Ok guys and gals. I need some help with changing to a custom splash screen. I've been reading up on it a lot and really want to change from the stock HTC Evo 4g Screen. Here's what I've tried.
1. Download the splash screen, unzip and place the file in the AndroidSDK tools folder.
2. Restart phone into fastboot and plug in to my laptop to get the red Fastboot USB.
3. Open cmd prompt and type. "cd c:\androidsdk\tools"
4. Type "fastboot flash splash1 evosplash1.rgb565" and hit enter
What I get is
"sending 'splash1' (750 KB)... OKAY [ 0.350s]
writing 'splash1'...FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.351s
No, I'm not using the quotation marks and yes I am rooted, I used the unrevoked3, unrevoked forever method. Anybody who can shed some light on why I can't get this to work would be much appreciated.
Ok guys and gals. I need some help with changing to a custom splash screen. I've been reading up on it a lot and really want to change from the stock HTC Evo 4g Screen. Here's what I've tried.
1. Download the splash screen, unzip and place the file in the AndroidSDK tools folder.
2. Restart phone into fastboot and plug in to my laptop to get the red Fastboot USB.
3. Open cmd prompt and type. "cd c:\androidsdk\tools"
4. Type "fastboot flash splash1 evosplash1.rgb565" and hit enter
What I get is
"sending 'splash1' (750 KB)... OKAY [ 0.350s]
writing 'splash1'...FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.351s
No, I'm not using the quotation marks and yes I am rooted, I used the unrevoked3, unrevoked forever method. Anybody who can shed some light on why I can't get this to work would be much appreciated.
Apparently when rooting with Unrevoked you don't get the FASTBOOT commands you need to push a new splash screen with that method. From what I can tell this should give you back that functionality although I used a different method to get my splash screen changed.
Renamed the .nb file to splash1.img. Then made a PC36IMG.ZIP with that and the android-info.txt file in it. You can download the a PC36IMG.ZIP from here with the correct android-info.txt. The link above gives you one for the Droid which of course doesn't work with the EVO.
Just change out the splash1.img file for yours, place on sd card root dir, power off, boot into bootloader, it scans and asks if you want to update. Answer yes, reboot and voila, new splash.
Last edited by dsEVOLVE; September 26th, 2010 at 04:55 PM.
Apparently when rooting with Unrevoked you don't get the FASTBOOT commands you need to push a new splash screen with that method. From what I can tell this should give you back that functionality although I used a different method to get my splash screen changed.
used the file in post two to get the hboot...everything worked fine from there...until reboot...it boots right back into hboot sooooooo... i reflashed my kernal as he suggested in that thread and everything is fine now.
Just change out the splash1.img file for yours, place on sd card root dir, power off, boot into bootloader, it scans and asks if you want to update. Answer yes, reboot and voila, new splash.
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Thanks a lot. I did this last option and it worked. I used a evosplash1.rgb565 file and renamed it to splash1.img. Then placed it in the PC36IMG.ZIP from Unrevoked. I was then able to update it from the bootloader, reboot and the splash screen showed up correctly.
This seemed a lot less risky than all of the mess with the ENG bootloader where people are getting into boot loops.
Just change out the splash1.img file for yours, place on sd card root dir, power off, boot into bootloader, it scans and asks if you want to update. Answer yes, reboot and voila, new splash.
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Thanks a lot. I did this last option and it worked. I used a evosplash1.rgb565 file and renamed it to splash1.img. Then placed it in the PC36IMG.ZIP from Unrevoked. I was then able to update it from the bootloader, reboot and the splash screen showed up correctly.
This seemed a lot less risky than all of the mess with the ENG bootloader where people are getting into boot loops.
oddly enough I tried this method 5 or six times and it didn't work
sure would have been alot easier
honestly i don't remember how I did it but I eventually got it to work via someone else zip over on xda.
between that and changing my boot animation tho I had somehow changed my bootloader...and none of my nandroids would work. simply flashed clockwork again and all was well...but it was such a pita
your write up looks great and will hopefully help others who want to change their splash screen. I went with the red on black and absolutely love it
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Splash Screen...Need Help
