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HOWTO: Changing Windows Mobile SPLASH screen on startup

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HOWTO: Changing Windows Mobile SPLASH screen on startup
hey, i havnt seen a thread on this, and i know that the windows mobile 6 splash screen (bright green) when you turn the phone on gets to some people cus it got to me dammit! lol... anyway, its very simple to change, you will need to find an image you want (240x320) and name it to "welcomehead.96.png" without the quotes. using resco explorer, or any other file explorer that gives you full access, place the new .png file in the /Windows directory. it will ask if you would like to replace becuase the file is located in ROM, hit yes.

NOTE - once you change this, it is done. you cannot "undo". you will have to find the original splash screen and replace again if you want to go back..

anyway, here is the one i made, if you guys have them , lets see them!!

another quick note - i have only dont this on my Sprint HTC Vogue (Touch)... i dont know if it will work with other PPC's so if they break, do NOT hold me accountable.. whenever you edit the ROM you always have a chance of bricking your device!!
 
Hey Dash,
I've got my pick and I'm trying to get it up on my HTC touch-when i open my mobile on active sinc I cant find the windows directory..help?
Pete
 
pjvab said:
Hey Dash,
I've got my pick and I'm trying to get it up on my HTC touch-when i open my mobile on active sinc I cant find the windows directory..help?
Pete
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why dont you try to transfer the pic to your phone (memory card) then from your phone transfer the pic to your windows directory ... that worked for me ...
 
Hey Joe, thanks for the response. I have the pic on there but I cant locate the windows folder. I have that pic saved in like 5 diffent places now. When I go to my storage card I copy in from my phone and when I see the "windows" folder, I click on it but it wont let me paste the pic...make sense at all?
 
pjvab said:
Hey Joe, thanks for the response. I have the pic on there but I cant locate the windows folder. I have that pic saved in like 5 diffent places now. When I go to my storage card I copy in from my phone and when I see the "windows" folder, I click on it but it wont let me paste the pic...make sense at all?
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thats weird cus when i did mine all it said was "file already exist would you like to replace it?" and i said yes.... make sure its a png file 240 x 320...
 
dash wont work on a mogul.i copy pasted exact name.it didnt even ask to replace existing file.just added to windows directory.so IDK.there is one called Welcome.but appears to be a exe..it launches to the green screen nut has tap menu to set up stylus.but screen turns unresponsive.so i just deleted it.now we need a way for the mogul:p
 
wont work on the mogul theres a different way for the mogul thats why this is in the touch forum not the mogul forum. you have to have resco file explorer which can be found at the site to overwrite this. it will ask if you wanna overwrite this and say yes than do a soft reset and your done.
 
D/\SH said:
HOWTO: Changing Windows Mobile SPLASH screen on startup
hey, i havnt seen a thread on this, and i know that the windows mobile 6 splash screen (bright green) when you turn the phone on gets to some people cus it got to me dammit! lol... anyway, its very simple to change, you will need to find an image you want (240x320) and name it to "welcomehead.96.png" without the quotes. using resco explorer, or any other file explorer that gives you full access, place the new .png file in the /Windows directory. it will ask if you would like to replace becuase the file is located in ROM, hit yes.

NOTE - once you change this, it is done. you cannot "undo". you will have to find the original splash screen and replace again if you want to go back..

anyway, here is the one i made, if you guys have them , lets see them!!

another quick note - i have only dont this on my Sprint HTC Vogue (Touch)... i dont know if it will work with other PPC's so if they break, do NOT hold me accountable.. whenever you edit the ROM you always have a chance of bricking your device!!
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saweeeeet, thnx for postin this up here D/\SH! i think they took my post about it down on the other forum.
 
Yeah, i really like the Bender "iRobot" splash image you had for your mogul on youtube. I've been searching and i can't find that image on the site or thru google. Could you post it up for us?

Thanks!
 
SpaceCowboyX said:
Yeah, i really like the Bender "iRobot" splash image you had for your mogul on youtube. I've been searching and i can't find that image on the site or thru google. Could you post it up for us?

Thanks!
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sorry at this moment im not releasing the images for that since it is a private complete theme. sorry.
 
no prob, I'll make another screen for it.

Also... will a hard reset bring back the original green screen, or am I deleting the original picture? If I can't revert back, how do I find an d backup the old "green screen". I'm lookng through my /windows folder for the original picture and i can't find it. I just got resco, do i have to turn on view hidden files or something?

Thanks again.
 
SpaceCowboyX said:
no prob, I'll make another screen for it.

Also... will a hard reset bring back the original green screen, or am I deleting the original picture? If I can't revert back, how do I find an d backup the old "green screen". I'm lookng through my /windows folder for the original picture and i can't find it. I just got resco, do i have to turn on view hidden files or something?

Thanks again.
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resco you just rename and overwrite in the windows folder. jsut paste in there and it will find. you can save the origina;s to your computer to revert back or do a hard reset and that will bring it back also. you can change these as many times as you want just keep renaming the images the same thing and than yoyu will be able to overwrite as much as you want.
 
What's up guys i like the video on the splash screen.i'm need 2 this i wanna know were would you find the Windows directory on the phone to make the splash screen anybody can help thanks
 
Mr.Wuan said:
What's up guys i like the video on the splash screen.i'm need 2 this i wanna know were would you find the Windows directory on the phone to make the splash screen anybody can help thanks
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ummmm r u serious how you gonna do this if you dont know the basics???? go to start/file explorer/ than windows is right there.
 
I know you said you tried it for the touch. Anything new on it having a problem working with the mogul or any updates on it working with the mobile.... thanks Kaos...I owe you. I finally got my mogul up and running with all the apps working great. i hope to post a youtube video on it and give you guys credit, so that the new video will make my old one look like a little girl!! hahaha.. thanks again!!
 
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