How To: Change Your Splash Screen (For all Magics/all MyTouches)
March 10, 2010 in Android How To's, Featured, How To's, HTC Magic How To's, HTC MyTouch 1.2/Fender myTouch How To's, HTC MyTouch 3G How To's
I. Before You Begin
THERE IS A NEW PROCEDURE FOR USE ON ALL 320 x 480 RESOLUTION DEVICES, PLEASE CLICK HERE TO BE TAKEN TO THAT PROCEDURE!
1. THIS IS ONLY FOR THE HTC MAGIC, MYTOUCH, MYTOUCH 1.2, OR FENDER MYTOUCH! DO NOT USE THIS ONE ANY OTHER PHONE!
2. You must have root access.
II. Setup ADB (If you haven’t already)
1. Follow this procedure to setup ADB if you have not already set it up.
III. Check Your SPL Version
1. Turn off your phone then turn it on by holding down Power and Back to get to fastboot.
2. At the top of the phone you will see some writing, pay attention to the HBOOT – x.xx.xxxx. What is written where those X’s are is your SPL version. In order to flash a Splash image you must have one of the following SPL versions (Engineering SPLS):
3. Download one of the above SPLs and save it to your computer.
4. Copy the SPL from your computer and save it to the root of your SD card (not in any folders. DO NOT EXTRACT IT, LEAVE IT AS A .ZIP FILE).
5. Turn off your phone, then turn it back on by holding down Home and Power to get into recovery mode.
6. Click Flash Zip from SD Card and select the SPL.zip file you saved and wait for it to finish flashing.
IV. Get a Splash Image and Flash It
1. Find a Splash Image you want to use (it MUST be a Splash Image and not just a regular image). Here is a collection of original Splash Images (if you find anymore please comment on this post with a link):
MyTouch 3G Original Splash Image
Vodafone Original Splash Image
Custom HTC Sapphire Splash Image
Here is a collection of splash screens for the Magic/G1 as well. (Thanks GUNZ!)
2. Rename it to splash (leave the .nb on it though) and save it to the AndroidSDK/Tools/ folder you had from the ADB setup process.
3. Turn off your phone, then turn it back on by holding down Back and Power to get to Fastboot mode, then plug it into the computer.
4. Open the command prompt on your computer, then type:
cd\
cd AndroidSDK\tools
fastboot flash splash1 splash.nb
5. Reboot the phone once it is done.
TDS said on April 27, 2010
ah even though i had HBOOT – 1.33.0004, it was not the engineering one… flashed that now have new splash screen… thanks
blackfireshocker said on May 5, 2010
Any reason why doing this would cause a black screen to appear instead of a boot animation after the splash screen?
blackfireshocker said on May 5, 2010
Well, still no clue why it happened but I was able to fix it by re-flashing hboot.nb0. Go figure.
S. Campos said on May 19, 2010
Hey guys, quick question.. as I downloaded some of these splash images (including unlockr splashes) I noticed that the file extension(s) were .nb, .rgb565, .raw565. Can I rename the .rgb565 and .raw565 to .nb files, or will they be corrupted if I do so? Only the “mytouch 3g original splash image” was an .nb file.. please let me know, thanks again?
TheUnlockr said on May 19, 2010
S Campos,
You shouldn’t need to rename them. Just flash them as they are (make sure to write whatever the extension is of the splash you want to flash when flashing).
S. Campos said on May 20, 2010
Understood, the only renaming done is file name to “splash” (.nb)(.rgb565)(.raw565) leaving the extension as is, and then following the procedures thru adb… got it, thanks guys!
S. Campos said on May 20, 2010
For more G1/MT3G custom images and splash screens: http://bit.ly/9SI2qF
jrm0527 said on June 25, 2010
Thanks for the guide! Worked great for my MT3G 1.2. Once I uploaded the myTouch splash, I reverted back to the stock SPL as others have commented on. No issues.
LBsk8aDDiCt said on July 5, 2010
What’s the differance between the 4 SPLs? Will all of them work with the myTouch 1.2?
LBsk8aDDiCt said on July 5, 2010
I retract that last question. New question, what do the new SPLs change? o_o anything we should be aware of for future references?
hugex said on July 20, 2010
hi
how can change the second splash????
Sonny said on September 12, 2010
So I have my splash screen working on my MyTouch 1.2 (Custom rainbow with “Simple Mobile” in the green streak), but then it goes black for like 30 seconds where the animated word “Android” is supposed to be.. is there anyway I can get a custom/animated screen for that or at least the original?
Everytime I see it I think “HOLY CRAPOLA I’VE BRICKED MY PHONE”. LOL.
thanks,
sonny <3
Paul Beeler said on December 8, 2010
Here’s a thread that shows how to use a script for linux, just tried it out and it works great on Ubuntu, it’s also universal if you change the screen size settings in the script, you can make it for any device: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=683303
tone said on December 10, 2010
is it suppose to stay black after the green mytouch screen????? n is their away to have it show android again
TheUnlockr said on December 12, 2010
Means you need to boot into recovery, wipe data and flash a ROM.
TheUnlockr said on December 12, 2010
Means you need to boot into recovery, wipe data and flash a ROM.
Batman said on December 27, 2010
nbimg.exe – google it . . . works awesome and allows you to create your own splash screen . . . followed these instructions above and POW! instant custom splash screen.
Alchemik94 said on March 7, 2011
I’ve got a problem – my current SPL is 1.33.0010 and I don’t have option “Flash ZIP from SD Card”. I have only reboot now, wipe data/factory reset and apply sdcard:update.zip Can You help me? I can’t upgrade it…