Root Splash screens "NEED HELP PLEASE"

[deanr1977]

Can anyone help me with a noob friendly tutorial on how to add a splash screen to my Desire HD please, i am pretty in the know around computers, consoles & phone rooting & hacking but have not had no luck adding a splash screen I have searched google, youtube & many many forums in the past few days but cant figure out where im going wrong, i have used 2 or 3 methods but none of them worked! Feel free to give me any links that you used or better still comment on this thread.

Thankyou in advance

 

[Sombre]

Can anyone help me with a noob friendly tutorial on how to add a splash screen to my Desire HD please, i am pretty in the know around computers, consoles & phone rooting & hacking but have not had no luck adding a splash screen I have searched google, youtube & many many forums in the past few days but cant figure out where im going wrong, i have used 2 or 3 methods but none of them worked! Feel free to give me any links that you used or better still comment on this thread.

Thankyou in advance

Hi deanr1977,

When you say 'add a splash screen' do you mean change the boot animation that's on your phone?
The reason I'm replying to this post is in the off-chance that you had the same problem as me. After rooting my VodafoneAU phone I found it impossible to change the boot animation using any tutroials I found on the net. That is because the Vodafone AU ROM renamed it's bootanimation file.

So, if your phone has a VodafoneAU ROM can you reply to let me know and I'll post how to change the Vodafone AU boot animation without having to install a custom ROM.

Cheers,
Sombre.

 

[deanr1977]

Hi deanr1977,

When you say 'add a splash screen' do you mean change the boot animation that's on your phone?
The reason I'm replying to this post is in the off-chance that you had the same problem as me. After rooting my VodafoneAU phone I found it impossible to change the boot animation using any tutroials I found on the net. That is because the Vodafone AU ROM renamed it's bootanimation file.

So, if your phone has a VodafoneAU ROM can you reply to let me know and I'll post how to change the Vodafone AU boot animation without having to install a custom ROM.

Cheers,
Sombre.

Hi i mean the first screen you see "white screen with HTC in green letters" i know how to change the boot logo the 2nd screen with animation on it, its the 1st one i cant change!

 

[Sombre]

Hi i mean the first screen you see "white screen with HTC in green letters" i know how to change the boot logo the 2nd screen with animation on it, its the 1st one i cant change!

I haven't changed the splash screen on my DHD but I have seen the process documented several times.

The following link seems to be a fairly straight-forward way to change it. Hope it helps.

[UTILITY] Android Flasher(Recovery,splash1,Radio,HBOOT,bootanim)[V1.6.1](15/01/11) - xda-developers

Cheers,
Sombre.

 

[deanr1977]

I haven't changed the splash screen on my DHD but I have seen the process documented several times.

The following link seems to be a fairly straight-forward way to change it. Hope it helps.

[UTILITY] Android Flasher(Recovery,splash1,Radio,HBOOT,bootanim)[V1.6.1](15/01/11) - xda-developers

Cheers,
Sombre.

I saw that one already but it didnt work???? I dunno why, i was in fastboot usb mode, & have the right drivers installed but still no luck? It said - Picture copied, nbing complete, image renamed, ADB reboot command sent, pushing & flashing splash1, i has completed your splash flashing, rebooting! ( then my phone rebooted but no change on the splash screen????

 

[Xyro]

Do you have ENG S-OFF? If you're using fastboot, radio S-OFF isn't enough.

 

[deanr1977]

Do you have ENG S-OFF? If you're using fastboot, radio S-OFF isn't enough.

Im sure i have ENG S-OFF but is there a way i can check that i have? I used the one click root & easy radio tool v2_2 to unluck my phone

 

[Sombre]

Im sure i have ENG S-OFF but is there a way i can check that i have? I used the one click root & easy radio tool v2_2 to unluck my phone

From what I read on the subject of gaining ENG-S OFF there's a lot more to it than what a one-click app could do.

Here is a link to the procedure I followed to gain ENG-S OFF:

How To Gain S-OFF (Radio And Engineering) On HTC Desire HD

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Sombre.

 

[Xyro]

Im sure i have ENG S-OFF but is there a way i can check that i have? I used the one click root & easy radio tool v2_2 to unluck my phone

I don't know how to check, but if that's the only tool you used then no you won't have ENG S-OFF

Unfortunately without ENG bootloader (my other tool) you cannot use fastboot commands (advanced stuff)

So if the method you're following relies on fastboot commands, which gathering by some of the OP's posts it does, you'd have to use his other tool.

From what I read on the subject of gaining ENG-S OFF there's a lot more to it than what a one-click app could do.

[TOOL] One click ENG S-OFF

 

[deanr1977]

From what I read on the subject of gaining ENG-S OFF there's a lot more to it than what a one-click app could do.

Here is a link to the procedure I followed to gain ENG-S OFF:

How To Gain S-OFF (Radio And Engineering) On HTC Desire HD

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Sombre.

Thanks mate, i now have Eng H-boot completed without any problems!
But it does make you nevus during the process! Thinking am i gonna have the latest designer htc desire hd "BRICK" Luckly enough i dont have to worry about that now
I will try flashing a splash later on & it should be all OK now???? well i hope so anyway
Thanks again

 

[Xyro]

Yeah, it worried me a bit too when I read it. But then I realised my old phone must have had both types of S Off already and I never bricked that

The golden rule is just to not flash anything until you've read up about it first and know what to do/not do.

 

[deanr1977]

Yeah, it worried me a bit too when I read it. But then I realised my old phone must have had both types of S Off already and I never bricked that

The golden rule is just to not flash anything until you've read up about it first and know what to do/not do.

Oh & dont worry mate, i always do my homework first when it comes hacking, flashing & fixing phones & consoles! I have learnt to read up on plenty of forums, search up on google, youtube & anywhere else before trying anything!
I know better than that

If anyone else is having the same trouble as i was this is how i got it working-

Make sure your phone is Rooted with Radio s-off, engineered hboot off, i use a program on the PC called Android Flasher to flash the splashscreen
Get it here -

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794638

then i made a splashscreen picture on paint or photoshop, resized it to 480x800, the saved it as a bmp with 24bit, now connect your phone to the usb & then to the computer, make sure usb debugging is activated, open up Android Flasher, find your pic you saved on your PC, flash, then your phone will reboot & now you can enjoy your new SPLASHSCREEN!

Thankyou all for your help

Here is a few of my splashscreens i made myself, download them in the zip file below, & use with the android flasher