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[Desire Android Development] Cythrawl:
Has anyone got this working on the Desire CDMA yet. Even though the HBoot is S-OFF with unrevoked, when you try flashing the splash image (even manually as described in this thread) you get this error.

F:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot flash splash1 splash1.img

sending 'splash1' (750 KB)... OKAY [ 0.116s]

writing 'splash1'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)

finished. total time: 0.118s

Any ideas how to fix this so us lowly CDMA owners can get custom Splash Screens.. the White HTC one is FUGLY!!.. hahaha
[Desire Android Development] lohp75:
Bump on that. Same error. Cdma desire.
[Desire Android Development] Droidzone:
Thanks a lot! It worked! The one click tool did not, but your steps worked properly..
[Desire Android Development] leadfoot9281:
so no cdma support i assume from the previous 2 posts. i get "waiting on device' when in fast boot and if i go to hboot get the same error everybody else seems to be getting.
[Desire Android Development] abyss1888:
I had the same error instead of using adb >fastboot flash splash1 splash1.img

try >fastboot flash splash1 splash1.bmp.nb
[Desire Android Development] carlos67:
Have just replaced the splashscreen with the offer of a cash reward if the phone is returned undamaged to me.

Also put a warning on there that the phones precise location is being tracked via GPS and that the phones IMEI number will be blacklisted if not returned immediately.

Then all contact details given and an "It will be greatly appreciated - Thank You" at the bottom.

Its sensible and gives me a fighting chance of getting it back if its stolen or lost.

Looks quite professional too ;) Much more practical than a pair off tits greeting me everytime I switch it on.:eek:
[Desire Android Development] Sixtyten:
Is there anything wrong with the attached splash? It seems to convert okay, but when I flash it the splash just reverts to those robots on skateboards. I can't tell what's wrong.

imgur.com/ektNg.png
[Desire Android Development] hagen.von.tronje:
compiling in Ubuntu 64bit

Does anybody know how to compile nbimg in Ubuntu 64bit?

:confused:
[Desire Android Development] r47z:
Thx for this :) it's nice to have my own splash screen :)
[Desire Android Development] DesirableDesire:
Error.

Hey i'm new to the forums, and customizing..

When i try and convert the image with nbimg i get an error in the command prompt

"could not open ' splash1.bmp'"

I have no idea why this is happening. Any help is appreciated ! Thanks :)

EDIT: Sorry, nevermind. I forgot to CD to my folder with nbimg in it!
[Desire Android Development] ericchwang:
Any one have the same problem as mine?

D:\Android\AndroidSDK\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot flash splash1 splash1.img

sending 'splash1' (750 KB)... OKAY [ 0.156s]

writing 'splash1'... FAILED<remote: not allowed>

finished. total time: 0.156s
[Desire Android Development] mad-murdock:
you must be s-off, latest version fort this to work...

Swyped with HTC Desire. Excuse typos.
[Desire Android Development] Gabbelito:
Does this work with a .IMG file too?
[Desire Android Development] mad-murdock:
Only with special images. The file extension doesn't say much about the contents anyways. you can also rename your custom splash screen to steve-jobs-naked.jpg and still flash it as long as you don't change the content

Swyped with HTC Desire. Excuse typos.
[Desire Android Development] Diamondback:
Anyone knows if this will work on my S-OFF Desire HD?

This T-Mob splash is horrible...
[Desire Android Development] mad-murdock:
Yes, it does. Just follow the tutorial.

Swyped with HTC Desire. Excuse typos.
[Desire Android Development] Diamondback:
Jep, all worked very well! =)
[Desire Android Development] tavocabe:
I do everything exactly as it says but...

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot flash splash1 splash1.img

< waiting for device >

any suggestions? The drivers are fine..

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

List of devices attached

--------1282 device
[Desire Android Development] tavocabe:
not working

I used both....still "waiting for device"

:(
[Desire Android Development] Lunchboxbob:
Thanks for the info. I followed your instructions and everything worked perfectly. Now I'm enjoying my own custom splash. :D
[Desire Android Development] tavocabe:
how to fix this error?

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot flash splash1 splash1.img

sending 'splash1' (750 KB)... FAILED (status malformed (1 bytes))

finished. total time: 0.000s
[Desire Android Development] Pajorve:
Friend tries to make as I step in the tutorial

To pass this mini tutorial I'm finding that you already have the Android SDK installed in c:/ai on your PC, because these commands passed here, will serve only if you have the androidsdk quarried in c:/.

Let's then:

To make things easier, save the image in the same folder where you extracted the SDK and place the nbimg tool. There tbm.(The first link).

PC go to start/run and open a command window go in path where this file nbimg folder.

Type the following command:

cd \

cd androidsdk\tools\

adb devices

nbimg-F splash1 .bmp-w 480-h 800 (this command will modify the image file that you downloaded)

If successful, the tool nbimg devera have created a file called nb ' splash1 .bmp. nb.

Now go in the Tools folder on the PC and rename the file to

splash1 boot.img.

Now put your Desire in Bootloader mode and connect it to your computer.

Open novamante the command window and navigate to the Tools folder that must reside

on your Android SDK folder where you unzipped.

cd \

cd androidsdk\tools\

adb devices

fastboot flash img splash1 splash1.

By giving the commands your window should be something like this:

C:\Android\AndroidSDK\android-sdk-windows\tools > fastboot flash img splash1 splash1.

sending ' splash1 ' (750 KB) ... OKAY [0.125s]

writing ' splash1 ' ... OKAY [0.0.218s slower]

finished. total time: 0.310S

13. reboot your Desire and enjoy your new splash screen.

I really hope have te helped!!!!

:D:D
[Desire Android Development] tavocabe:
I appreciate your help, I managed to pass this problem switching to hboot instead of fastboot on my phone(tutorial doesnt says anytihng about that)just to face this new one:

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot flash splash1 splash1.img

sending 'splash1' (750 KB)... FAILED (status malformed (1 bytes))

finished. total time: 0.000s

Im guessing the image Im trying to send is somehow wrong? But I've tried with many different splash screens posted here so maybe its something with my phone... :( A few days ago I resize data, system and cache partitions using the CustomMTD patch, could be the cause of my problem?
[Desire Android Development] marky9074:
This might help someone.. :)

I don't have the SDK installed, moreover just extracted to a folder on my desktop. When I run fastboot it come up with a "AdbWinApi.dll" missing error. I just copied this file from \platform-tools to \tools and it worked fine... :D
[Desire Android Development] Kalavere:
Well this isn't working for me, step 10 doesn't make sense it's got a typo in it, but I get that it means to CD to AndroidSDK\Tools, It's missing a step surely? It doesn't tell you to drop the Splash1.img into the 'tools' folder. Can someone rewrite this with proper instructions so I can follow what I need to do a bit more clearly?
[Desire Android Development] ZaDud:
intructions on changin logo uppdate

Do the exact same thins as described in the first post and be sure to do this things also:

1. after making the iso file copy it in the tools folder of the android sdk instalation folder

2. copy adb,AdbWinUsbApi and AdbWinApi . dll from the platofrm-tools folder to the tools folder of the adroid installation place.

3. connect phone and test from terminal,command window if you see your phone with the command adb devices, you have to be in the tools folder to run this command.

4.reboot your phone and press the back key or volume down to enter boot menu.

5.enter fastboot menu

6.flash the iso cr8ed with command provided in post 1.

Hope it's helpfull.
[Desire Android Development] Kalavere:
You sir, are a saint. Many thanks. :D
[Desire Android Development] cec24:
The one click tool didn't work for me, just booted in bootloader and then did nothing. The manual way works great, I did everything from the tools folder including converting the bmp. I found that it still works if you don't rename to .img, just change extension in the command.
[Desire Android Development] snooffy:
Operator logo

Guys,

sorry for a silly question. Hopefully this aint off-topic.

Can I change the operator logo using this method? From what I read the carrier logo is splash2 right?

I just want to get rid of the stupid Orange logo when the phone boots up....

Can you guys put some light in to it for me before I brick my new DHD?

Edit: Forget it, the new ROM i've just flashed has done it for me. :D

btw.: you have top be ENG S-OFF to be able to flash the logo.
[Desire Android Development] conandoyle:
my phone is SHIP S OFF HBOOT 0.85.007

WHY did i still get “remote:not allowed”
[Desire Android Development] misiu99:
hello people. have a stupid question. is there a way to remove splash screen so I can see when booting Linux. (About the same as in iPhone Android port). thank you.
[Desire Android Development] dzumara:
success

beeing the biggest noob of them all and coming from serbia [a non-english speaking country=)] i found it really difficult to:

-root

-flash ledroid 2.3d ROM

-turn S-OFF

-flash custom splash screen..

BUT

i managed to do all of that. and i'm proud of myself!=)

and VERY thankful to all of you guys at xda..thanks to you my htc desire is my new best friend

here's my screen in case someone likes it:
[Desire Android Development] googolmo:
can u give me your splash1.img??
[Desire Android Development] animehq:
I like this web-serie.

the splash1.img
[Desire Android Development] hyakuman:
Just a quick shout out to the OP.

Your instructions worked perfectly to the dime. Now I have a beautifully simple splash screen with contact details for if it's lost!
[Desire Android Development] Gabbelito:
How do I "cd \"?

My Windows just says it cant' find the file?
[Desire Android Development] Kalavere:
Just type '

cd C:\AndroidSDK\tools

'

Change it to wherever you've installed your SDK, by default I believe it's as I've posted it, but it may be

C:\Program Files\Android-sdk\tools

or something of the sort.
[Desire Android Development] lohp75:
Hey guys its so much easier if you put the android SDK folder in the root drive ( C: ) and rename it to sdk, so all you type is cd\sdk\ tools. And bam your set to go.

Sent from my Desire CDMA
[Desire Android Development] 191:
my desire splash screen

Figured I'd share the love of my new splash screen with my fellow desire comrades. Preview below along with the PB99IMG.zip

Edit: Sorry guys didn't mean to lead anyone astray PB99IMG.zip attached is for CDMA desire only. Also added the full size 480x800 .bmp file as splash1.zip for non-CDMA Folks. :)
[Desire Android Development] Vivasanti:
Hi guys, i cant get it to work, i have a different phone its prob in another folder :(

Rarrrrrrrrr!
[Desire Android Development] lohp75:
This is meant for a cdma desire friend.

Sent from my Desire CDMA
[Desire Android Development] andQlimax:
This topic is meant for a desire (GSM and CDMA) ;)

The PB99IMG.zip of user 191 is for CDMA

Will not work on your droid
[Desire Android Development] lohp75:
Thank you for the correction, PB99IMG.zip's are made for cdma only. I should know, I'm the one that figured out how to use hboot for the cdma desire and made the guide on how to change the splash screen. GSM user are lucky and have extended fastboot control.

Sent from my Desire CDMA
[Desire Android Development] 191:
Also...

Made this one for my wife, been a boring week. Figured I'd post it as well in hopes that maybe someone else can enjoy it.

same as above PB99IMG.zip is for CDMA, splash1.zip contains the fullsize 480x800 .bmp file for any non-CDMA usage.
[Desire Android Development] jjones1983:
I've tried this several different ways but it always pops up and says nbimg.exe has stopped working, Windows is checking for a solution to the problem... And I can't get it to work. Any clues?
[Desire Android Development] jjones1983:
Scratch that, now I can get it to work but it gets stuck at the "Waiting for device" part in command... :confused:
[Desire Android Development] obaoba:
What is this error?
[Desire Android Development] TheGhost1233:
Either you don't have the splash1.img in the platform-tools folder or the name does not match.
[Desire Android Development] PiotreG:
The above did not work for me, therefore great thanks to you MRE-net, your instructions did not fail me.
[Desire Android Development] aca85:
Fantastic work! :) worked perfectly :)

One q/ how can i do the same but to the boot animaton?
[Desire Android Development] sudeki300:
just cannot get this to work, it tells me that the flashing had been done and i has finished. then just stays at the reboot message. than another time it says somethinag about nbimg. i wish someone would do a clearer tutorial, why is it that most of these one click simple programs are just as much work as doing by command line (which i'm rubbish at) these are never hardly easy.................sudeki300
[Desire Android Development] angusc:
Go back a few pages to 11 december for a guide.

You could also checkout my post on this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11917608&postcount=422

Sent with Desire.
[Desire Android Development] nicklanick:
Why i can't do it >.< give me a video tut + screenshort tut please
[Desire Android Development] Lord_Quack:
Snap. I have done the exact same thing, small issues RE splash not being in the right place, etc. but now that I have done everything, I've just got the skating robots.

Anybody have an idea how to fix this? Help would be appreciated.
[Desire Android Development] Akkeresu:
So, this is the stock CDMA Desire recovery image? (Not the splash image, but the PB99IMG.zip file)
[Desire Android Development] schlex2010:
Thx for this How To

Flashed splash easy and fast.

Thx ...
[Desire Android Development] FarSight87:
Followed instructions in first post and worked great! Thanks for your help!
[Desire Android Development] sergmeister:
Thanks for the tips on how to convert the file but i used fastboot commander v1.1 instead to flash the files, I personally found it easier.
[Desire Android Development] brandall:
Splash Screen via Terminal Emulator

I've read in other device forums that they can change their splash image by executing the following command in the terminal:

dd if=/mnt/sdcard/splash.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p19

Does anyone know if the 'location' is the same for the desire? If not, what it should be changed to?
[Desire Android Development] RonSykes:
That was nice and easy.
[Desire Android Development] SamePaul:
Great example why .NET sux.

What I never understand why people write crappy programs that calculate 2+2 on .NET. What's the point write "small" app that depends on >300mb framework?

Interestingly, Microsoft itself doesn't use .NET in their commercial products. Visual Studio, Office, even stock components like Media Player, Calculator, Notepad etc do not use .NET whatsoever. Even on Win7.
[Desire Android Development] SamePaul:
Execute: adb shell ls -l /dev/block/

Do you see mmcblk0p19 there? I don't. That's the answer. Also, mmcblk0 - it's your SD card. I doubt it can be related to SPL partition
[Desire Android Development] psilakos:
Great guide and it worked like a charm.

I've got one question though. I tried to flash a new splash screen with two different images. I followed the exact same steps from this guide. The first image I wanted to use as a splash screen would just not work, even though adb was telling me that everything went as planned and the process has been completed.

The second image I flashed worked flawlessly. By flawlessly I mean that it's actually displayed on boot, as opposed to the first image which would not.

Has anyone come across this and what could possibly cause this phenomenon?
[Desire Android Development] i.amtom:
i dont get what you mean by

"Open a command or terminal window and CD to your nbimg folder."
[Desire Android Development] angusc:
Connect your phone by USB and then on the PC open the "cmd" comand application, find it by going to "start" and if using WIN 7 the type cmd in the search box.

"CD to your nbimg folder" meand Change Directory. so if you have created your nbimg in a folder "C:\Users\Angusc\Documents\my Folder\HTC DESIRE\AndroidFlasher1.7.6\nbimg-1.1win32" folder then in the CMD window you would type this:

cd C:\Users\Com.nigeria\Documents\Chris Folder\+ Chris STUFF\+ HTC DESIRE\AndroidFlasher1.7.6\nbimg-1.1win32

That will CD your CMD window to the directory or folder where your nbimg is stored. then you are probably going to execute another command in the CMD window something like this:

"nbimg -F splash1.bmp -w 480 -h 800"

see the attached help file that I made to help remind me how to create the SPLASH.img and also how to flash it to my Desire......Hope it can help you and others.
[Desire Android Development] 00mpollard:
i got a weird error,

"sending splash1...OKAY"

"writing splash1"...FAILED <remote not allowed>

phone is recognised in fastboot etc...

any ideas?

thanks
[Desire Android Development] thewarchild:
this works, 100% for the Desire S as well. (saga)

thanks

war
[Desire Android Development] sineld:
android flasher did work great for me.
[Desire Android Development] empewoow:
Hi guys, I changed the bootscreen of my HTC Desire successfully using this tutorial almost a year ago. Now I was bored with the bootscreen so I decided to follow this tut again, since I forgot how it worked. But now some things aren't working, I cannot get ADB access to my phone. I don't know if this is the right place to tell it,

When I do \android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot flash splash1 splash1.img it keeps loading at < waiting for device >.

I tried the updated drivers from the latest Android SDK, the unrEVOked modified USB drivers, and the HTC Sync drivers, but when I do \android-sdk\platform-tools>adb shell it keeps saying error: device not found no matter which driver I try.

USB debugging is on, I tried changing it off and on again (read that somewhere) but that didn't work.

Currently I'm on Cyanogenmod 7 for the Desire, I have S-OFF from Alpharev, my HBOOT says version 0.93.0001 (isn't that old?) but I don't know if this can cause problems.

Any help is highly appreciated of course :)!
[Desire Android Development] empewoow:
Hmm, when I tried it on a different computer, ADB worked the first time I tried it, and fastboot also worked instantly. I have no idea what was wrong on the other computer... Anyway I got a nice new splash screen, thanks for the tutorial ;)!
[Desire Android Development] lohp75:
Always make sure the device is in charge only mode when connected to USB. :-)
[Desire Android Development] borsa1994:
Ehi guys, look at this splash screen modified by me! ;D

I hope u like it :)
[Desire Android Development] empewoow:
LOL, very nice, but I wouldn't want to place it as splash screen :p! Just personal I guess hehe.
[Desire Android Development] sineld:
I loved this.

Thanks.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Headspin3d:
Hey I'm new so if this has already been posted but i couldn't find a thread so here goes:

I have just rooted my droid 2 and I was wondering where, from the home directory ( / ), I can find my sd card? I can't seem to find it, and I was hoping to locate some of the files I have put on there.

I am using Astro for the file manager.

Thanks.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Headspin3d:
This thread can be closed. Sorry for the inconvenience, but I figured out what the problem was. Had the USB plugged in so it was not mounting the SD card (I assume) so I was unable to find it.

In case anyone wants to know, it is located (from root) in /mnt/sdcard/ )

Cheers!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr2boy:
Hey guys

How do u tell which j-update that is on your phone? Im running 2.1update1

The reason I ask is because I saw their is j15 avaliable on kies.

Thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 98classic:
baseband version
[Off-topic] jubeh:
do a forum search for the exact string "as we speak" and then be baffled by the amount of hits you get.

I, for one, will word-filter it in my mind to make me think of strippers. I'm doing that as we speak :D
[Off-topic] lonelykatana:
+1:D:D:D:D
[Captivate General] ScottyNuttz:
So the Vibrant is getting an update to JI5 through Kies. They say it's a GPS fix. I wonder if it's the same kind of 'GPS fix' that we got, or it's the GPS FIX that we want to get...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=794791
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] smokedkill:
There was an R2D2 app but it has been taken off the market. I was wondering if anybody has the apk. I would also like to find a R2D2 Boot Animation, possibly with sound. Eventually I would like to have an R2D2 themed Droid Eris. Maybe someone should develop an R2D2 custom rom. I think if it was good, it would be successful.
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] lomenciad:
I don't know about the app, but you can find the boot animation by following this link.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8125305&postcount=8

It's pretty sweet.
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] smokedkill:
Thanks, Im bout to check it out
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] douglasmcusmc:
? So how do I go about getting these onto my phone... I have them downloaded just need to know what folder or folders to put them in and what to change in the script... thanks
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] smokedkill:
The Bootscreen folder goes in the system/media folder. make sure you take out the bootanimation.zip out. I suggest buying root explorer so you don't have to hook up your phone to your computer to push it through. With Root Explorer, you can copy it there manually. The R2D2 bootscreen goes in a folder called bootscreen, not the bootanimation.zip. and you put the bootscreen folder in the system/media folder so make sure that is what you are doing.

Next time, let us know what you did so we can better help you. Its hard to tell what you are doing wrong when we dont know what you are doing.
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] smokedkill:
There is already a folder in system/media for your ringtones. That is where the Eris stores the sounds it uses(ringtones, notifications). I definitely suggest buying root explorer so you can explore your Eris much easier.
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] smokedkill:
i suggest using the first link for the boot animation since it has sound, while the boot animation for the r2d2 pack has no sound. I just downloaded the second link for the r2d2 pack, and the only thing i would use is the audio for notifications. just make sure u guys remember system/media because that is where u have to put the bootanimation.zip or the bootscreen folder at. u can also put the bootanimation.zip in data/local but i suggest system/media
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] lomenciad:
I downloaded the pack yesterday. It has a "cute" little clock apk in it. I installed and the novelty wore off rather quickly. Still, if you're wanting to theme your Eris with R2D2/Starwars, it's kinda cool.
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] smokedkill:
I had my Eris themed with R2D2 by using the bootscreen with the sound. Then I used a wallpaper of R2D2 that I found and set the wallpaper not to scroll so R2D2 fills up the entire wallpaper. Then I downloaded a Starwars Soundboard and got the R2D2 sounds for my text message and email notifications(different sound for each one).

At the moment, I themed my Eris to being a Darth Vader theme since my silicone cover is black. My notifications are various versions of him breathing. I still need to find a bootscreen for Darth Vader, or make my own.

I still recommend buying Root Explorer to put files in their place over having to hook the phone up to the computer and pushing them through unless you really love working in the DOS environment.

Back to my original question, does anybody know where I can find the R2D2 apk that used to be on the market. R2D2 would make noise when you touched him or when you turned your phone.