sure you use Total Commander & not resco explorer or the built-in file explorer

Hi Pruta,
O.K., now I was able to rename welcome.96.png and replaced it with my PNG.
Softreset... Sh*t, the 'old' welcome.96.png was shown. O.K., my device wants war...it gets war :D .
I was able to DELETE the old (original) welcome.96.png.
Softreset... Aaaaahhhhh nothing changed!
O.K. continued search. I found a file named welcomehead.96.png, that is the same image than the original welcome.96.png.
The only prob is, I'm NOT able to rename or delete/replace it.

Are there anybody that also use the Vodafone rom and can test to change the boot image???

Attached file is welcomehead.96.png

[krale]

If you can change the attributes to exclude System, and Read-Only, it should be able to change/remove it.

[funnysurf]

Hi krale,
nope. It's not possible to change the attributes. See attached MPG.

[farbird]

I was able to do it with total commander...

here is the link
http://www.ppcsg.com/index.php?showtopic=71471&st=40#


thanks for the credit, Putra.
Appreciated.

[Putra]

@farbird: Sure, bro - after all it was your post @ PPCSG that helped me change the splash screen. :)

Important: do no delete the welcomehead file as it is ROM file, and it will automatically be created again. The trick is to overwrite the file with another file but with EXACTLY the same name and attributes (except ROM). So Windows will not try to create the file again.

After you change the attributes of the original welcomehead file, NO NEED to check if it has changed - Total Commander will show it as NOT changed (meaning all the check marks are still present).

Just go ahead and rename that file, then rename your splash image file to welcomehead.96.png, and set the attributes, and it should work.

I used this trick to "delete" a useless movie file: 1-nature_15fps.mp4 (274K, I think). I created an empty txt file called 1-nature_15fps.txt (0B), copied into the windows folder, performed the trick, and now I have a 1-nature_15fps.mp4 file which is 0 bytes! Just a little experiment, which may come in handy if you really need the space.

Hope the above explains things a little.

[ksadek]

Hi EveryBody
i've Imate JamIN
batterystatus overclocked to 286MHz:cool:
Rom: PDAVIET 4.0.0.4 (totally stable);)
i know how to change the 2nd Splash (concerned of Windows):)
but i dont know how to change the 1st Splash (that of Imate or Qtek) OR the Splash concerned of white backgrounded HTC Innovation...:confused:
Can anybody help me in full details, step by step and straight commands

NB. I still dont know what is CID, IPL , SPL... (please let me understand these terms)

[jonnip]

Welcome ksadek
read the xda wiki to find out what CID IPL and SPL are