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I'm trying to unroot my G1 to sell it, but I can't seem to get fastboot to work. I've read the guide on how to set it up and all that, but my phone isn't showing up in the list of devices when I turn on it bootloader mode. All I'm really trying to do, is to erase the second splash image. If there's another way to erase splash2, can someone tell me?
Did you install the dev driver? Link is in my sig. Does ADB work?
Yes, I have. ADB works just fine, but for some reason I can't find my device on fastboot. Fastboot works on my MT3G though.
Dumb question, but you do have a flashboot enabled SPL on your phone correct?
Well, I'm running the Hard SPL, so I suppose so, but honestly, I'm not sure. When I go into bootloader the screen does have some small text saying fastboot, so I think I'm running a flashboot enabled SPL.
Anyone? Sorry for being hasty, but I plan on selling my phone so I want to get it back to normal as soon as possible.
flash DREAIMG.img? it does it all??
jaaronmoody said:
flash DREAIMG.img? it does it all??
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But what about the splash screen?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=491350
this guide tells me to erase splash2 and after I do that, I can start actually unrooting the phone.
All I need is to get fastboot working, or another way to get rid of the second splash screen.
Anartic said:
But what about the splash screen?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=491350
this guide tells me to erase splash2 and after I do that, I can start actually unrooting the phone.
All I need is to get fastboot working, or another way to get rid of the second splash screen.
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Did you install a 2nd, custom splash screen? If you didn't then you don't need to worry about it.
When you say 2nd custom flash, you are referring to, for example, cyanogen's right? I assumed that was the 2nd flash since its after the tmobile g1 splash
Anartic said:
When you say 2nd custom flash, you are referring to, for example, cyanogen's right? I assumed that was the 2nd flash since its after the tmobile g1 splash
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no, there is a way to install you OWN custom splash2. if you haven't done this you don't need to worry about it.
check this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3010171&postcount=1
Ohhh okay, sorry for all the hassle, but thanks so much for the help
LATEST UPDATE: I will start working on this again soon. I didn't realize so many people had downloaded it until today when I went to add this thread to the Hero wiki. I will not be replacing the initial "Hero" splash screen, as that requires the installation of an unlocked HardSPL, and I don't have a reason to unlock my own SPL.
Hey all.
So, remember way way back in Android's pre-release days when the boot screen was an oscillating red dot, similar to the eye of a Cylon? Well, it was always my favourite boot animation, so I decided to bring it back. I found an animated gif on the net, removed the word "ANDROID" from it, made it fit our resolution, and voila. Here it is.
I've updated this considerably. I did some smoothing on the red animation so it won't look so pixel-y, I've scaled down the animated gif so that it doesn't get nearly as choppy as it did before, and removed that pesky red dot on the left side. It looks much, much nicer now.
Planned updates:
- Sound. I'm thinking either the low "whirring" noise the cylons make as they scan, or the brief piano music that plays during the first intro to the episodes (not the opening credits.) Thoughts? Does anyone even want sound in their bootscreen?
- Add more frames to smooth the animation out (right now it's about 12 FPS)
- Add a more enticing background picture, such as a Cylon head rather than the solid black.
As always, feedback is welcomed.
A picture would be nice.
TheBrit said:
A picture would be nice.
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Done and done!
Updated. It's a significant improvement over the previous version. See first post.
Can you please post the original bootscreen so we can always fall back??
Invade said:
Can you please post the original bootscreen so we can always fall back??
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There we go.
craig0r said:
There we go.
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Thanks man
awsome
Flashed it on mcr 2.8.
Love it.
The first HERO pic should be nice to ditch to.
A five and a cylon somewhere maybe?
Thanks man
how do i apply this boot screen ?
thx in advance
darkenergy said:
how do i apply this boot screen ?
thx in advance
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I THINK you have to flash it like a ROM.
Please correct me if I'm wrong someone.
CONFIRMED: you flash it like a ROM (looks really cool!)
Carlis said:
Flashed it on mcr 2.8.
Love it.
The first HERO pic should be nice to ditch to.
A five and a cylon somewhere maybe?
Thanks man
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Getting rid of the first HERO screen is a bit more difficult. It requires you to remove the device's security/cid checks or something. There's a thread about how to do that in the "Hero Android Development" forum. It's stickied. As of now I'm pretty sure you need to make some custom serial/usb cable to do it, and I can't be bothered. If anyone knows a simpler way to change that first splash screen, I'd love to hear it.
darkenergy said:
how do i apply this boot screen ?
thx in advance
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You need to have a rooted phone and the patched recovery image installed. Boot into recovery mode by holding the Home button while you power up your phone, and select "upgrade via choose .zip" or whatever the option is. Exactly the same as flashing a new ROM, as Amdathlonuk said.
Thanks dude!
Smooth
Hi,
Firstly, thanks for this craig0r, I've been looking for this ever since I got my phone, don't understand why they took it out, it's so cool.
Anyway, I'm hoping someone can help me get it working.
I've tried to flash both 0.7 and 0.8 but I get the following error each time:
installing update...
copying files...
E: Failure at line 3:
copy_dir PACKAGE:system SYSTEM:
Installation aborted.
I have root and I'm running BeHero 1.3.2.
I looked at the update and found that in:
cylon0.8_signed/system/media/bootscreen/boot_animation.xml
There's this line:
audio="/system/media/bootscreen/boot.mp3"
It's referring to an mp3 but the boot sound is wav, could this be the problem?
Cheers guys
Working flawlessly!
Running Android 1.5 - SenseHero1.6 ROM
Sounds will be awesome, no need for an ugly cylon tho!
EDIT: @Sparmian I believe its because Android 2.1 storage bootscreen in another directory. Correct me if I'm mistaken
spamianspoon said:
Hi,
Firstly, thanks for this craig0r, I've been looking for this ever since I got my phone, don't understand why they took it out, it's so cool.
Anyway, I'm hoping someone can help me get it working.
I've tried to flash both 0.7 and 0.8 but I get the following error each time:
installing update...
copying files...
E: Failure at line 3:
copy_dir PACKAGE:system SYSTEM:
Installation aborted.
I have root and I'm running BeHero 1.3.2.
I looked at the update and found that in:
cylon0.8_signed/system/media/bootscreen/boot_animation.xml
There's this line:
audio="/system/media/bootscreen/boot.mp3"
It's referring to an mp3 but the boot sound is wav, could this be the problem?
Cheers guys
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That certainly could be a problem. Also, I've only tested this in Modaco roms, although I should think it would work on any cupcake system. I won't be porting it to eclair until we have an official Hero release from HTC. Not that it would be particularly difficult with our current "faked" eclair roms, but they aren't functional enough for me, so I can't be bothered.
As far as sounds go, at this point I will probably wait for the eclair release as well.
Aaaaahhh!
Thanks for the help guys. I didn't realize this was a cupcake only release - I'm running eclair. Doh!.
Anyone have any idea how I can get this to work on eclair?
Cheers.
G1 and MT3G SPLASH SCREENS!!!
here is some cool splashes for the G1 and MT3G ;D
**ok so from what im seeing, a lot of the community here just wants nexus splashes for their G1's, which is fine, so ill start adding cool nexus logos for more splashes
NOTE: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRICK YOUR PHONE. IT IS NOT LIKELY THAT YOU WILL BUT THIS IS JUST IN CASE theming rarely bricks, but never underestimate the human mind... AND AS ALWAYS NANDROID NANDROID NANDROID! (if you somehow manage to get stuck, post a comment and ill help in anyway i can)
Ok so now that that is out of the way!
***UPDATE 1/24/10 got rid of some of the lame splashes that had little DL's and Added Nexus splashes for the G1 and MT3G***
***UPDATE 1/23/10 fixed part of the .rgb565 files, should have no trouble flashing****
***UPDATE 1/21/10 to rest some peoples hearts, these pictures are 320x480 resolution. so when you power your phone on, the splash picture takes the whole screen up!****
WHATS REQUIRED
Android SDK
Danger spl
or
Engineering spl
A ROOTED G1 or ROOTED My touch 3G or with a phone that has screen resolution of 320x480
knowledge of how to use fast boot
I HAVE TEST FLASHED ALL OF THESE IMAGES SO I KNOW THEY WORK ON G1/DREAM.. i dont have a mytouch3g but im sure it should work. (someone please confirm)
here is the script for FASTBOOT ON WINDOWS (For a full tutorial, there is a link below showing how to do this in full )
$ fastboot devices
Now the commands to actually send it to the phone are these:
$ fastboot flash splash1 mysplash.rgb565
$ fastboot reboot
make sure the mysplash file is in the same folder as fastboot, it should be in the tools folder..
ENJOY AND PLEASE LET ME KNOW OF ANY BUGS OR REQUEST.
AND AS ALWAYS, DONATIONS ARE ACCEPTED
Buy me a Nexus, I am poor !!!
TUTORIAL LINK RIGHT HERE http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467693
Link for cool android Splash http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0UC9AVJ7
**Redpy5 here is your custom splash =) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=32OLPJ4Y
**Riku! here is your custom splash! http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UN9XING5
**Refuge here is your custom splash! http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A3VTIL8F
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This is a thread for G1 Splash screens, i will make a custom splash for anyone that wants one!
Below ill post some examples as thumbnails, ill add links eventually, but i would like to get some request of some sayings or quotes for splash! so please let me know in a post, i want to make some people happy with their android phones.
NOTE I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRICK YOUR PHONE. IT IS NOT LIKELY THAT YOU WILL BUT THIS IS JUST IN CASE
WHATS REQUIRED
danger spl
or
Engineering spl
A ROOTED G1 or android phone.
knowledge of how to use fast boot
here is the script for FASTBOOT ON WINDOWS
$ fastboot devices
Now the commands to actually send it to the phone are these:
$ fastboot flash splash1 mysplash.rgb565
$ fastboot reboot
make sure the mysplash file is in the same folder as fastboot, it should be in the tools folder..
ENJOY AND PLEASE LET ME KNOW OF ANY BUGS OR REQUEST.
AND AS ALWAYS, DONATIONS ARE ACCEPTED
ill post more info as i work a little better =)
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it's good practice to have the images set to the resolution of the screen. just saying because you don't mention it in the OP and i would imagine that some people would freak out about it
this is my first ever splash make or XDA thread ever lol ima learnin =)
Take this as you please:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467693
Hey guys, just saw this thread almost immediately after using another thread in Sapphire Dev to do exactly this! (Change the boot splash)
The thread I'm talkin' about is here: www.forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=517333&page=2
It's on page two because this is actually where someone posted a boot splash that's fairly close to the right resolution for a HTC Magic (or MyTouch3G) as well as the exact same instructions as above. Actual resolution for both phones is 320 x 480 with 65K colors.
I can attest to the fact that this method works perfectly on my phone (HTC Magic with the info in my sig). That big ol' Android is far sexier than the MyTouch boot screen.
(sorry, new users can't post URLs): forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=517333&page=
just get 12 post, that'll fix the link problem!!!
eessel said:
Take this as you please:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467693
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that's what i was looking for. i knew that was on here somewhere, but i couldn't find it.
Well a quote for you could be "This is not the Droid you are looking for." Lol would love for you to make one for me as soon as I learn more about the whole fastboot thing. By the way this is my first post.
redpy5 said:
Well a quote for you could be "This is not the Droid you are looking for." Lol would love for you to make one for me as soon as I learn more about the whole fastboot thing. By the way this is my first post.
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Good to see ya Stephen! wouldn't you rather it say "These ARE the droids you're looking for" lol but ill make one for you and post it on here under megaupload
Good info. Thanks.
Are these animated or no?
Thanks
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Are these animated or no?
Thanks
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No, sadly I don't think/know if the G1 is capable of animated splashes to be honest
can you use terminal to do this.
and if so, how
1wingangel said:
can you use terminal to do this.
and if so, how
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NOPE! lol only fastboot so unless you know how to use that..
Look at the tutorial link on the original post for more info and help
I want to know if it's possible to make a custom SPL that lets us flash splash screens (what comes before your rom's bootscreen) among other things.
Thanks,
HeroMeng
HeroMeng said:
I want to know if it's possible to make a custom SPL that lets us flash splash screens (what comes before your rom's bootscreen) among other things.
Thanks,
HeroMeng
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Well regarding the Splash screen, you can actually do that yourself right now without a new SPL.
Find instructions on that here
Decad3nce said:
Well regarding the Splash screen, you can actually do that yourself right now without a new SPL.
Find instructions on that here
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There are a few problems with that... I have no idea how to use git and I don't know how to make an rgb888 file.
/noob
Well, I followed the tutorial you posted and it didn't work. What I want is the SPLASH screen as in before Android starts.
Bump. I'm really interested to see if an SPL is possible. Darch, Decad, Jus1, you guys got anything?
HeroMeng said:
Well, I followed the tutorial you posted and it didn't work. What I want is the SPLASH screen as in before Android starts.
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You followed THIS?
You'll have to rip open the ramdisk, but the script esigned for extracting the ramdisk is different than ours, you'll have to use split boot.img and do the hex-editing yourself.
Anyways, I'll go mess with it a little bit since I'm finally done with classes for the summer. (THANK GOD)
Decad3nce said:
You followed THIS?
You'll have to rip open the ramdisk, but the script esigned for extracting the ramdisk is different than ours, you'll have to use split boot.img and do the hex-editing yourself.
Anyways, I'll go mess with it a little bit since I'm finally done with classes for the summer. (THANK GOD)
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Ahhh, lucky. I have finals week next week.
Got deep into this myself, created custom .rle files dropped them in the init.rc, I still get the stock 2.1 RUU green letters on white initial splash screen.
I got brave and tried a guide I saw for the G1 to flash the splash screen from fastboot, i get this
# fastboot flash splash1 /android/tools/mysplash.rgb565
sending 'splash1' (300 KB)... FAILED (remote: not allow)
I would love to be able to get it to work by playing around with the ramdisk, that way I could be made flashable, however I would settle for being able to change it from fastboot if we could get it to work.
to create the .rle is renamed mysplash.rgb565 to initlogo.rle and logo.rle. Not sure if this will work.
Links:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2877635#post2877635
http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Creating_Splashboot_Images
I'm just wondering if I can change the splash screen to something custom. Any links, helps would be really appreciated.
MajliTech said:
I'm just wondering if I can change the splash screen to something custom. Any links, helps would be really appreciated.
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Splash screen for individual apps or the start up boot?
NotClawGenius said:
Splash screen for individual apps or the start up boot?
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The MI logo when starting the phone.
MajliTech said:
The MI logo when starting the phone.
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Of course there are tons of boot animations available.
Here Im putting the mtz file containing Custom MIUI boot screen.
I am NOT talking about boot animation. I am talking about the MI logo at the beginning, with the "powered by" screen
there is a partition called imagefv which can be extracted from the phone or either from a ROM, in it there's all the images from the bootloader(charging animation, locked bl start, unlocked bl start), however the partition appears to be signed with a certificate, so someone who doesn't use their phone as main would need to try it
Well, definitely not me but thanks for that discovery.
MajliTech said:
Well, definitely not me but thanks for that discovery.
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yeah I am snooping around it because I'm trying to make a custom EDK2 implementation to one day boot Windows (maybe)
sonic011gamer said:
yeah I am snooping around it because I'm trying to make a custom EDK2 implementation to one day boot Windows (maybe)
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Nice, would love to here anything you come up with