Custom Boot Images For Dummies

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CAN I GET A STICKY I THINK THIS THREAD HAVE HELP ALOT OF PEOPLE AND I NEVER BEEN STICKY BEFORE LOL

This is updated with the lastest tool. (Windows)
I included a zip with all files you may need at the bottom of the post.

1. Turn off your phone

2. Turn on the phone into bootloader (camera+power).
Make sure it say fastboot in the middle if not hit back and it should appear-

3. Make sure your device is found in device manger
If you don't see adb device up top in device manger find the yellow mark devices
Right Click, update driver, and point to the location of the USB Driver
(http://dl.google.com/android/android_usb_windows.zip)

4. Open and extract the below zip to your desktop
You should now have a custom and fastboot folder on your desktop

5. Open up a dos window (start>run>CMD)

6. Type cd desktop then cd fastboot

7. If you would not like to flash the sample images skip to step 9

8. copy and paste the command line by line
fastboot flash splash1 mysplash.rgb565
fastboot flash splash2 mysplash.rgb565
fastboot reboot

Part 2 Making your own images
9. Open up the "create" folder

10. Run CreateG1Splash.exe

11. Open up your image in the program and click convert

12. Goto the folder of your images and their you will find mysplash.rgb565

13. Place the mysplash.rgb565 into the fastboot folder

14. copy and paste the command line by line
fastboot flash splash1 mysplash.rgb565
fastboot flash splash2 mysplash.rgb565
fastboot reboot


Files updated 1/4/08
Credit to JF for all app to make this possible

I was able to, here is mine:

It didnt work for me

Originally Posted by brandenk

It didnt work for me

To the OP, you can grab that file from the SDK tools folder and include it in the zip.

Ok, so I downloaded this: http://graha.ms/androidproxy/AdbWin.zip

I put those 2 files in the fastboot folder and it worked! Thank you aron4588!!!

And here is a mirror to your file with those two files added: http://www.4shared.com/file/78814404...ot_images.html

Success

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I was able to do it, but quick question.

How many splash images can I have?

I was able to flash 2 over and it boots the first one (splash1) and then the second one (splash2)

How far can I go with this?

Originally Posted by MMTest97

I was able to do it, but quick question.

How many splash images can I have?

I was able to flash 2 over and it boots the first one (splash1) and then the second one (splash2)

How far can I go with this?

You can only do 2 images.

Here's mine

How long does this take to send? It's been "sending" for over a minute now

Yanked the battery, restarted the whole process and it worked. Very nice tutorial!

adon it funny because ur the reason i even flash the mines i seen your post on androidcommunity.com