[HowTo] Get that Retro Apple boot logo that you want sooo badly

[ChronicProductions]

it seems a lot of people like it, so i set up a page on my wiki for those who would like to use it instead of the pineapple.

http://chronic-dev.org/pwnage:retroapple

I just added a .zip on the end, and then dropped the file in

(and afterwards remove the .zip extension of course!)

[Pyrofallout]

would you mind tell us what format these img2 files are? also don't mean to be a bother but wondering if ipswtool is on track for a today release?

thanks!

[bretth7377]

how do you drop it into the ipsw? I'm dragging the file ontop of the ipsw in finder but its not dropping

[adamsweeting]

I just added a .zip on the end, and then dropped the file in

(and afterwards remove the .zip extension of course!)

[ChronicProductions]

I just added a .zip on the end, and then dropped the file in

(and afterwards remove the .zip extension of course!)
This is what you do.

iPSWTool is ready, program wise, but we have not done much for the GUI since this has been done via command-line for testing purposes. Once we get a nice, easy to use GUI fixed up we will be able to get you something tomorrow.

[adamsweeting]

Good work Chronic... looking forward to building a nicely loaded up firmware!

[kultschar]

This is what you do.

iPSWTool is ready, program wise, but we have not done much for the GUI since this has been done via command-line for testing purposes. Once we get a nice, easy to use GUI fixed up we will be able to get you something tomorrow.

Awesome man!! Will this be Mac only or Windows or both??

[ChronicProductions]

Mac initially, but after we get that stabilized we will work on porting it and hopefully get it out soon after the Mac release

[gguy1]

Adam and Chronic,

How do you remove the .zip afterwards?

Thanks for the great info.

[Pyrofallout]

This is what you do.

iPSWTool is ready, program wise, but we have not done much for the GUI since this has been done via command-line for testing purposes. Once we get a nice, easy to use GUI fixed up we will be able to get you something tomorrow.

Sweet man. Thanks for the info and looking forward to ipswtool! thanks for all your hard work.

[mhuk01]

this doesn't make sense. How are you supposed to just drag the file on top of the ipsw package? can you explain properly how to do this please?

[strongesthylian]

1) If you haven't done this already, go to the Finder preferences, and under advanced, put a checkmark on "Show all file extensions".
2) Add ".zip" at the end of the custom firmware filename.
3) Take the applelogo.img2 and drag it on the custom firmware.
4) Remove the ".zip" from the custom firmware filename.
5) Restore using the custom firmware via iTunes.

I believe that's what you're supposed to do. The part that I get stuck on is at #3. The image file doesn't want to be added to the zip. Any ideas?

[JEsTer]

I just added a .zip on the end, and then dropped the file in

(and afterwards remove the .zip extension of course!)

i think that you are suppose to add .zip to the img2 file, and drop that in and then remove the .zip from the img2 file. I haven't done this yet, but that is how i understand the instuctions.

[appleguru]

If anyone wants to save themselves the hassle, just right (control) click on Pwnage Tool.app and choose "show package contents". Navigate to the resources folder and find the folder for the software version you are going to customize. Replace the "logo.img2" file there with the retro apple one and you'll be good to roll :)

Note: You can also add files to be included in the ipsw when it is built here :-)

[strongesthylian]

I found a somewhat more complicated, but confirmed solution:
1) find your PwnageTool.app
2) right click and click "Show package contents"
3) navigate to Contents/Resources/*firmware version you're going to use*
4) rename the retro apple logo from "applelogo.img2" to "logo.img2"
5) overwrite logo.img2 with the retro apple logo file (backup the original file if you want to)
6) now create your custom firmware and make sure you check "Use DevTeam custom pictures"

EDIT: Someone beat me to the punch.

[tmac9010]

yeah i did the same haha best way. you can even include apps in their if you dont want to wait for ipswbuilder =p

[stu_]

frickin sweet :D

[romeo0569]

this means we can put in any pic i want instead of pineapple...not just the retro apple and the pwnapple lol now to create an img2 file....anyone know how? i bet its something ridiculously easy that im missing lol

[kokos]

What about if I dont want to use other images and just want the default iphone images to be used? Is there a way to do that?

Update: Nevermind, I found out how to do it. There's an option on the pwnage tool to enable the new images or not.

[kultschar]

There is an option in PWNED not to use the Devs custom images (leave Apples)

[bouda]

should I be concerned that when I download the apple logo, that even though it is a .img2 file, it saves on my desktop as a mpeg?

[appleguru]

this means we can put in any pic i want instead of pineapple...not just the retro apple and the pwnapple lol now to create an img2 file....anyone know how? i bet its something ridiculously easy that im missing lol
Not so easy for now anyways... maybe future versions of pwnage will let us add our own images. The .img2 format is the encrypted 8900 container format

http://wikee.iphwn.org/s5l8900:8900_format

[kultschar]

should I be concerned that when I download the apple logo, that even though it is a .img2 file, it saves on my desktop as a mpeg?

Hmm thats def not right!!

[bouda]

Hmm thats def not right!!

Ya, after I .zip it, then take it off it does not show as an mpeg, but when I put it in the firmware, and pwn, just the regular silver apple shows up now... The pineapple showed up while it was running pwn... confused..

Edit..didnt select custom images..

[hidehide]

I found a somewhat more complicated, but confirmed solution:
1) find your PwnageTool.app
2) right click and click "Show package contents"
3) navigate to Contents/Resources/*firmware version you're going to use*
4) rename the retro apple logo from "applelogo.img2" to "logo.img2"
5) overwrite logo.img2 with the retro apple logo file (backup the original file if you want to)
6) now create your custom firmware and make sure you check "Use DevTeam custom pictures"

EDIT: Someone beat me to the punch.

or after putting it in the firmware folder, simply run ipwner on your pwned iphone again.
So you dont have to restore and lose everything :)

[smittyt2k6]

Any easy way to convert custom images to .img2 format? im guessing not.... by the way going into package contents was a great idea and worked perfectly.

[Number_41]

or can i Just get that ipsw tool builder please?


you know installer should make something like this for like a mac or windows program. that way you can actually open up the program and have your iphone/ipod plugged in and click the programs you want and have it update on the iphone like the ipsw builder!

N41

because let's face it. a lot of the things i installer are actually fixes/customizations that arent apps

[bouda]

or after putting it in the firmware folder, simply run ipwner on your pwned iphone again.
So you dont have to restore and lose everything :)


Can you really do this? I having a hard time getting the rainbow apple to show up. I PWNed and did not select the show custom images or whatever. I then restored to apple, and PWNed again, selecting that option, but then when I went to restore to the new firmware that the PWN created it would not let me... got errors. The only restore PWN I can do is to the first one i created... Is this normal? What do I have to do to set up a new PWN ipsw? I have unlocked several iPhones and have never had issues. I know this is a minor one, but I would like to figure it out! Thanks!

[stu_]

should I be concerned that when I download the apple logo, that even though it is a .img2 file, it saves on my desktop as a mpeg?

Are you really sure about this? Ctrl Click on the file and check the Info. It maybe a case that your Mac simply thinks quicktime (hence showing the mpeg icon) is the best app to open the file with.

[stu_]

The simplest way is still to replace the icon.img2 file with the apple one. Rebuild the custom firmware file for your version using ipsw builder and restore that to your phone. Job done.

[bouda]

Are you really sure about this? Ctrl Click on the file and check the Info. It maybe a case that your Mac simply thinks quicktime (hence showing the mpeg icon) is the best app to open the file with.

yes, I did that earlier to compare with the original pineapple file, and it says mpeg in the info...

What is the whole point of adding the .zip?

[bouda]

The simplest way is still to replace the icon.img2 file with the apple one. Rebuild the custom firmware file for your version using ipsw builder and restore that to your phone. Job done.

When I rebuild, the new custom FW will not restore. I get an error in iTunes. The only restore I can use is the original custom I created. I have created 3 newer ones, and they will not restore...

[neonkoala]

Anyone got the original Apple Recovery image? I want to use custom boot logo but I want the standard recovery logo rather than Steve.

EDIT: Found it myself, extracted from 2.0.0 http://rapid$hare.com/files/104784595/recoverymode.s5l8900x.img2

[NintendoLinky]

my iphone is already pwned has the steve image and pineapple if i wanted to have the new images could i put them in the place of the pineapple and steve and then pwn my phone again, will this do anything bad to the phone or can it be pwned more than once to get new images etc.

[Saimen]

Does anyone know where to get the red [PWNED] boot logo, which was shown in the first youtube video some weeks ago?

[Ry@nChri$topher]

yeah i would like to have the red logo as well!

[shinishi_kudo]

Does anyone know where to get the red [PWNED] boot logo, which was shown in the first youtube video some weeks ago?

+1 (ten letters)

[hidehide]

Yup, I want the red PWNed sign too!

[punkmarket]

Is it possible to use my own image instead of the apple logo? Is there a way to create a ".img2" file/image?

[neonkoala]

No one has released a way yet but I'm sure there'll be a tool soon. The file needs to be wrapped in the 8900 container as its being flashed. http://wikee.iphwn.org/s5l8900:8900_format

[Spinstorm]

Can someone explain to me why adding the multicolour apple logo to the appropriate firmware "list" in the pwnage tool causes the logo to change when I select the original apple firmware to initially pwn it!?

I don't get that...

I also see the iPhone 1.2 beta listed (in the resources folder) when I don't have that!? IT seems that all the supported firmware versions are listed with patches to apply
when the IPSW is being pwned.

[spyboy]

Is it possible to use my own image instead of the apple logo? Is there a way to create a ".img2" file/image?

its just a simple image why do they have to make it so difficult.. i want mah custom image too :cool:

[kiwiboi]

I found a somewhat more complicated, but confirmed solution:
1) find your PwnageTool.app
2) right click and click "Show package contents"
3) navigate to Contents/Resources/*firmware version you're going to use*
4) rename the retro apple logo from "applelogo.img2" to "logo.img2"
5) overwrite logo.img2 with the retro apple logo file (backup the original file if you want to)
6) now create your custom firmware and make sure you check "Use DevTeam custom pictures"

EDIT: Someone beat me to the punch.


This worked perfectly! I love the rainbow Apple logo! :D

Cheers iphone lovers!

[bouda]

My computer is still saving it as a mpeg when I download it. Anyone know why? Also what is the reason to .zip it?

[shinishi_kudo]

for convert image jpg to img2 is posible with only rename the .jpg to img2?

[hidehide]

for convert image jpg to img2 is posible with only rename the .jpg to img2?
Of coz not. the img2 files are crypted Container files.

[shinishi_kudo]

Of coz not. the img2 files are crypted Container files.

ok, thanks

[mjr]

Hi Chronic.. can you add this to the Window's version please

[bouda]

Can anyone upload the custom 1.1.4 with the rainbow? For some reason I can not add it to mine. The img2 keeps saving as an mpeg.

EDIT - forget it. I just added the img2 that for some reason says it is an mpeg, and it worked.

[skanero]

thanks dude! i love my new boot logo :D!

[lolof]

For those who asked, because I didn't see the reply in this thread.
YES, you can repowned your iphone once again if you want to change the boot logo.
I have just try on my phone and it does work like a charm.....

[Spinstorm]

Having added the retro apple logo to my iPod and compared it with the pineapple I prefer the pineapple!

The retro apple is blurred and pixelated whilst the pineapple looks sharp and clear!

And I want my screen to look good when it boots - not like someone stuck a blurred picture on it!

I have no doubt that the logo would have been finished better had it been in the final release but it wasn't so for now pineapple looks better to me!

[jameselder232]

i dont suppose anyone from the dev team could explain to us how they created the pinapple im2 file and the retro apple img2 file. Because they created these ones somehow so that means there is a way, and im not bothered how complicated it is, i'll still give it a go. Then once we know the more technically minded could create these images for the noobs, so we can all use our custom images.

James

[Former Bender]

IPSWTool (check the main thread) will be able to do that, just be patient, it's coming soon.

[jameselder232]

Ok i wasn't sure that it was definately going to have the custom image function, i thought people were just hoping it was.

Thanks, i shall just wait then,

james

[lolof]

So, why people do not want to share the how to do ???? It is interesting for more than one of us.... Why wait the ipswtool for this ???
Some poeple know how to do this...
What is the aim of a forum, help and share, no ?
Then share it.....
Will ipswtools give you the possibility to choice between a predefined set of images or it will really give us the possibility to encode our own images ???

[fulvio]

Hmmph, this annoys me. I wonder if there's an available command line tool that does this...

[lhud]

I've looked on this thread but it doesn't seem to have been resolved, does anyone know why its saved as a QuickTime file, and how do you change it?

Thanks

[shinishi_kudo]

i think :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: posible any member of dev team have the pwned logo in .img2?

p.d. now have in my pwned iphone the retro logo with this method thanks.

[lhud]

i think :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: posible any member of dev team have the pwned logo in .img2?

p.d. now have in my pwned iphone the retro logo with this method thanks.

What??????

[shinishi_kudo]

What??????
yes.

this logo http://iclarified.com/images/news/891/4294/4294.jpg why in the youtube videos of demostration pwnage tool, now replace for the pinneaple logo.

1º video: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=7mYSGbm02zQ&feature=related
2º video: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=siuKQw6L6Rk&feature=related

[JEsTer]

I've looked on this thread but it doesn't seem to have been resolved, does anyone know why its saved as a QuickTime file, and how do you change it?

Thanks

When I got mine, it downloaded and shows as a quicktime file, saying mpeg across the bottom of the icon. however its name ends in .img2. I simple left it the way it is, renamed it to logo.img2 and replaced the one inside of PwnageTool.app contents and I've got my retro apple now. Not sure why it is being recognized as a quicktime file, but it still works for me.

[lhud]

When I got mine, it downloaded and shows as a quicktime file, saying mpeg across the bottom of the icon. however its name ends in .img2. I simple left it the way it is, renamed it to logo.img2 and replaced the one inside of PwnageTool.app contents and I've got my retro apple now. Not sure why it is being recognized as a quicktime file, but it still works for me.

OK thanks for that. I just didn't want to do it without confirmation first I didn't know what would happen LOL. Thanks alot.

[lhud]

YAY!!!! done it, and its BRILLIANT, TBH i dont really need to PWN my phone (on official carrier) but this is why i have, maybe abit geeky, but who cares. :p

[JEsTer]

haha great! glad you got it working! :)

[ChronicProductions]

That is actually the recoverymode.img2

The boot up img2's size must be less than or equal to the original img2, so it would be too big to be a boot up but it is smaller than the itunes restore logo

[lhud]

That is actually the recoverymode.img2

The boot up img2's size must be less than or equal to the original img2, so it would be too big to be a boot up but it is smaller than the itunes restore logo


Which one? the PWNED logo?

[JEsTer]

That is actually the recoverymode.img2

The boot up img2's size must be less than or equal to the original img2, so it would be too big to be a boot up but it is smaller than the itunes restore logo

yeah i think chronic is referring to using the pwned logo. It can't be used as the boot up screen, but could be used (obviously) as the restore screen.

I found this out the hard way, trying to get steve as my bootup screen, that didnt work out hahah.

[ChronicProductions]

yeah i think chronic is referring to using the pwned logo. It can't be used as the boot up screen, but could be used (obviously) as the restore screen.

I found this out the hard way, trying to get steve as my bootup screen, that didnt work out hahah.

Just out of curiosity since I have never tried this, what happens? :P

[JEsTer]

Just out of curiosity since I have never tried this, what happens? :P

well nothing really. I duplicated the recovery.img2 in the contents of PwnageTool, and named it to logo.img2 (in the 114 folder of course). Then I tried just pwning again so it would apply the images, but every time it says something to the effect of, "failed to start pwning". I then built a custom .ipsw, and restored to that, and it actually kept the rainbow apple boot screen surprisingly.

[iMacs]

can you add this manualy on a unlocked iphone that was used ziphone? if so how?

thanks

[kbbarbados]

Trying to get the Logos to work. Its easy to decrypt the 8900 container, but i cannot find any way to uncompress the LZSS Files to RAW data.
I have some C Progs, but they are not working.

Anybody got a working source code???

[appleguru]

Just wait a few guys; the next rls of pwnage will let you do custom images:

http://gizmodo.com/379014/pwnage-new-version-imminent-via-automatic-update

[shinishi_kudo]

yessssss very nice, thanks dev team.