yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] :
if you get the three color bootloader you dont have the engineering boot loader and therefore you cannot use fastboot....
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Marmle:
Just now found a thread that talks about that. thanks for the info
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] aron4588:
I would really consider holding back on the boot untill you read up a bit. I would consider you read each sticky
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] OminousPrime:
Thanks a ton, aron4588.

I had to get the 64 bit USB driver

to get windows to recognize the Dream

but after that, it all worked. I used grokdesigns' for the first and I liked andonnguyen's so much I used that for the second after changing it a bit.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Ryanmo5:
Trying it now, thanks for the great post!!!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Hacksaw Jim Thuggin:
great tutorial guys..im extremely new to this and got it workin perfectly
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] chief2842:
Thanks, but can't get Run CreateG1Splash.exe to open on my desktop getting an error.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] savethechicken:
I just had the problem of not getting the Create.exe to run you just have to update your .net framework from microsoft.com. I updated to the 3.5 and it is works great now.

Here's mine
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] chief2842:
Thanks homie that work, and we new to fire Ron Turner if we want to win.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] chief2842:
Ok, now I am stuck at "waiting for device" at cmd.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] khoaitaychienvn:
I cant get to fastboot, when I pressed Power+Camera, I can only see serial 10 in a 4 color background, cant see the Fastboot. Plug in the comp, it didnt see my device.

My device can be seen in normal mode. ANy idea?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] JesusFreke:
The 4 color bootloader is the stock bootloader. You need to install the developer bootloader
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] khoaitaychienvn:
sorry, my bad! :(
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] aron4588:
if you need help feel free to pm me
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] khoaitaychienvn:
To aron4588: I said sorry cuz I didnt read before I asked, so, cheer! :)

im using this one :D:D
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] JesusFreke:
Cool pic :) I like.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] pixel-painter:
This was very cool and easy .. thanks :)

Here, I made this one ... and used it too :p
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] wyseman76:
Well I'm using vista x64 and i have the usb drivers installed and they work when the phone is in dev mode and connected but for some reason when in fastboot it will not even show up as a mass storage device, am i missing something there. Anyway i used my laptop with xp to do the actual flashing because it was easier than figuring out whats up with the x64 driver or my phone :)

here is the image I flashed and it worked, yeah. I had some free time to tinker in photoshop so it's very personalized. I have some great ideas for boot images so i may post some more soon. You can click the image for a larger view.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Perrosky:
Plz post pic with that little android I been looking for it, to use it in my phone and as computer background but can't find it on google.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Beast84:
So if I read this thread correctly, this wouldn't work with the HardSPL cuz I can't get to fastboot? Correct? I have to have the Engineering SPL?

Forgive me if I over looked it but I have been reading up on about 3 threads
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Perrosky:
I have HardSPL and I can do it to my G1
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] wyseman76:
To Perrosky

His name is Marvin , he is from the hitchhikers guide books.

Here is an Image search link for you. Bath in the glory of Marvin.

Google Image Search On Marvin
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Beast84:
Nice to know... I think I'm gonna take the plunge then! Thanks
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] AbsoluteDesignz:
bit of noob hilarity....so I reflashed my phone back to RC29. lol.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Beast84:
Question???

Do I have to type adb push or pull or anything like that before these commands? Or just simply copy & paste line by line?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] aron4588:
juss copy and paste i included all needed command
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Beast84:
Sweet thanks I'm gonna try when I get home from work tonight

EDIT: Looked so easy I decided to just try it right now. Got it perfect. Thanks for the help
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] wyseman76:
Thought idea share a few boot images I tossed together.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] dom2684:
do i need to save an image as a certain file type or resolution? cause when i try i to open an image in createsplash.exe it looks real ****ty as u can tell

btw if someone can do it for me i want this one

EDIT : NEVERMIND I FIGURED IT OUT....i kept on saving it as a jpeg cause i saw everyone posting jpegs

....i tried a png and it worked
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Beast84:
Think you could post the "Infection" one without all the stuff at the bottom?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] djlucklu:
my bootlogos

thanks!!for all the hacks and mods and all the tricks jesusfreak
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] elite-fusion:
can you please post a better picture of it, id like to use it for mine, it looks hot :)

obviously ill just change it to my info with photoshop lol
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] emudojo:
Actually not all the credit goes to JF, take a look here

http://www.koushikdutta.com/2008/12/quick-and-dirty-converter-tool-to.html

He's the original author of the converting tool to easily create custom splash screens

:D
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Eddie_gauge:
Thanks to the OP and everyone else that paved the way on this and other fun ways to tweek the G1. Has anyone successfuly changed the flashing Andriod screen yet?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Beast84:
Could someone take the icons at the bottom of this image off for me? I don't have the photoshop skills to do it. Everytime I try it, the bottom comes out glossy while the rest of the image looks kinda blurry... Understand what I mean?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] themykel:
Here you go - there is a nice utility to do the conversion automatically that I found in one of the flash threads (I think its http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=456071) that does everything automatically. I forget who originally did it or I would give credit to that person. I attached the zip file of the program in its entirety
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] andonnguyen:
My harddrive crashed, so I lost all my data, I tried to RAID 1 data recovery but nothing was there, so therefore I have lost everything i've worked on for my G1 =[ Sorry.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Beast84:
Sweet thanks! I been waiting for someone to help me out on this. I'll have a look at the thread you suggested. Thanks again
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] rickyteddyb:
Thanks

Worked perfectly. The steps were so easy it might have well have been a boot image for dummies.

Here is my image

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[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] mrpandainc:
My phone is Fastboot, ADB mode, but when I am in DOS and try to paste "fastboot flash splash1 mysplash.rgb565" it says error: cannot load mysplash.rgb565.

EDIT***********

I just renamed the outputed Raw file to match what was being type in the command tutorial. It worked, trying a second one now.

EDIT AGAIN.

How do we delete the second image? So we can just load the first one, I dont like that it only shows for one second.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] JesusFreke:
I think

fastboot erase splash2

should work
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] nolageek:
I get an application error when i try to run CreateG1Splash.exe

The Application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135). Click on OK to terminate the application. (solved... I needed to install .NET)

Also, when do I plug it into the computer? If I reboot the G1 into fastboot and plug it in, it never comes up.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] nolageek:
Apparently I'm the dummy this tutorial was written for. :)

Still can't get the PC to recognise when the G1 is plugged in while in Fastboot.

But... here's a boot sized image and matching wallpaper I made for when someone helps me out. (Bribery? Me? Nahhh. lol)

UPDATE: I figured it out. (Not as dumb as you thought I are.) Android was coming up as Mass USB Storage Device. Reinstalled driver and it all worked fine.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] rzm61:
Hey there everyone, sorry for not introducing myself. I'm mainly here to lurk, and right now I'm trying to get a custom boot logo on my G1. However I keep running into a small problem.

Command prompt keeps hanging up on me saying <waiting for device> after I type in 'fastboot flash splash1 mysplash.rgb565'

Any help would be greatly appriciated. I'm probably making a rookie mistake, but it happens. Worse case scenario I will try this once I get home. It'll probably work there. I have a feeling it might be a driver issue or something.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] nolageek:
Does the device show up in Device Manager under USB Mass Storage Device? It should be under ADB devices at the top of the Device Manager list.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] rzm61:
I'm pretty sure this is my problem.

However that stems into another problem. I can't update the driver here at work seeing how I don't have the right permissions. :rolleyes:

Oh well, looks like I have another project for when I get home tonight. :)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] fleshdeep:
Ok Stumped, but not all the way. I did both splash1 and splash2 for fastboot and it works. My splash1 shows for a second or 2 then goes right to splash2. After quite a bit of time, it goes to the glowing android letters but it's very pixelated. How do I get rid of this part (android letters that glow)?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] tehseano:
So yeah, my device shows up as HTC Dream under ADB Interface, yet still when I try to fastboot in I get "< waiting for device >". I've tried all the solutions I've seen so far.

I'm using Windows 7 x64 Build 7000
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] JesusFreke:
Does it show up as ADB Interface when the phone is actually in fastboot mode?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] hbguy:
Waiting at device?? Ughh?

okay so when it gets stuck at says waiting for device, it means you have to update the driver. I had no idea what that meant so i googled it. You go to control panel (start---> control panel---->system-----> click on hardware tab---->click on device manager----> look for USB (universal serial bus) controllers then look for a little yellow exclamation mark and right click then update driver)

if that doesn't work, please ask someone else haha

good work everyone!,

hbguy
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] tehseano:
Yes, I have the drivers correctly installed :)

I've tried every damn-near solution and sequence of plugging the phone into the computer that I can think of
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Dsmithjr:
Worked great for me. I used themykel's infections image. It looks great!

Thanks to All!!!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] wyseman76:
Got to love the internet, a few hours hard work then some guy alters your work and now it's there baby.

Cheers
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] obe1:
bootloader

ok i had the same problem waiting for device so what i did while being on the 3 android with skateboards i went to the usb devices then i uninstalled the one with the yellow ? then I right clicked and scan for hardware changes then it came back up again and i pointed it to the android usb folder and voila it worked like a charmed afterwards hope it helps if not pm and ill help with more detail
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] big nu:
i got a serious "brain fart" right im trying to customize my bootloader, im not sure if im doing this right i renamed this file update.zip like i do all the themes, reboot into my recovery screen but all i get is "file aborted failed"

now i know im doin it wrong but the op to this thread makes me feel mentally challenged becuase that post is tiltled custom boot images for dummies:( AND I DONT GET IT!!:eek: some on please reinterate:confused: to i load it to my sdcard and then activate in astro filr manager? if so how? SORRY SO NEEDY>>
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] RainCrow:
Nice! Thanks so much! Def second this to get stickied.

Now I have Flowers in The Attic as my Boot Screen :D
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Shagman68:
Has anyone tried a splash3 or more, if so does it work?

P.S. You guys are the bomb! This whole process made it kindegarten simple!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Shagman68:
oh, and here are my splash screens...
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] JoshHart:
Ok, so I'm on Vista 64bit and I've already restarted in test mode, installed the drivers, shows up as HTC Dream just fine, got it to send Splash1 kinda...it's just stuck on the sending "splash1" <300KB>... for about 5 min now maybe a little longer. Any advice?

EDIT: Nevermind I pulled battery started again and it works fine now, weird. Anyways thanks for everyones help with 64bit Vista.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] blackknightavalon:
Thanks for the info! It was VERY helpful! :D

Anyway, here's what I flashed.

Splash1:

Splash2:

They look better on the phone.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] chulo333:
Thanks a lot aron4588!! and everyone else who helped figure out how to do this!

Got lost trying to read the other threads on this, but This guide made everything super easy to follow :)

Anyways, here's the boot image i created. Feel free to use it if you like
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] n8izzle:
Animation Screen

I need help here.. I have found out were to find the animated boot screen and i made some changes to the picture... And when i try to update my phone with it.. It gets stuck on splash2.. I dont know what a correct way of fixing it and if i can get any help i would greatly appreciate it..
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] bhain3s:
:-D toook me a **** load since i started with the orignal directions and ultimately ended up using the 2 minute method...I sure as hell learned alot about this phone though...

heres my bootscreen
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] ThaBadBoy:
Thanks for this tut. Got it working with ease!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] aron4588:
This is sooooo going on my phone
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] obe1:
I think the flower with in you should come out of the attic lol i had too you left it wide open it was a joke
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Chronos2187:
Thanks

Wow that utility to convert your image saved me TONS of time. Unfortunately I tried to do it the long way first before i saw your post. Thanks a bunch for the great post! Oh and here is my bootscreen :
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] SolemnWishing:
Here are mine.

The one with the white background is splash 2, the other is splash 2.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] ICBM:
Flashed yesterday.. This was huge. Totally awesome, thanks!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] jimmy101:
my new bootscreen thanks to this tool! [with contact details removed]
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] g1gangsta6604:
hahaha works great this is my image i flashed...
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stryder5:
How long does it take to complete? Mine's been sitting at "sending splash1 <300 KB>..." for the longest time now

Edit: I just closed that cmd prompt screen and opened a new one, did reboot then repeated the steps and it worked the 2nd time around :D
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] tehseano:
Never mind, fixed my problem :)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] i9zero:
how funny... that's my phone and my picture that I posted on flickr...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/i9mark/2979162283/
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] .PaNiNi.:
I really like these very nice! KUDOS!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] carlosjcar:
My boot

Thanks for all the schooling guys!!!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] califrag:
Great success!! Here's my boot image, let me know if you like it!! It looks really nice on the screen! I spent a long time on it.

I also flashed it as both splash1 and splash 2.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] insanemonkey:
hi :( i have a vista 64 and have tried everything, icant get it to work one bit :(

i tried updating drivers and still doesnt work, and the drivers i download arent right i think, it says no drivers were found when i point the driver update to the folder.. SOMEONE HELP :(

help :( i went into safemode and it didnt work,what should i do?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] insanemonkey:
anyone got any tips for vista 64bit? i cant connect to fasboot and ive tried everything.. anyone got up to date drivers, the drivers i have i have added can someone tell me ifthese are right, becuase windows doesnt recognise them when i try to update :(
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] :
Had to try a couple times, before I realized the drivers i had just weren't going to cut it. used custom x64 vista drivers posted elsewhere and used the recommended test signing procedure, and fastboot worked like a charm.

if anyone is having a particularly dire time trying to get this working on x64 vista, I may be able to help, oh and here's the boot screen i'm using...

yeah kind of girly, but looks pretty on a white G1 ;)

Oh here :) so ya'll don't need to search too hard

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=446274 <<Drivers. Once you're done, run the same command with the word OFF instead of ON obviously and reboot again, and go back to using the drivers included with the SDK is my recommendation. The SDK drivers -WOULD NOT- work for me, so I found this workaround to be helpful
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] insanemonkey:
i did this and it still didnt work, idk :'( i want to cry right now
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] bugfix2009:
hy this is mine :)

greeeeeeetz
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] blackgin:
I have a problem..

I managed to flash splash1, but when I try to flash splash2 it says:

"sending 'splash2' (300 KB)... OKAY

writing 'splash2'... FAILED (remote: partition does not exist!)"

How to fix this?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] KidJethro:
I just found this one on deviant art, flashed it to the phone. It looks sooooo goood!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] BlueWolf11:
@blackgin

What exactly did you type at the CMD prompt?

I typed the following and it worked

fastboot flash splash2 mysplash.rgb565

I ended up erasing it as Jessica Alba didn't last long enough...I have to choose her over Mila. I'll pretty them up later.

fastboot erase splash2

If you ever want to see a Linux/Unix help you can type /? after the command too!

fastboot /?

This will show you many options...What they mean is another story...
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] devildogg2001:
ok so i messed with this last night for over an hour, followed the instructions step by step, and even uninstalled, then reinstalled the drivers for the phone, and i still get the message "waiting for device".. i tried rebooting the computer, the then phone.. i dont know whats going on. i got 32 bit windows vista, and just installed the SDK and fastboot a couple days ago.. adb works fine, i see fastboot on my phone, i dont understand
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] BlueWolf11:
When did you install the drivers? Did you have the phone in fastboot mode first, and then install? I installed the drivers with the phone on the home screen, without mounting the SDcard. The device says ADP Device (I think). Look for any yellow triangles in your device manager as that is a give away. I'm running Windows Server 2008 x64 and have no problems... knock on wood. One more thing is to try restart your computer and then use control panel to search for new hardware.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] suninthyhands532:
these are mine. I have it as splash 1 and splash 2. To great things in one. or should I say 1 great thing! lol
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] limitlis:
How to revert back to normal?

My phone's keyboard recently started acting weird and I have tried everything to fix it. Even the last resort which is back to RC29 w/no root and Original SPL. :(

But now even after I reboot it shows my custom boot image. It looks like reverting overwrote the first boot image but the second is still there. The first one shows T-mobile G1 and the second one is custom.

Is there a code that must type if to remove the image all together? or do i have to overwrite it with the same image as img1?

I think I might need to send it back for replacement and I don't want there to be any issues because of the swapped image.

Im sorry if this has been answered elsewhere I tried searching throughout the the forum and couldn't find an answer.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE i hope someone can help.

Thanks in advance
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] BlueWolf11:
Well you can't fastboot now, but the code is the following to remove the second picture...

fastboot erase splash2
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] limitlis:
Well I really appreciate your time. LOL wish I hadn't been in such a rush. And now I can't get root because the enter key is acting weird too. Oh well. Thanks Again.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] jjjackson56:
Heres mine still a work in process. I would like to use the android font for the "rooted with" but i cant find it. Also not sure if I like it saying "rooted with". Any suggestions are welcome.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] bigc07:
I cannot get my device to show up as ADB in the device manager. I have the HardSPL and I have the bootloder saying fastboot and my pc recognizes it bc it makes the noise when you plug a usb in but its not showing up. I have installed the drivers and there is no yellow sign next to anything.. Any ideas?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] jmenbalek:
Hi , i have a problem when i write "fastboot flash splash1 mysplash.rgb565" , i have this :

stboot flash splash1 mysplash.rgb565

sending 'splash1' (300 KB)... OKAY

writing 'splash1'... INFOsignature checking...

FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)

I have tested with many recovery.img , but i have already the same problem .
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] jmenbalek:
You have make the upgrade with android_usb_windows ??

Me , i have install the driver in android sdk , and after i have upgrade driver with this and it's running good now .

Edit : I have resolved my problem :)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] david1171:
waiting for device

i get waiting for device. i have the latest drivers installed. my phone is in fastboot. my computer list my phone in fastboot under adb interface in device manager. i do not have a yellow triangle with exclamation point by anything. i got passed that.i tried with the regular hard spl and got waiting for device under previous circumstances, then i went to the haykuro version of the engineering spl and i still get waiting for device. i can run basic fastboot commands such as "fastboot reboot" "fastboot devices" and "fastboot reboot-bootloader"
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Liquid602:
finally got it! awsome. i was stuck at waiting for device for a while, which was pretty annoying! lol, but i finally downloaded and installed the driver from teh first post and it worked. tanks
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] chrisjb13:
Custom Boot Image

I tried following the directions, but for some reason I can only get one image to actually work. The second image I get is the android that blinks. Does anyone know why this happened? Any pointers?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] teknomanelvis:
SUCCESS!!!

*modding level goes up 3 points*
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] serialtoon:
Vote for sticky. I just spent 10 mins trying to find this post. Mods...please sticky.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] aron4588:
lol it sticky in the theme section
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] g1junky:
Finally

i finally got this to work...but i have a question??

isnt the boot image i add suppose to fill the whole screen??

mine only fills the middle portion of it
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] g1junky:
My image

this is my kim kardashian boot image
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] serialtoon:
So thats where i remember seeing it. :D
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] xyrcncp:
You have only flashed one image then. Either splash1 or splash2. The blinking android is a different image, modified differently.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] aron4588:
:eek::cool::D;):rolleyes::eek::confused:
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] chrisjb13:
When I go to flash the second, it doesn't call it splash 2 and it doesnt allow you to call it the same thing.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] g1junky:
lmao haha:D:D
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] rydr1:
Thanks Xase. After searching for over an hour, this finaly solved the problem for me. I am using windows vista 64-bit. the problem I was having is that CMD would get stuck on waiting on phone.

Now to share here is my boot scree:
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] stuff:
What was your solution? I have the same problem, and I need the solution!

:)