Develop Bugs

Changing Splash Screens

I got some pretty sweet splash screens I want to use instead of the default T-Mobile ones. How do I go about editing these? I tried to search the forum before I posted this, but couldn't find anything.

I think the initial boot splashscreens are integrated in ROM, so you'd need to edit the ROM image before reflashing. I think there maybe tools around to help you with doing this, but am not sure.

I'm referring to the screens while the phone is on. Exclamation, info, call, text. All those screens.

All the images like question mark, info, etc.. are in \windows\ dir, just sort everything by type and look for gif's. You can then replace them with your images as long as name and dimensions are the same.

BTW you can change the startup/shutdown splash screens as well, same way, by overwriting those in ROM, without any flashing.

Anyone know the file name of the incall screen? The one I got to replace it is just call.gif and there isn't one in my windows dir.

I overwrote all the splashscreens but they haven't changed on my device. I even did a soft reset after i replaced them and nothing! If I check in my Windows dir they're the ones I just put on there, so why aren't they showing up on the phone?

Change Splash Screen?

I have a vga device running WM6 and wanted to know how to change the splash screen, mabey a nice anime background Any suggestions welcome.

well, on my Smartphone (voq, WM2003se) it worked by editing the registry. all i used to do is finding the relevant image, which is usedfor bootup. (for met it was voq_operator_splash.bmp) i couldn't rename or replace it with some other file due to it's in the rom and so undeleteable or changeable.
but the trick is : search the registry for that filename and change the relevant key to something like XYZ (your filename)_2.bmp and place your file (using the same dimensions and filename/+_02.bmp in the same dir as the original. on next bootup (maybe you have to reset first) the new logo will be shown.

Low phone volume

I have an HTC Hermes and I would like the phone volume to be higher than it is, at the highest setting it seems like it's only about mid level to other phones,
the speaakerphone works great, but not the mini phone speaker.
so how can I increase the volume on the phone part of it.
The volume level is on highest already.

I'd like that too.
It's definitly low and sometimes i have trouble to hear in noisy environement.

Summerblues and Randall, you have to give us a little more information to go on.
Have you flashed a WM6 ROM? If so, which one? Some of the WM6 ROMs were supposed to fix this low volume problem.

I use the Schaps 3.57a wm6 rom.
And the volume is lower than the stock rom imo. Is there a patch or a way to fix it ?
Thx

low volume
I'm using vp3G's WM6 Cingular/AT&T Optimized ROMs

Read the Hermes Wiki theres a post on how to fix this
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Registry

Do you mean this entry?
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Fix low volume issue
The volume issue has 2 fixes, 1 permanent and 1 temporary.
If you disable the startup animation (see below) it permanently fixes the volume problem.
If you like the animation you can leave it, but you have to put your phone in sleep mode then bring it out of sleep mode after every reboot.
\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Volume
add: DWord value name = volume
value data = 4294967295then press power (sleep) wait 10 sec and press power again.
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It basically says: "Remove startup animation and you a golden", but it does not work as advertised. I have Sleuth 3.1 ROM which does not have startup animation, but still the earpiece volume is very low.

konste said:
Do you mean this entry?
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Fix low volume issue
The volume issue has 2 fixes, 1 permanent and 1 temporary.
If you disable the startup animation (see below) it permanently fixes the volume problem.
If you like the animation you can leave it, but you have to put your phone in sleep mode then bring it out of sleep mode after every reboot.
\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Volume
add: DWord value name = volume
value data = 4294967295then press power (sleep) wait 10 sec and press power again.
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It basically says: "Remove startup animation and you a golden", but it does not work as advertised. I have Sleuth 3.1 ROM which does not have startup animation, but still the earpiece volume is very low.
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I've also tried this and it does not have any effect. I'm using VP3G's WM6 AT&T Rom.

I'm kind of just pulling this out of my ass, but I have noticed that on some ROMs, there is a .exe called "set acoustic parameters" or something like that. It runs on first boot. I always assumed that it was the fix for the Hermes being too quiet.
Did your ROMs run that at start up?

larsuck said:
I'm kind of just pulling this out of my ass, but I have noticed that on some ROMs, there is a .exe called "set acoustic parameters" or something like that. It runs on first boot. I always assumed that it was the fix for the Hermes being too quiet.
Did your ROMs run that at start up?
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Nail on the head! Its that exactly I've tested and cooked many rom's and ALL the ones that dont run "setacoustic.exe" upon a hard reset have low volume.
Here is a sample of what "setacoustic.exe" is setting up....
,Headset mode,,,,,,Speaker phone mode,,,,,,Ear-couple mode,,,,,,BT mode,Carkit mode,TTY mode,Alert call -Headset mode,,,,,,Alert call - Speaker phone mode,,,,,,Alert call - Ear-couple mode,,,,,,Alert call - BT mode,Alert call - Carkit mode,Alert call - TTY mode
Operator ID,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
Patch ID,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,a,b,c,d,e,f,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,1a,1b,1c,1d,1e,1f,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29
Volume Leve ID,0,1,2,3,4,5,0,1,2,3,4,5,0,1,2,3,4,5,0,0,0,0,1,2,3,4,5,0,1,2,3,4,5,0,1,2,3,4,5,0,0,0
codecTxGain,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,2D4E,2D4E,2D4E,2D4E,2D4E,2D4E,5A67,5A67,5A67,5A67,5A67,5A67,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,2D4E,2D4E,2D4E,2D4E,2D4E,2D4E,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000
codecRxGain,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,5A67,5A67,5A67,5A67,5A67,5A67,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,5A67,5A67,5A67,5A67,5A67,5A67,32D6,32D6,32D6,32D6,32D6,32D6,4000,4000,4000
codecSTGain,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
txVolume,E314,E314,E314,E314,E314,E314,B460,B460,B460,B460,B460,B460,A0C2,A0C2,A0C2,A0C2,A0C2,A0C2,4000,4000,4000,E314,E314,E314,E314,E314,E314,B460,B460,B460,B460,B460,B460,7FB2,7FB2,7FB2,7FB2,7FB2,7FB2,4000,4000,4000
rxVolume,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,5A67,5A67,5A67,5A67,5A67,5A67,656E,656E,656E,656E,656E,656E,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,4000,5A67,5A67,5A67,5A67,5A67,5A67,7FB2,7FB2,7FB2,7FB2,7FB2,7FB2,4000,4000,4000
pcm_format_ctrl,C22,C22,C22,C22,C22,C22,422,422,422,422,422,422,422,422,422,422,422,422,422,422,422,C22,C22,C22,C22,C22,C22,422,422,422,422,422,422,422,422,422,422,422,422,422,422,422
ecSwitch,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,0,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,FFFF,0
ecMode,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,2,2,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,2,2,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1
ecStartupMuteHangoverThres,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,320,320,320,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,320,320,320
ecFarendHangoverThres,00F0,00F0,00F0,00F0,00F0,00F0,320,320,320,320,320,320,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,00F0,00F0,00F0,00F0,00F0,00F0,320,320,320,320,320,320,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
esecDoubletalkHanoverThres,07D0,07D0,07D0,07D0,07D0,07D0,A0,A0,A0,A0,A0,A0,4B0,4B0,4B0,4B0,4B0,4B0,190,190,190,07D0,07D0,07D0,07D0,07D0,07D0,00A0,00A0,00A0,00A0,00A0,00A0,320,320,320,320,320,320,190,190,190
hecDoubletalkHanoverThres,A0,A0,A0,A0,A0,A0,A0,A0,A0,A0,A0,A0,320,320,320,320,320,320,190,190,190,00A0,00A0,00A0,00A0,00A0,00A0,00A0,00A0,00A0,00A0,00A0,00A0,320,320,320,320,320,320,190,190,190
aecDoubletalkHanoverThres,A0,A0,A0,A0,A0,A0,A0,A0,A0,A0,A0,A0,320,320,320,320,320,320,190,190,190,00A0,00A0,00A0,00A0,00A0,00A0,00A0,00A0,00A0,00A0,00A0,00A0,320,320,320,320,320,320,190,190,190
ecStartupMuteMode,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
ecMuteOverride,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
ecStartupErleThres,7F,7F,7F,7F,7F,7F,7FFF,7FFF,7FFF,7FFF,7FFF,7FFF,5A,5A,5A,5A,5A,5A,007F,007F,007F,007F,007F,007F,007F,007F,007F,7FFF,7FFF,7FFF,7FFF,7FFF,7FFF,007F,007F,007F,007F,007F,007F,007F,007F,007F
ecForceHalfDuplex,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
esecResetThres,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300
hecResetThres,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300,300
aecResetThres,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000,3000
ecfiltInputOfset,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
rxAgcEnableFlag,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
tx_agc static gain,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65,7F65
tx_agc_Aig,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
tx_agc_exp_thres,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780,780
tx_agc_exp_slope,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A,FF9A
tx_agc_compr_thres,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C,1B0C
tx_agc_compr_slope,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333,F333
rxAvcEnableFlag,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
AvcRlinkSensitivityOffset,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00,ED00
AvcFlinkHeadroom,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
txAgcEnableFlag,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
rx_agc static
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oh and there are 120 odd of these xml files!!

so how would we add this into a home cooked rom of our own (or tell if it is in the base rom we are using!)
??
Cheers

crazyC said:
so how would we add this into a home cooked rom of our own (or tell if it is in the base rom we are using!)
??
Cheers
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Add this to your kitchen
Oh I forgot ..... the 120 odd xml files are already in the roms, so Ive never had any problems there.

crazyC said:
so how would we add this into a home cooked rom of our own (or tell if it is in the base rom we are using!)
??
Cheers
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Well, the fastest/laziest way to find out if it is in the rom you are using is to ask the maker. Or, if you don't want to do that, you could do a full back up and hard reset. It should run the first boot config again after the setup.
Really though, the setacoustic.exe file takes a really long time to load. Long enough that you would probably remember it if had loaded.

How do i install that in the rom i'm using atm ?
Thx

how can we install it ?

servelle said:
how can we install it ?
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you must cook my files into a rom for it to work.

Ratcom, I was just moving files around on my pc today, and noticed some set acc. files transferring over from some old rom dumps etc, so I took a peek, I have 61 files here including the .exe, I thought they were .xml files also, but these are .csv, are you sure on that xml? I could have some jacked up files, I didn't check a rom directly.
Also, about cooking them in, Im thinking it should be possible to just dump them in the windows directory of the rom you are currently running, and run the .exe, and then they could even be deleted afterwards, Im have not checked this for myself though.
I am also wondering if the .csv/or if its .xml count in each rom that had it is the same. If anyones cares for the files I have, lemme know, I can't post attachments through PIE atm, but Ill up them later if anyone is interested.
Btw, the .csv count jumps from setaccousticparam29 to setaccoustic100, on these files I have here, meaning nothing inbetween 29 and 100, and not having checked a few roms directly myself at the moment, Im not sure if those were intentionally left out oem.
edit: After just quickly checking the above zip, the cusTSK.exe is for setting a .tsk file aka oem preconfig theme, and isn't needed, but that's no biggie, not sure about the others, I would have to check better.

ChaoticDruid said:
Ratcom, I was just moving files around on my pc today, and noticed some set acc. files transferring over from some old rom dumps etc, so I took a peek, I have 61 files here including the .exe, I thought they were .xml files also, but these are .csv, are you sure on that xml? I could have some jacked up files, I didn't check a rom directly.
Also, about cooking them in, Im thinking it should be possible to just dump them in the windows directory of the rom you are currently running, and run the .exe, and then they could even be deleted afterwards, Im have not checked this for myself though.
I am also wondering if the .csv/or if its .xml count in each rom that had it is the same. If anyones cares for the files I have, lemme know, I can't post attachments through PIE atm, but Ill up them later if anyone is interested.
Btw, the .csv count jumps from setaccousticparam29 to setaccoustic100, on these files I have here, meaning nothing inbetween 29 and 100, and not having checked a few roms directly myself at the moment, Im not sure if those were intentionally left out oem.
edit: After just quickly checking the above zip, the cusTSK.exe is for setting a .tsk file aka oem preconfig theme, and isn't needed, but that's no biggie, not sure about the others, I would have to check better.
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How do you run the .Exe in the windows directory ?

Tapping on it once should run it.

larsuck said:
Tapping on it once should run it.
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it does'nt work when I tap on it in windows explorer

Replace animated boot image

I've just flashed the O2 premium v2.0 rom to my artemis, and I love it, but I really dont like the animated splash screen.
I tried using the latest version of SplashScreen.exe to customise it, but at the three colour boot screen, the utility fails saying it cant connect to the device. This must be specific to SplashScreen.exe as other utilities flash the phone fine.
So, without that tool, how can I customise the animated start screen, as the \windows folder doesnt allow me to make changes to the files there. Alternatively, if someone can post a utility to flash to a different HTC animated logo that would be great. I'm sure in the past I've seen a very small HTC animated logo on a black background - if anyone has that ready to go with an installer, I'd be appreciative!
Thanks.

demo2000 said:
I've just flashed the O2 premium v2.0 rom to my artemis, and I love it, but I really dont like the animated splash screen.
I tried using the latest version of SplashScreen.exe to customise it, but at the three colour boot screen, the utility fails saying it cant connect to the device. This must be specific to SplashScreen.exe as other utilities flash the phone fine.
So, without that tool, how can I customise the animated start screen, as the \windows folder doesnt allow me to make changes to the files there. Alternatively, if someone can post a utility to flash to a different HTC animated logo that would be great. I'm sure in the past I've seen a very small HTC animated logo on a black background - if anyone has that ready to go with an installer, I'd be appreciative!
Thanks.
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just replace the animated.gif in windows folder on your device...
jvc

I tried doing that, but I cant delete the original file - any ideas?
Thanks.

Startup Sound
just overwrite the existing one with your one and you're done.
BTW:
Anyone knows how to get the startup sound working with our Artemis ?
On my Hermes it's working perfect. When i set exactly the same values in HKLM\Software\HTC\StartupAnimation
- volumn and wavFile - as my Hermes and point to my soundfile (it's a wav my windows folder) - nothing happens.

As above, I cant delete the file in the windows folder, so I cant overwrite it either.
Anyway, to work around it, I just copied a .gif file into the windows folder (called it animated2.gif) and edited the registry setting to point to that file, and it fixed it. Bit of a clunky way to do it, but it works!

try this tool
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=317726

reg66 said:
try this tool
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=317726
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That was the tool I was referring to, but when I get to the three colour boot screen, it fails to connect to my device Other flashing tools work fine, so it's something specific to this tool...

demo2000 said:
As above, I cant delete the file in the windows folder, so I cant overwrite it either.
Anyway, to work around it, I just copied a .gif file into the windows folder (called it animated2.gif) and edited the registry setting to point to that file, and it fixed it. Bit of a clunky way to do it, but it works!
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With the normal Microsoft tools it is not possible to overwrite the ROM files. But e.g. Total Commander can overwrite those files.
jvc.

WM6 Startup/Splashscreen

I was trying to change the startup/splash screens on my Samsung i760 with WM6. I found the file VerizonStartupAni.gif which is basicly an animated verizon logo that appears before the windows mobile splashscreen. I tried changing it to another animated gif but after some poking around its attributes are read only/hidden/system/in ROM. Using total Commander I tried to change these settings but they just reset right after. Is there anyway to disable the system from changing it back to default? I tried to replace it with the new file but keep getting the same write protected error, even if i name the new file with the same name. Perhaps there is a way to unlock the (in ROM) box. It appears in gray and doesn't allow me to alter it. Any help and suggestions would be awesome. Played around with it for 2 hours, even poked around regedit for anything useful with no luck. Maybe I missed something.

Try renaming the original file,
then copying the new file to the same location with the same name.

I made some custom animations and sounds that may work on your device. I configured them for the kaiser but the files should be in the same place.
Try the link in my signature and install the cab.