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Remove T-mobile G2 Touch boot screen

Hi there,
The title really says it all!! I've done some searching and cannot find anywhere how to do it. I've installed MoDaCo's rom (1.4.1, excellant, cheers Paul) and this has replaced 50% of the home screen, but just as I turn my Hero on, I still get the T-Mobile screen 1st, before the Hero screen.
Is there anyway to remove this back to the normal Hero boot screen? I just want rid of T-Mobile

You can't do this until a S-OFF hboot is leaked into the wild.
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modaco said:
You can't do this until a S-OFF hboot is leaked into the wild.
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Cool, cheers Paul

I had some cool custom splash screens on my HTC Magic, would be nice to get rid of the T-Mobile G2 one on my Hero and replace it with a good'un.
As with all these things though it's probably better to wait until the Hero has been ripped apart a bit more.

got the same "problem" and waiting desperately for a way to change that ugly screen

sorry guys
as paul has stated....we will all have to just wait....a bit

Oh, come on - the guy on T-Mobile work experience must have spent a whole 10 minutes doing that logo in MS Paint. Give the man a break... ;-)

modaco said:
You can't do this until a S-OFF hboot is leaked into the wild.
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Just thinking: Magic is essentially the same hardware as hero, but there's no way of using any of the magic stuff (HardSPL, if 'm not wrong and it runs only on dream, not sure) over to the hero. Is this a "32A/32B board" kind of problem?
But I guess we'll just have to wait for someone to leak it (if it even exist :S )

+1
It just sucks to turn on the phone with an ugly bootlogo like that.

Isn't the T mobile splash screen part of the Hero ROM? I thought networks just add it when they brand the ROM? So if you flash it with the generic rom wont the screen disappear?

the G2 Touch screen that appears as soon as you turn it on, is not part of the ROM.
The T-Mobile logo that appears instead of the hero logo on unbranded devices can be changed, but not the initial one.
not yet, anyway....
I know it's being worked on....

oh right, so if I buy the G2 touch as opposed to the HTC Hero, I will be stuck with the T mobile boot screen?
Also does EVERY SINGLE G2 Touch come locked to T-mobile? can you flash a generic rom to remove simlock? Sorry for the off-thread question.

If you buy the G2, then yes, you will be stuck with the boot screen, but this is a minor issue as most people leave the phoen turned on all the time, even at night (you have to or the alarm wont sound) so you won;t really notice it, but if you REALLY want rid of it, you;re stuck for the moment.
yes,. they're all locked to T-mob. or at least the UK ones are, can't speak for the dutch, german etc ones.
no, SIM lock is NOT linked to the SIM. flashing will not get rid of it.

Just wondering if there was any progress on this since 12th October (last post on the topic)?

Nazgulled said:
Just wondering if there was any progress on this since 12th October (last post on the topic)?
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yes. yesterday paul released an unlocked spl (aka hboot) for the hero, which allows us to change the splashscreen.

Hi,
Is there anyone that can provide the original bootscreen logo of htc hero so we can replace the t-mobile bootscreen with it?
Thanks in advance

demetris_I said:
Hi,
Is there anyone that can provide the original bootscreen logo of htc hero so we can replace the t-mobile bootscreen with it?
Thanks in advance
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Gift for you.

packetlss said:
Gift for you.
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you don't happen to know how to extract the currently active bootscreen from the device, do you?

kendong2 said:
you don't happen to know how to extract the currently active bootscreen from the device, do you?
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I do, but it involves booting the kernel with some extra parameters and some commandline stuff. If it's a easily obtainable some other way it's prefered. For example if it's a branded logo from some other ROM it's easier to grab it from the RUU than a running device.
If you want to I could write something up later on how to get current one from a running phone.

packetlss said:
Gift for you.
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Hi,
You are my second HERO!
Thanks alot, being looking for this...
How i flash *.nb0?
Will :
fastboot flash splash1 splash1_Hero_320x480.nb0
Work?
Thanks

remove CID after install of android

hello
first i have to say thx and thx alot to Dukenukemx for posting the super winmo to android tut it worked fine for me
bu i used the unlocker on that same tread to unlock my kaiser and it asked me if i wanted to remove the CID info and i left it like it was.
but if with the CID is meant the start up splash screen from t-mobile i would love to remove it anyways.
but how?
thx in advanced

The CID has nothing to do with the splash screen, in fact to change the splash screen you only have to flash one, same method as flashing the nand NBH, only it is a lot smaller.
Simply get a splash screen you like, copy it to SD, rename as kaisimg.nbh, flash, and your new splash screen is installed.
Luckily I have a few splash screen you may like to use on the link on my sig

perfect thx alot i didn,t knew it would be that easy

[Q] Changing the pre-boot animation screen.

I've got an O2 Ireland-branded HTC Desire.
This means when I turn it on, the first thing you see is a big O2 logo. After a few seconds this disappears and changes to the the boot animation.
Flashing ROMs changes the boot animation, but it doesn't affect this initial logo.
Does anyone know how to change this logo?
I'm assuming it's stored on some part of the phone which is... hard to change? Is it part of HBOOT? Can it be replaced with the unbranded version?

if your phone is rooted then the easiest way would be to install root explorer and copy and paste the bootanimation zip file you want to use over the original one. or you can buy bootanimation changer app from market and do it that way............sudeki300

I know how to change the boot animation. But that's not the problem. What I'm trying to change is the logo that appears *before* the boot animation. You know, the thing you see the instant you turn your phone on.

FunkTrooper said:
I know how to change the boot animation. But that's not the problem. What I'm trying to change is the logo that appears *before* the boot animation. You know, the thing you see the instant you turn your phone on.
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Hi, I was in this case,the best way is to re-flash the droid with an original (you will have the HTC logo in place of your operator), after that you can use a custom rom.

Does anyone know which part exactly of the offical HTC update would replace this logo? Is it HBOOT? SPL? Something else?
Could this be extracted from the HTC update and flashed separately?

the only way i know of is to debrand the phone by rooting it and flashing a custom rom. or just get hold of a generic htc desire official rom and flash that....................sudeki300

FunkTrooper said:
Does anyone know which part exactly of the offical HTC update would replace this logo? Is it HBOOT? SPL? Something else?
Could this be extracted from the HTC update and flashed separately?
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the file in question is bootanimation.zip. It's not simple to extract it and re-compile the rom; 2 solutions:
- use a kitchen to create your own rom.
- try to replace bootanimation by another one, I try it since few days without success, I'm working on it because the HTC logo is no so sexy.
The original rom from HTC is RUU_Bravo_HTC_Europe_1.15.405.3_Radio_32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11_release_121865

Not that i know the answer, but just to clear things up:
-he is rooted.
-he has changed bootanimation.zip.
He is talking about the logo before bootanimation. Normally 'HTC' in green, in his case 'O2' (I guess in red).
The question is: where is that 'pre-bootanimation-logo' stored and possibly how to change it?
Flashing rom or flashing bootscreenanimation.zip does not work.
Sent from my Evil Lair using Doomsday Device

You will have to flash a stock rom and put up with the htc logo, as it stands we cannot flash the splash screen seperately because we do not have an unlocked spl yet
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

AndroHero said:
You will have to flash a stock rom and put up with the htc logo, as it stands we cannot flash the splash screen seperately because we do not have an unlocked spl yet
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk
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Hello sir - are you saying that I could get rid of the ugly Telstra boot splash screen and replace it with a stock HTC splash screen if I flashed a factory ROM? (Yes, I am talking about the boot splash, and NOT the boot animation).
Anything would be preferable to the splash of a carrier I am not even using.
If so, would I need to re-root, or would I have to de-root first, then re-root?
CHeers - N

Is there any new solutions for that ?
The HTC logo is so ugly :/

morcus said:
Is there any new solutions for that ?
The HTC logo is so ugly :/
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The unrEVOked team should be coming out with an s-off HBOOT soon, which should allow you change this.
Sent from my Amiga 500 using Workbench

StuMcBill said:
The unrEVOked team should be coming out with an s-off HBOOT soon, which should allow you change this.
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Good news =)
Thanks man

morcus said:
Good news =)
Thanks man
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it is good news because an unlocked spl will give us full root too

this sort of thing!
if they can do it on the incedible, whats stopping us on the desire?
http://www.droid-life.com/2010/09/1...plash-screen-for-droid-incredible/#more-14344

iamdarren said:
this sort of thing!
if they can do it on the incedible, whats stopping us on the desire?
http://www.droid-life.com/2010/09/1...plash-screen-for-droid-incredible/#more-14344
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have you even bothered to read the thread? its because we dont have a hard spl yet

Change initial startup logo?

How can i change the initial startup logo? - the one before the animation?
I have rooted and installed masi0 from here. But still the telstra logo persists.
Thanks
Kris

i00 said:
How can i change the initial startup logo? - the one before the animation?
I have rooted and installed masi0 from hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775475"]here. But still the telstra logo persists.
Thanks
Kris
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I'm answering only so you don't waste a lot more time looking, and probably won't otherwise get an answer.
I have the same phone (A8183 from Telstra) and that initial logo cannot currently be changed by anyone due to that part of the ROM not being able to be unlocked.
Even rooting your phone and flashing any rom currently available doesn't grant access to this splash screen.
Sorry... not what you wanted to hear I'm sure but it's currently the case.
Cheers - N
(A8183 Desire on Telecom XT)

danm ... but thanks 4 the reply

You can't.....yet!!

wait for s-off. you will be able to flash splash1 with that.

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wait for s-off. you will be able to flash splash1 with that.
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I have read a little about this fabled S-OFF (security off?). How close are we, and will it be as simple as being able to replace a PNG once we have access to another part of the filesystem?
Cheers - Neil G

If you flash a generic ROM you will change it to the HTC logo instead.

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If you flash a generic ROM you will change it to the HTC logo instead.
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This is relevant to my interests... So am I right in thinking this is the process?
- get OTA 2.2 ROM for Desire and flash using current process? (Do I need to change radio?)
- Has this now unrooted me? Do I need to re-root? Is it possible?
- Reapply (say) Leedroid 2.x and the original HTC splash screen stays?
Cheers - Neil G

I rooted my Telstra Desire using r6-desire-root-alt.zip a few months ago, and that changed the initial boot splash to the default HTC splash.. so it can be done.

talkiet said:
I have read a little about this fabled S-OFF (security off?). How close are we, and will it be as simple as being able to replace a PNG once we have access to another part of the filesystem?
Cheers - Neil G
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It's almost ready for public release.
You have to convert it to a specific format, but yeah.
It's not a filesystem, its a raw part of the nand
with a rgb framebuffer format.
Some generic ruu zips contain splash1.
Check inside the zip to be sure.
That is the green-on-white HTC logo.

talkiet said:
I'm answering only so you don't waste a lot more time looking, and probably won't otherwise get an answer.
I have the same phone (A8183 from Telstra) and that initial logo cannot currently be changed by anyone due to that part of the ROM not being able to be unlocked.
Even rooting your phone and flashing any rom currently available doesn't grant access to this splash screen.
Sorry... not what you wanted to hear I'm sure but it's currently the case.
Cheers - N
(A8183 Desire on Telecom XT)
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Hrm.. I'm not sure if I'm doing the same as you guys, but I also bought the Telstra model (outright/unlocked from jb hifi), and since then i've put a number of other roms on there, and they've changed the bootup logo to the stock HTC one
(i'm currently using open desire, but originally i was using r3 from modaco - though that was android 2.1)

tabsina said:
Hrm.. I'm not sure if I'm doing the same as you guys, but I also bought the Telstra model (outright/unlocked from jb hifi), and since then i've put a number of other roms on there, and they've changed the bootup logo to the stock HTC one
(i'm currently using open desire, but originally i was using r3 from modaco - though that was android 2.1)
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Thanks everyone - this is all great news... When I got my Desire I couldn't find anyone that was able to say the splash could be changed (either to HTC default or to a custom image)...
Sounds like S-OFF is close so I'll just wait it out.
Cheers - Neil G

When I had a Hero, I was able to change the initial boot image after i installed an engineering spl (obtained from modaco)
Not sure if the same method would apply for s-off on the desire.
But the criteria for the boot image then was, obtain an image you like, crop it to an exact pixel size, and covert to 365rgb format
then using fastboot on your pc use the command fastboot flash splash1
(bearing in mind it's been a while, and it's late, I may be remembering incorrectly)
But if the process turns out to be similar for the desire, you should be able to easily create any boot image you wish, as long as you follow the process carefully and correctly. An image with the wrong pixel size when converted and flash will not display correctly at all.
Hope that helps.

S-OFF is now available! Just installed on my Telstra Desire and changed the splash1 screen successfully!

millab said:
S-OFF is now available! Just installed on my Telstra Desire and changed the splash1 screen successfully!
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Wow... Could you please point to the method you used to get S-OFF?
I have a telstra Desire from Australia as well (A8183) and am very keen to get the bootup splash off it. (More in principle than for any good reason!)
Thanks for the heads up it's now possible
Cheers -- Neil G

talkiet said:
Wow... Could you please point to the method you used to get S-OFF?
I have a telstra Desire from Australia as well (A8183) and am very keen to get the bootup splash off it. (More in principle than for any good reason!)
Thanks for the heads up it's now possible
Cheers -- Neil G
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See the link in the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794314

Can't Find Network Splash Replacement Tool?

Hi Everyone,
I know that there is a tool available that will replace the network Splash Screen with a BMP file of your choice. I did have this tool and had downloaded it, but since then I have lost it (deleted it). I have had a really good search, but I don't seem to be able to find it on this Forum or any others. therefore I was wondering if anyone knows where it is, or how to replace the splash image manually. I want to replace the T-Mobile image which first comes up when the phone is initially turned on. Any help will be very welcome.
Many thanks
Ian

android flasher or just try downloading an .IMG file with a splash and push it via adb.

You will need root and a guide for changing boot animation, search the development section...
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

actually fo splash you need ENG S-OFF.

sorry uros0104 it's not the boot animation I want to change. It's the splash image that I want to change. They are seperate files. Thanks haerigrek Android Flasher was the exact one I was looking for.
Many thanks
Ian

Worked brilliantly, thank you.