[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Joe Bleau:
Custom-Made First Boot Splash Screen: Reward!

Thanks Techkit for reminding me of the HTC Rhodium Wiki. :cool:

That got me to ngochoangimsat's super easy to use tool for customizing the very first splash screen. Most ROMs including Energy's do not change that splash screen . Cleaning the phone with Task29 will revert to default splash screen - Thanks to wmg316 for the correction & tip in the post below this one. That got me thinking since I "lost" a phone once (the waiter took it IMO as I got back to the table in less that 30 sec. :mad:) that it could could be a good place to cow brand my phone if lost or stolen to offer a reward & an email address to contact me.

Stock Energy Jan.06 splash screens when turning on the phone:

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The instructions in ngochoangimsat's post are clear enough but the Help files in the Main_Splash_Screen_TP2 and Sub_Splash_Screen_TP2 folders apply only to the nbimg.exe utility

that you don't need to run

to use the tool. So I unzipped the file and customized it by adding two fonts similar to HTC's, a .PSD template & added a Read me First file:

From ngochoangimsat's post & edited by Joe Bleau: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10161440&postcount=63

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All of you have to do to customize your Boot Splash Screen is to change first and second boot screen:

1. Download attached SplashScreen_Tool_Custom.rar file.

2. Unrar file.

3. Edit the bitmap image found in the Main_Splash_Screen_TP2 folder (MainSplash.bmp) as you like. Save/replace MainSplash.bmp with the exact same name, .bmp extension 24-bit. Optional: if your phone model is using it: edit bitmap image in Sub_Splash_Screen_TP2 Folder (SubSplash.bmp).

4. Connect your device to PC via active sync (windowsXp) or Windows mobile center (windows vista; windows7).

5. Run MainSplash_Firstboot.bat to change first boot screen and SubSplash_SecondBoot.bat to change second boot screen (screen with RED text).
NOTE: some phones like Tilt 2 are using only MainSplash so [B]it's not necessary to flash SubSplash in any scenario[/B].

6. If you want to [B]restore the original MainSplash[/B]: just unrar the file again & run w/o editing the MainSplash.bmp or replace your custom MainSplash.bmp with a backup of the original MainSplash.bmp.

You can edit the bmp file with Windows Paint, etc. Included is a Photoshop template (MainSplash_Joe_Bleau.psd. Note that the # 2 is an image as I could not find an identical font for this number) that can be also used to create custom splash screen #3: well.PNG (copy to Windows folder using Total Commander) or lockscreen wallpaper (copy to My Documents/My Wallpapers then > Home > slider menu > Settings > Personalize > Lock screen wallpaper), etc.

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Included are 2 fonts quite similar to the one used in htc's Touch Pro2 MainSplash:

1- HURTMOLD_ from http://www.1001fonts.com/font_details.html?font_id=3169

2- Pirulen from http://www.1001freefonts.com/Pirulen.php

If you would like to use them: BEFORE editing the bmp image, install the fonts:

- For Windows 7: just double click the font & Install.

- For other Windows OS: http://www.microsoft.com/typography/TrueTypeInstall.mspx

- For Mac OS dunno how but I included a Mac OS X version of the Pirulen font downloaded from the link above.

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Energy.RHODIUM.29007.Sense2.5.Cookie.2.0.Jan.06 > Word > Menu > About:

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Weird. :confused: Did you turn off the phone & removed the SIM and the memory card before running Task29 & rebooted the phone & test before installing the SIM, memory card & whatnot mods or apps?

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Edit: replaced the bmp file in the Main_Splash_Screen_TP2 folder found in the tool below with: