Blade: How may I change the "MoDaCo" boot logo to my own?

[Guest fradleyp]

Who needs Linux, eh? :P - Yeah, may as well get rid of that *LINUX-BASED* Android handset :( haha!! :P

:) ;)

[Guest glossywhite]

:) ;)

Would you like to borrow my sledgehammer, to crack that walnut? :P it has SU-per powers :(

[Guest weba]

So it is necessary to sign the package afterwards or what? Been searching for an answer to this...

[Guest glossywhite]

So it is necessary to sign the package afterwards or what? Been searching for an answer to this...

Unlikely, as I just made my own custom boot animation, and the SF didn't complain :)

[Guest fradleyp]

So it is necessary to sign the package afterwards or what? Been searching for an answer to this...

I didn't sign my update.zip

[Guest glossywhite]

I didn't sign my update.zip

I'll sign it for 100 quid - I'm famous! :)

[Guest weba]

Cheers fellas, just rendered out a sequence from After Effects and will give this a go :)

[Guest glossywhite]

Cheers fellas, just rendered out a sequence from After Effects and will give this a go :)

Now THERE'S an idea... ;)

[Guest ezablade]

Done it!!! Cheers glossywhite, 7zip did the trick.. now got my own custom intro!

[Guest keencyclist]

Anyone care to give a guide? I am using windows and have winzip. Is it possible just to delete the 24 files or do they need to be substituted. Thanks in advance.

[Guest McSpoon]

This is slightly off-topic but I'm just curious, has anyone tried changing the other boot screen - the one that is displayed instantly when the device is switched on.

The 'cat /proc/mtd' output shows a "splash" partition. So I'm just wondering if it can be changed via fastboot like the G1 could.

[Guest glossywhite]

This is slightly off-topic but I'm just curious, has anyone tried changing the other boot screen - the one that is displayed instantly when the device is switched on.

The 'cat /proc/mtd' output shows a "splash" partition. So I'm just wondering if it can be changed via fastboot like the G1 could.

I actually like the lil green guy - he's what signifies Android! :)

[Guest tom619]

I too would just like the little green man as my boot screen if anyone can show me how lol

[Guest dav_dako]

Cool, thanks for this guys, just used my own logo :)

[Guest glossywhite]

I too would just like the little green man as my boot screen if anyone can show me how lol

JUST the green android guy? That's simple - just read the whole thread, and you'll see HOW simple. I don't get the rather redundant "lol" in your post... please tell me why everyone says "lol" all the time?... (yes, I know what it means!)

PS: Paul - you do realise that instead of having 24 identical PNGs, you should create symlinks (symbolic links) and call the symlinks OUK_480x800_<something>.PNG:

man ln

[Guest the_bone]

Spent hours last night trying this out with no joy. Have tried a number of different ways of doing this all with no success. Each time it gets stuck on the green man and end up having to put original rom back on. I am using ubuntu with archive manager(GUI), tried extracting the files before recompressing them, tried replacing the files within the archive without extracting them first. EAch method for me has resulted in fail.

When I extract the raw rom file there are 1028 files listed in properties, when i replace files within the archive then extract there are 1025 (yes i do ensure that all 24 are done) and if i extract all then recompress the file there are 700 or 800 files.

Help please.

[Guest dwl99]

I've uncompressed the mcri-system.tar.gz file & found the framework-res.apk file. How do I replace the PNGs in the framework-res.apk with the PNG's from the myanim.zip I downloaded? I'm on Windoze 7 but could boot into Ubuntu Live if pushed. Ta

EDIT - could the OP upload the modified framework-res.apk file with the Linux penguin and would this work if dumped in the uncompressed ROM folder prior to recompressing?

Edited October 8, 2010 by dwl99

[Guest Paul]

JUST the green android guy? That's simple - just read the whole thread, and you'll see HOW simple. I don't get the rather redundant "lol" in your post... please tell me why everyone says "lol" all the time?... (yes, I know what it means!)

PS: Paul - you do realise that instead of having 24 identical PNGs, you should create symlinks (symbolic links) and call the symlinks OUK_480x800_<something>.PNG:

man ln

Yeah, could do, no big deal tho, not short of space on /system.

P

[Guest will7201]

Read all this with interest. A tutorial with 'noobs' or 'nervous' peeps in mind would be nice.

Having said that though, I really like my MoDaCo guy! :) (Thanks P ;) )

Will.

[Guest Stuart W]

I take it its a different method if you've gone down the clockworkmod route?

[Guest the flook]

Is there a way of flashing the boot animation / logo without having to reflash the whole rom? (i dont want to lose all the apps i have installed, and widget placements) just the boot logo changed.

Thankyou

[Guest glossywhite]

Yeah, could do, no big deal tho, not short of space on /system.

P

Yeah I get that, but it still seems *highly* inefficient (and possibly lazy?) to not fix something which is so very obviously using space, unnecessarily. VERY un-Linux like! This is the reason for symlinks :)

[Guest glossywhite]

Here's something funny - today, I woke up @ 13:37. I just checked the post count on this thread... and it was 1337!

I think I am receiving a message here! :)

[Guest madboffin]

I've tried using Ubuntu 10.04 file roller application to modify the apk with my chosen png picture. I've had no success at all. If anyone could provide a step by step process with the applications they have used I'd be grateful.

The Ubuntu front end to tar/gz appears to be doing something quite strange as if I diff the modified rom.tgz I create with the modaco original there are multiple files missing. I haven't touched these -it is all a bit bewildering for something that should only take 10 minutes !

Madboffin

[Guest dwl99]

ignore!

Edited October 11, 2010 by dwl99