How to change the Boot Screen in the appsboot.mbn

[Guest xiaoxin]

I want to change the boot screen,but do not know how,who knows?please help me

[Guest Rahulj85]

I want to change the boot screen,but do not know how,who knows?please help me

even i want to and tried a lot to get some information around it but eventually decided to give up..:-(

[Guest plegdroid]

if it's the boot animation you want to change, move the file called boot animation zip from, system/ media/ boot animation, and put it someware safe on your sdcard and replace with the one you want to use, job done.

[Guest Racerboy]

if it's the boot animation you want to change, move the file called boot animation zip from, system/ media/ boot animation, and put it someware safe on your sdcard and replace with the one you want to use, job done.

i think its the splash screen (green android) picture before the bootanimation same problem Rahulj85 is/was trying to solve, i think its a problem from upgrading from gen1 to gen2 and back again with not using your operators official update.

[Guest plegdroid]

in that case is it just a matter of changing the png file in system? or is that way to easy?

[Guest Racerboy]

in that case is it just a matter of changing the png file in system? or is that way to easy?

hmm, splash screen is not part of any rom, its in-built in the firmware structure the hidden partition where for example the CWM would be installed i think, there are guides on BLADE customisation forum HERE for it but i dont think it works with racer....

[Guest plegdroid]

I have previously found the png file, I know this as I've got a copy of it on my sdcard as backup the last time I had a go@ changing it. iam having a look to refind its location.

[Guest xiaoxin]

i think its the splash screen (green android) picture before the bootanimation same problem Rahulj85 is/was trying to solve, i think its a problem from upgrading from gen1 to gen2 and back again with not using your operators official update.

yes,its the green android robot screen.Sorry,i did not say so,i flashed it use the TPT method( The TPT flash is here x850 v1.1,flash tool is here TPT flash tool),after this,the green android robot screen changed,so,i think the files of the TPT flash made that change,and most likely 'appsboot.mbn',because the file 'splash.img' is not in my TPT flash files.how do you think?Sorry,my english is not good.

Edited August 28, 2011 by xiaoxin

[Guest equiliym]

not sure if anyone noticed but some kernels have their logo.bmp or initlogo.bmp or .rle, depends, that loads before bootanimation.. never managed to make one pic for that but it might be worth a shot if your kernel supports it

[Guest Racerboy]

not sure if anyone noticed but some kernels have their logo.bmp or initlogo.bmp or .rle, depends, that loads before bootanimation.. never managed to make one pic for that but it might be worth a shot if your kernel supports it

thats correct this rom HERE has a custom splash screen, but has tigtex kernal, must of been modified

EDIT: i just sent a message to Angelのsweet at malshenzu to ask how hes done it

Edited August 28, 2011 by Racerboy

[Guest Rahulj85]

thats correct this rom HERE has a custom splash screen, but has tigtex kernal, must of been modified

EDIT: i just sent a message to Angelのsweet at malshenzu to ask how hes done it

i did try this rom sometime back, but didnt change my splash image.

[Guest equiliym]

thats correct this rom HERE has a custom splash screen, but has tigtex kernal, must of been modified

EDIT: i just sent a message to Angelのsweet at malshenzu to ask how hes done it

it can probably be done with rickys boot kitchen, unpack boot.img, extract ramdisk, make an initlogo.rle that has to be binary btw and than repack all and flash to phone.. might give it a shot later :0

[Guest plegdroid]

it can probably be done with rickys boot kitchen, unpack boot.img, extract ramdisk, make an initlogo.rle that has to be binary btw and than repack all and flash to phone.. might give it a shot later :0

will only work on linux as ramdisc was compiled using Linux .had a dabble yesterday with the tigtex fettled version of rickys kitchen. but I was using windows. so would not let me unpack the ramdisc image.

Edited August 29, 2011 by plegdroid

[Guest Racerboy]

it can probably be done with rickys boot kitchen, unpack boot.img, extract ramdisk, make an initlogo.rle that has to be binary btw and than repack all and flash to phone.. might give it a shot later :0

question, if a phone that has a different splash screen and still keeps the same image even after flashing a new rom, is that from a hidden part of phone that is embedded like bios on a computer (permanent)?...........If so the method you describe in the quote above would that override it on every boot?

Rahulj85 i think upgraded to gen2 and then down graded back to gen1 in the process had his splash screen changed, same problem as xiaoxin, they both have had there splash screens changed, would it be possible for you to create an update.zip (which they might have to apply on every rom they install) to changed splash screen back to the good old standard green android? i`m guessing though that the boot.img file would have to be modified for every rom aswell

i`d give it ago if i knew how to but i`m a total noob on linux :lol:

Edited August 29, 2011 by Racerboy

[Guest Racerboy]

i did try this rom sometime back, but didnt change my splash image.

strange as i lost my splash screen (green android) and it got replaced with custom chinese X850 logo, when i flashed a different ROM i got my standard green droid pic back

[Guest plegdroid]

if anyone has the original 2.1 zip it's a png file on that rom, iam unable to find on anything above that. need Linux to get the kitchen working on any of the 4pda roms.

[Guest equiliym]

will only work on linux as ramdisc was compiled using Linux .had a dabble yesterday with the tigtex fettled version of rickys kitchen. but I was using windows. so would not let me unpack the ramdisc image.

well i have no problems doing that on both windows and linux, you just need active perl installed.. tho i use linux for this matters and i use to565 to convert my .raw/.pngs into binary .rle files and compile back boot.img but i just got a bootloop :( must try some other binary converter

Edited August 29, 2011 by equiliym

[Guest plegdroid]

well i have no problems doing that on both windows and linux, you just need active perl installed.. tho i use linux for this matters and i use to565 to convert my .raw/.pngs into binary .rle files and compile back boot.img but i just got a bootloop :( must try some other binary converter

I don't have a 64 bit pc, just had a look@ active Pearl, bummer:(

[Guest equiliym]

I don't have a 64 bit pc, just had a look@ active Pearl, bummer:(

there are more downloads on activeperl site:

Windows (x86), Windows (64-bit, x64), Mac OS X (Universal), Linux (x86), Linux (x86_64)

you can just pick any.. i have both x86 and x64 on both my windows and linux.. not sure where you looked at it but on activeperl download page, on the right side there are two big blue buttons for downloading :)

[Guest plegdroid]

thank you for taking the time to locate the x86 version, racerboy has pm me with the link yesterday. thank you once again, :)