Guest Bongmaster Posted March 7, 2007 Report Posted March 7, 2007 Has anyone mannaged to figgure out how to get rid of/Replace the Virgin mobile splash screeen from the bootup of the Monet? i used reg edit to chnage the shutdown screen and startup screens, but the virgin one stays put even tho the registry value says otherwise (unless there is another reg value i dont know about) anyone? ;)
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted March 7, 2007 Report Posted March 7, 2007 You can't do that easily.... it's set in ROM. P
Guest Bongmaster Posted March 7, 2007 Report Posted March 7, 2007 You can't do that easily.... it's set in ROM. P so it can be done? i have searched the reg a little to see if there are any references to it.. but nothing that has made any changes.. if i could replace the rom with a default htc monet rom (not messed with by virgin in any way), if such a thing exists. like a clean install of windows ;) hehe
Guest The Doctor Posted March 7, 2007 Report Posted March 7, 2007 You can't do that easily.... it's set in ROM. P Its actually fairly easy :D Luckily the splash image is located in a different section of the ROM to the OS, bootloader, etc so you can 'cook' if you like your own ROM with the splash screen ONLY without too much trouble. All your programs etc are safe. If you want a MoDaCo boot screen, download and flash the splash screen i posted HERE If you want to make your own, follow the instructions by me HERE, or slightly more specific instructions by merwin HERE @Paul, if you feel it'd be worthwhile, I'll make a Hermes version of the MoDaCo Splash Screen I did for the Tornado ;) It'll be both the Splash Screen and the Sub splash (normally the same image but if you want to keep some operator branding i'll leave the subsplash section out so it wont flash that) Phil
Guest Bongmaster Posted March 8, 2007 Report Posted March 8, 2007 (edited) Its actually fairly easy :D Luckily the splash image is located in a different section of the ROM to the OS, bootloader, etc so you can 'cook' if you like your own ROM with the splash screen ONLY without too much trouble. All your programs etc are safe. If you want a MoDaCo boot screen, download and flash the splash screen i posted HERE If you want to make your own, follow the instructions by me HERE, or slightly more specific instructions by merwin HERE @Paul, if you feel it'd be worthwhile, I'll make a Hermes version of the MoDaCo Splash Screen I did for the Tornado ;) It'll be both the Splash Screen and the Sub splash (normally the same image but if you want to keep some operator branding i'll leave the subsplash section out so it wont flash that) Phil no luck :( it passes the immediate flash test.. but displays "Error saving splash zone" when i try to put in my new splash.bmp :) i am app unlocked. is there any special format the bmp has to be in? [edit] The Modaco boot screen rom update utility failed too :) what have virgin done to my phone? Edited March 8, 2007 by Bongmaster
Guest The Doctor Posted March 12, 2007 Report Posted March 12, 2007 no luck :D it passes the immediate flash test.. but displays "Error saving splash zone" when i try to put in my new splash.bmp :( i am app unlocked. is there any special format the bmp has to be in? [edit] The Modaco boot screen rom update utility failed too :) what have virgin done to my phone? I'll look into the Monet ROM structure this week sometime and *hopefully* come up with some answers ;) Phil
Guest Bongmaster Posted March 15, 2007 Report Posted March 15, 2007 I'll look into the Monet ROM structure this week sometime and *hopefully* come up with some answers ;) Phil good luck :D hope u find something :( my friend suggested i find an imate equivilant rom and flash it.. which is a bit drastic.. i would like my DAB radio to still work :) n stuff.. and not chance bricking my phone :? tho a nice clean wm5 would be nice :) no oem inteferance :)
Guest The Doctor Posted March 16, 2007 Report Posted March 16, 2007 good luck ;) hope u find something :D my friend suggested i find an imate equivilant rom and flash it.. which is a bit drastic.. i would like my DAB radio to still work :) n stuff.. and not chance bricking my phone :? tho a nice clean wm5 would be nice :( no oem inteferance :) Don't flash an i-mate ROM whatever you do, i-mate never released the HTC Monet so you wont find a compatible ROM. But like i said, i'll cook you your own splash tomorrow, if you want a specific image then post it here before about 11am MoDaCo time. Needs to be 240x320 in bmp format. Phil
Guest Bongmaster Posted March 18, 2007 Report Posted March 18, 2007 Don't flash an i-mate ROM whatever you do, i-mate never released the HTC Monet so you wont find a compatible ROM. But like i said, i'll cook you your own splash tomorrow, if you want a specific image then post it here before about 11am MoDaCo time. Needs to be 240x320 in bmp format. Phil yay :D oh crap ;) am i too late to post an image? if not here is one...splash2.bmp
Guest The Doctor Posted March 19, 2007 Report Posted March 19, 2007 yay :D oh crap ;) am i too late to post an image? if not here is one... Ok try this one... Philsplash.rar
Guest Bongmaster Posted March 21, 2007 Report Posted March 21, 2007 Ok try this one... Phil alas it failed ;) i have attached a jpeg of the error screen if it helps.. is there anything i need to unlock in my phone in order to flash it?
Guest The Doctor Posted March 25, 2007 Report Posted March 25, 2007 alas it failed ;) i have attached a jpeg of the error screen if it helps.. is there anything i need to unlock in my phone in order to flash it? Hmmmm Just had a thought that the upgrade files may be in nbh format? You could try the hermes modaco splash number 3 and see if that works... I'll have to look into this further tho Phil
Guest Bongmaster Posted April 4, 2007 Report Posted April 4, 2007 Hmmmm Just had a thought that the upgrade files may be in nbh format? You could try the hermes modaco splash number 3 and see if that works... I'll have to look into this further tho Phil that worked less than the other one ;) it just lost com
Guest The Doctor Posted April 4, 2007 Report Posted April 4, 2007 that worked less than the other one ;) it just lost com Hmmm, tbh i need a shipped update to tear apart to really get to grips with this Phil
Guest xecuterbox Posted May 30, 2007 Report Posted May 30, 2007 (edited) Hi, just got my monet yesturday thought Id try changing the splash...I have ran the first software with modaco logo and it seemed to work though - didnt get an error like the previous guy but mite b worth mentioned Iv app unlocked mine. I got some debug screen on the monet and the software said please wait 10 minutes etc then closed itself down...took battery out/put it back as nothing was happenin still works n still got virgin splash but not sure the proper procedure Edited May 30, 2007 by xecuterbox
Guest The Doctor Posted May 30, 2007 Report Posted May 30, 2007 Hi, just got my monet yesturday thought Id try changing the splash...I have ran the first software with modaco logo and it seemed to work though - didnt get an error like the previous guy but mite b worth mentioned Iv app unlocked mine. I got some debug screen on the monet and the software said please wait 10 minutes etc then closed itself down...took battery out/put it back as nothing was happenin still works n still got virgin splash but not sure the proper procedure Need to do more research into this before we can arrive at a solution BTW does your phone still boot into windows? Phil
Guest xecuterbox Posted May 30, 2007 Report Posted May 30, 2007 Need to do more research into this before we can arrive at a solution BTW does your phone still boot into windows? Phil yes - it still boots into windows just fine
Guest Bongmaster Posted November 6, 2007 Report Posted November 6, 2007 hi been away for a while. ;) any progress been made on this? i really hate that virgin splash screen more than ever now since they screwed me over. long story not going into it.. i would really be happy to see it gone :(
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