Splash Screen

[indoe]

IMPALA SS

hard to find stuff for impala so i made this works good

[redz1234]

can't wait to get home to give this a try.. have tried out the aku 3.3 update and it works wonders...

will update on how it goes once i give it a try...



ReDz

[Rufus]

I was looking everywhere for this thread, Thanks for bumping Redz!

I knew it was here, I was looking for Boot screen though. Oh well, I will be doing this when I get home as well.

[hit93]

That worked like a charm. Now I look forward to crashes. To be honest I reboot my ppc about 10x a day thanks to Mayra Veronica...

[malyn]

For those interested in customizing the boot logo in the ROM kitchen, here are the approximate steps:

1. Obtain a hex editor (I used WinHex in this case)
2. Create your boot logo using the nb_image_converter in the Apache Splash package. The resulting file is a .nb file that you use below.
3. Open .\rom\nk.nba from the rom kitchen in your hex editor
4. Open the .nb boot image in your hex editor
5. Have your hex editor select the entire contents of the .nb boot image, and select copy. (In WinHex this is Edit -> Copy All -> Normally )
6. In the nk.nba session of your hex editor, go to HEX 3f00000 (in WinHex this is Position -> Go To Offset)
7. Tell your hex editor to write (not insert or paste) the contents from the clipboard (in WinHex this is Edit -> Clipboard Data -> Write (not paste))
8. Save the resulting nk.nba file

Since this edits the source file that the kitchen builds on, all future ROMs you make with your kitchen will now include your boot logo automatically.

These same steps can be used to edit your post-cooked nk.nba file just before you convert the file to nk.nbf for deployment.

Hex editors vary, so the commands may differ for the editor you use. Make sure you backup your .\rom\nk.nba incase it gets nuked by this process.

[colonel]

Nice info. Also, in the tools that WideAwake posted for building custom roms is a folder that contains an automated process for this. This may be an easier process for those who are not comfortable using a hex editor. All you need to do is put you .nba in the folder and rename it to .fat. Then run the app to install your splash screen.

[713alan]

Thanks for the program.

Is there a way to disable the Windows Mobile startup screen so that the new splash screen stays visible through boot up?

[colonel]

Yes and no. It is possible, but you have to replace a file in the rom to get this to happen.

[Half Decaf]

Fantastic. Works great! Thank you.

[meandub]

Works great, here is the missing file...

http://www.ascentive.com/support/new...b/COMDLG32.OCX