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[REQ] Dumping the Main Splash/Radio from the device?

I have seen this question asked a few times but nobody has been able to propose a solution.
How do you dump the first Splash screen and the Radio from the original untouched device? For example, I want to dump my Rogers Diamond's splash because there are no shipped ROMs that have it, and I'd like to restore it for warranty purposes.
Normally you would use pdocread, but I am unsure of the exact location in the flash.
This page gives you info on how to do it:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~itsme/projects/xda/about-doc.html
Thus, this is how I did it on the Elfin but obviously it's not going to work on the Diamond (likely a different DOC Flash type):
Code:
pdocread -S BK1G -n 1 -b 0x40000 -G 0x40000 0x00000 0x30000 MainSplash.nb
pdocread -S BK1F -n 1 -b 0x80000 -G 0x80000 0x00000 0x280000 Radio.nb

have you seen this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=455347
he says its the rogers canada rom that he has dumped

LOL did you see who wrote that post?
and I only dumped the operating system.
idrisito said:
have you seen this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=455347
he says its the rogers canada rom that he has dumped
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dsixda said:
LOL did you see who wrote that post?
and I only dumped the operating system.
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oh shi*!
i had a similar problemwith my dumped O2 UK ROM, never could find a solution.
but i was lucky i found a splash screen from a QVGA device that had the same screen so i just resized it to VGA, cant tell the difference.
may be you could find a similar solution

Radio can be extracted with QMAT if you have an unlocked device ... that's where I came unstuck ...
http://forum.revskills.de/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=56

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If anybody knows how to dump the splash screen would be greatly appreciated!
Q: What about the animated one right after the splash? Can that be saved as well?

isnt the animated one kept in the in the windows folder? i think so

yes indeed, the animated ones is kept in the \windows folder
For Rogers branded phones they are called startUp480x640.gif and shutDown480x640.gif respectively, and can be activited or deactivated through the registry (under HLKM\Software\HTC\HTCAnimation)

D0MZE said:
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If anybody knows how to dump the splash screen would be greatly appreciated!
Q: What about the animated one right after the splash? Can that be saved as well?
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Code:
pmemdump 0xae000000 0x0100000 MainSplash.nb
Worked for me, Factory Rogers Diamond.
See this thread: post number 47

Splash Screen

Hey guys, I have flashed a couple roms throughout the past 2 months, and i usually use Task 29 to wipe anything remaining but for some reason I get the Splash Screen from the Core Cell Evo roms, although im using the Energy GTX July 4 rom. Anyone know how to make this go away? or somehow I could change that? thanks

Not sure if this will help, but still trying to post something that may help you...
My phone was using the original HTC rom that came with T-mobile settings. Today I flashed its ROM with the following version :
ROM Name : WWE RHODIUM Cookie Energy style
ROM Version : 03.Jul.2010 WWE
ROM date: 03/15/10
RADIO Version : 3.45.25.14
and it removed the original T-mobile splash screen and also allows me to control the splash screen as follows :
Start -> Tools -> Advanced Config -> Splash
Hopefully it helps..

khoyifish said:
Hey guys, I have flashed a couple roms throughout the past 2 months, and i usually use Task 29 to wipe anything remaining but for some reason I get the Splash Screen from the Core Cell Evo roms, although im using the Energy GTX July 4 rom. Anyone know how to make this go away? or somehow I could change that? thanks
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Yes, many of the custom ROMs will overwrite the initial splash screen. You generally have to manually install the screen you want - but depending on the ROM (some chefs don't change it), you may have to manually change the settings. There are several threads on the APPS forums dealing with changing the startup screens.
Note that there are two startup screens. The first one comes up right after power on / reset. This one has to be flashed. Then there is an (optionally) animated one that can be easily changed.

[How-To] Custom Boot Screen
stevedebi said:
Note that there are two startup screens. The first one comes up right after power on / reset. This one has to be flashed. Then there is an (optionally) animated one that can be easily changed.
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There are actually three boot/splash/startup screens. The first one comes on after the little vibration when it turns on. The second one is the screen that contains the "R.G.D." info (in red) at the bottom left of the screen. The third is the one that can be changed easily. The first two are changed by flashing an .nbh file, and the third can be changed via reg tweak or cab.
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You can change the first two boot screens by flashing a stock ROM.
OR, to really customize the first two boot screens, you can do this:
**This will not affect your ROM, radio, and SPL (so don't worry). It will simply flash the first and second level boot screens. But you do need HardSPL.**
***This has only been tested (by me) on a T-Mobile USA Touch Pro2 (Rhodium 210 model; hence the RHOD210 in the code). I am not responsible for bricks!***
EDIT: I think it works for all GSM Rhodium variants; if it doesn't flash, it'll just say "Invalid Model ID" so it shouldn't brick (as long as you have Hard SPL). HOWEVER, I don't know about CDMA (Sprint/Verizon/Telus) models.
1. Download the nbimg tool.
2. Get a 24-bit, .bmp photo that is 480x800. You can resize and save the photo (as a .bmp) by using Microsoft Paint.
3. Unzip the nbimg tool. Put your photo in the same unzipped folder.
4. When you're in the unzipped folder, run a command (SHIFT + Right Click. Open Command)
5. In the command write this:
Code:
nbimg -p 18400 -w 480 -h 800 -F [U]insertnameofphotohere[/U].bmp -T 0x600 -S 64 -D RHOD210
6. Get the Rhodium RUU here (download the "Flashing Tools").
7. Put the .nbh you created in the same folder as the RUU.
8. FLASH -- it should have flashed the first boot screen.
9. To change the second boot screen, go back to step 5 and enter this (you can also change the picture, if you want! Just make sure it's in the same folder as the nbimg tool.):
Code:
nbimg -p 18400 -w 480 -h 800 -F [U]insertnameofphotohere[/U].bmp -T 0x60[B]1[/B] -S 64 -D RHOD210
10. Repeat steps 7-8. You should now have your custom first- and second-level boot screens.
I attached 2 of my boot screen pictures -- one from my TP2 and one from my HD2. I actually don't like the one from my TP2 because the scale of the phone in the picture is bad -- it was a resizing issue.

sumflipnol said:
There are actually three boot/splash/startup screens. The first one comes on after the little vibration when it turns on. The second one is the screen that contains the "R.G.D." info (in red) at the bottom left of the screen. The third is the one that can be changed easily. The first two are changed by flashing an .nbh file, and the third can be changed via reg tweak or cab.
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You can change the first two boot screens by flashing a stock ROM.
OR, to really customize the first two boot screens, you can do this:
**This will not affect your ROM, radio, and SPL (so don't worry). It will simply flash the first and second level boot screens.**
***This has only been tested (by me) on a T-Mobile USA Touch Pro2 (Rhodium 210 model; hence the RHOD210 in the code). I am not responsible for bricks!***
1. Download the nbimg tool.
2. Get a 24-bit, .bmp photo that is 480x800. You can resize and save the photo (as a .bmp) by using Microsoft Paint.
3. Unzip the nbimg tool. Put your photo in the same unzipped folder.
4. When you're in the unzipped folder, run a command (SHIFT + Right Click. Open Command)
5. In the command write this:
Code:
nbimg -p 18400 -w 480 -h 800 -F [U]insertnameofphotohere[/U].bmp -T 0x600 -S 64 -D RHOD210
6. Get the Rhodium RUU here (download the "Flashing Tools").
7. Put the .nbh you created in the same folder as the RUU.
8. FLASH -- it should have flashed the first boot screen.
9. To change the second boot screen, go back to step 5 and enter this (you can also change the picture, if you want! Just make sure it's in the same folder as the nbimg tool.):
Code:
nbimg -p 18400 -w 480 -h 800 -F [U]insertnameofphotohere[/U].bmp -T 0x60[B]1[/B] -S 64 -D RHOD210
10. Repeat steps 7-8. You should now have your custom first- and second-level boot screens.
I attached 2 of my boot screen pictures -- one from my TP2 and one from my HD2. I actually don't like the one from my TP2 because the scale of the phone in the picture is bad -- it was a resizing issue.
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I used that on my old Magician, I didn't realize the same technique worked on the TP2.

OK, that was easy
I have attached the image I used, and the nbh files that I used.
hd_480_1.bmp - source picture
hd_480_1.bmp_1.nbh - Initial boot screen
hd_480_1.bmp_2.nbh - 2nd boot screen
I didn't put the "TP2" logo on the screen, because I figure I know what device I'm using!
EDIT: I don't mind anyone using them freely, but the picture may NOT be used for commercial purposes.

Question:
I made my bmp file, converted it to .nbh, but now I am not sure which "Rhodium RUU" to get and that link ( post 4 under 6. ) gives many files but nothing clear to what I am looking for.
Line 6 is this one:
6. Get the Rhodium RUU here (download the "Flashing Tools").
I thought I might be able to use "Rhodium_CustomRUU_v1.1" found at this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=492930
but I need a confirmation from someone who knows this as I sure dont know will this do damage or help me make my new splash screen.
I will be using as my 1st splash this picture I found using google:

Android eating Apple splash image

Hey all,
Just made a splash image that I think you guys might appreciate. My friend showed me the picture and I decided to do the necessary changes to make it into a splash.
For your viewing pleasure
To flash: Download the zip then with an unlocked (S-OFF) bootloader, flash the new_splash.img file to your phone:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash splash1 new_splash.img
fastboot reboot

i would rather have it as a background
my boot image shows 1 micro second. not worth even thinking about changing it.

Well the png is there too so u can use it as a background I guess

Powers88 said:
Well the png is there too so u can use it as a background I guess
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Some kind of bloody :-D but looks great, although I'm running a MacBook bit I also love my Android mobile.
Does it work to flash this lb other Android systems like 2. 1/ 2. 2k any experiences?
Thx guys
sent from my DEFY using XDA App

This is just a splash image file so as long as your screen size is 480 x 800. You can search for how to change the splash image for your particular phone and then just use this file. I'm sure it will work on any version of android

Anyone have the adb commands handy for pulling the stock splash image just in case I want to put it back?

This is a copy of the original splash that I found in another thread.

did that last attachment post?

lets try that again. this is the default splash.

Nitemare3219 said:
Anyone have the adb commands handy for pulling the stock splash image just in case I want to put it back?
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Even though the original splash is posted, the commands to pull the old one are to be executed from a root shell and are as follows:
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p19 of=/mnt/sdcard/splash.img
You may have to do a search for it because when I pulled mine it put it into a random folder on my computer

[Q] Custom Boot Screen help

(idk if this is the right section for this post)
So I'm trying to make a custom boot screen for my G2. I made a png in photoshop thats 480 by 800 and put it in bootanimation.zip and all that. I put it in /system/media replacing the previous bootscreen.zip (the MIUI one because I'm using that rom). The problem is that, when I reboot my phone after the HTC splash screen, it just shows a black screen until the phone is done booting. I might have something wrong in the desc file or maybe i need to make my pic 24-bit or something. Any help would be great. I'll include the file and the image, because the image is awesome.
My image is supposed to look like the THX logo that is sometimes at the beginning of movies, except it says HTC. Eventually, if I get this to work, I might make it animated and add sound to be like the THX thing.

Anyone? Does anyone here have any suggestions? Or should I put this in Android Q&A

Pr.TOSHIBA said:
(idk if this is the right section for this post)
So I'm trying to make a custom boot screen for my G2. I made a png in photoshop thats 480 by 800 and put it in bootanimation.zip and all that. I put it in /system/media replacing the previous bootscreen.zip (the MIUI one because I'm using that rom). The problem is that, when I reboot my phone after the HTC splash screen, it just shows a black screen until the phone is done booting. I might have something wrong in the desc file or maybe i need to make my pic 24-bit or something. Any help would be great. I'll include the file and the image, because the image is awesome.
My image is supposed to look like the THX logo that is sometimes at the beginning of movies, except it says HTC. Eventually, if I get this to work, I might make it animated and add sound to be like the THX thing.
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I'm not sure what your problem is, I just go into terminal emulator and do
Code:
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
cp /filelocation/bootanimation.zip /system/media/
which I believe is pretty much the same thing you've been doing, but your picture is way cool! if you end up getting it working you should share it

I want it now, but with sound and animation. Please, make it now. I'd even pay .99 for it.

duh, read things properly chris

[TOOL][Linux] Splash Screen creator / flasher

Hello there! I am re-posting this from the Mytouch 3G thread which can be seen here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6507176#post6507176
I have made some slight modifications in order to make this work on the HTC G2 (vision).
This is a HTC G2 tool to easily convert images in splash screen ones.
This tool is based upon ffmpeg and you need it installed on your system before proceeding (it will prompt you about the program missing in any case)
REQUIREMENTS
ffmpeg installed on your system
Code:
$ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
a 480x800 image
a 480x800 device (i.e. HTC G2) with engineering SPL (s-off)
USAGE
Code:
./ElegosSplashCreator.txt --help or -h
Prints out how to use the script
Make sure that the script and image you are converting are both in the same directory that you are in in the command line (Terminal)
Code:
./ElegosSplashCreator.txt your_image_file
Converts your image into a flashable splash screen, if you want the script will continue flashing the file directly.
I ASSUME NO RESPONSABILITY ABOUT THE USAGE OF THIS SCRIPT. USE IT "AS IS", LOOK AT THE OUTPUTS AND YOU'LL AVOID BRICKS!
Please, if you wish to redistribute this script, give the right credits and don't change the prog_header please (maybe link this discussion in a text file)!
Make ElegosSplashCreator.txt executable permissions (right click on file and go to Properties > Permissions, then make executable) and use it!

Here's mine, feel free to post your own folks
Flash these Splash Screens at your own risk. It is not my fault if you have a faulty usb cable or computer, or accidently unplug your phone while flashing! But the chance of a soft brick is very small
Fastboot images to flash in fastboot:
Here is a .zip attached below with all these splash screens ready to flash in fastboot with pics that match the names of each image to flash
How to flash: fastboot flash splash1 name.raw565

Thanks mate! I used your thread a long way back and rewrote the script (for my personal use only, didn't put it up) to work with the g2, but I lost that way back when
This will come in handy, I need a new splash screen

captainreynolds said:
Thanks mate! I used your thread a long way back and rewrote the script (for my personal use only, didn't put it up) to work with the g2, but I lost that way back when
This will come in handy, I need a new splash screen
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No worries, I just uploaded the flashable splash screens they are the same same size as my device. I also attacked the script to the main post.

There is an app called bootflash pro in the market that will flash and jpg as your splash. I'd recommend that you have the pics at 480x800.
Works for me all the time.

Ashaman_Kupo said:
There is an app called bootflash pro in the market that will flash and jpg as your splash. I'd recommend that you have the pics at 480x800.
Works for me all the time.
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This is not a app this is a linux script but thanks for the tip. The splash screens I already posted are 480x800 and the script is already set to convert any images (not just jpg) to splash screens 480x800. It's not recommended to have them as 480x800 but it's a requirement! If you don't have them set to the right size the script will not convert the images because it could brick your phone flashing a wrong size image.