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Root Help with custom splash screen!!

I haven't loaded swype yet and this android keyboard is killing. Plus I was out at the mall with my gf =hard to type
 
Mr. Ed said:
Yeah you can just take someones zip... unzip it...replace said image. Zip with 7zip and put on SD card as pc36img.zip. and flash from hboot.


I have a program somewhere that does everything....reformats image and flashes it to phone in minutes
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when you do this does it have to be the 480x800 res.
 
mattj3636 said:
first off, i have the image in .rgb565 already and every single "how-to" says to put it in the tools folder in my SDK folder.... i have no idea where or what my SDK folder is.
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I know there's the alternate way of doing this via PC36100.ZIP, but here's the original and most manual way to do it. I had to dig up my notes from last summer. Hope it's still correct ;)

1) Boot into the bootloader (VOL-down + POWER)
2) go to FASTBOOT. If you have the HBOOT drivers installed on your PC, your phone will show FASTBOOT USB mode. Don't make any more selections.
3) You need the fastboot.exe program. I got this by downloading the Android SDK. Google that. One of the folders in the SDK is called tools. There, you'll find executables for adb and fastboot. Put your .rgb565 images in that tools folder alongside the fastboot.exe file.
4) From a command (DOS) prompt, go to the tools directory.
5) run the following command:

fastboot flash splash1 yourfilename.rgb565

6) Watch your DOS window and wait for it to finish. Once done, reboot your phone and enjoy your new splash screen.

7) if it doesn't work, your image is not in the right format. That's a totally different issue. The above procedure will work, assuming the SDK still comes with these utilities in the tools folder.


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By the way, fastboot.exe is the same way you manually flash a recovery image. If your recovery ever gets corrupted for whatever reason, get the recovery .IMG file and stick it in the same folder as your fastboot.exe. Then run this command:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
 
yeah, Macs. You're probably better off finding the directions for the PC36100.ZIP.

BUt for PC users, my way really isn't hard at all. You just need fastboot.exe.
 
mattj3636 said:
whats the best kernel to run with CM7, best battery life, minimal choppiness (i know every phone reacts differently but what are some that people are running and work great??)

im currently running: netarchy-toastmod-4.3.4-cfs-havs-more-nosbc
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I'm not sure if anyone picked this up, but I don't think Toastmod is compatible with AOSP....is it? :confused:
 
okay well, i converted the bmp to np, renamed my splash1.bmp.np to splash1.img

put that along with android.txt into a seperate folder, compressed into a zip, dropped onto my SD card, ran fastboot... did the same thing where it said "parsing pc36img.zip" for a split second and i rebooted and nothing happened. what am i doing wrong.
 
mattj3636 said:
okay well, i converted the bmp to np, renamed my splash1.bmp.np to splash1.img

put that along with android.txt into a seperate folder, compressed into a zip, dropped onto my SD card, ran fastboot... did the same thing where it said "parsing pc36img.zip" for a split second and i rebooted and nothing happened. what am i doing wrong.
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Did you extract it by chance lol... I have the same problem..LOL wating on a reply check the post "having problems with Hboot"
 
im making progress!!! now i found out that the info in the andriod-info.txt is not correct for my Evo, WHERE DO I FIND THIS INFO! IM SO CLOSE PLEASE HELP! this is what is in my file right now...

modelid: PB3120000
cidnum: VZW__001
mainver: 3.17.605.0
hbootpreupdate:3
 
I know this is an older thread, but I have looked high and low for this information before finally figuring out why I could not get my splash screen to flash when creating the zip on my Mac.

OSX adds a couple of hidden files to the zipped folder, which always causes the flash to fail. In order to create a PC36IMG.ZIP file that will work from a Mac, you must create the zip using the terminal. The ditto command will not work, since this is just the command line for the built-in compress menu selection, and will still add the hidden files.

If you don't know how to use terminal, I would suggest you do some research, because you can hose your OSX install pretty quickly using the wrong command. With a little knowledge, it's easy.

just zip -r PC36IMG.ZIP path/to/your/folder


So, to recap, download a PC36IMG.ZIP that is known working, as this will include a text file you need. Unzip, open the folder, replace the .img inside this folder with the properly created image you want to use as your splash screen, DO NOT USE THE COMPRESS MENU SELECTION!!!. Open terminal, then zip your folder.

Move this zipped folder, now named PC36IMG.zip to your SD card. On a Mac, that is the main level when you connect your Evo to your computer. When you see the "No_Name" appear in your drive list, that's your phone. "Click" it, and you are in the root of your card. Move the newly zipped-from-terminal file to this location on your phone.

Turn your phone off. Hold down "Volume down" and "Power" at the same time. A white screen will appear. Momentarily, hboot will process your card, find your img file, and ask if you want to flash it. Press the "volume up" to say "Why yes, thank you. I would love to finally be able to flash my splash screen to my phone."

It will do its thing, then will ask if you want to reboot. Press "Volume up" again to restart.

Stand back in amazement as the splash screen appears on your phone.
 
this is the best program ive found for custom splash screens... just download bootflash from the android market theres two versions but i highly recommend the paid one
and if you really want to customize your splash screen also download picsay or any photo editing app from the market
 
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