Animated Bootscreens Toolkit
----------------------------

How To use :
------------

You start by extracting the firmware you want to use using hxfe.exe, a tool to extract and repack firmwares (not made by me). The hxfe.exe tool
will create a directory out_hxf with all the firmware files extracted. Then copy all those file to the in_hxf folder (in the same
directory where the hxfe.exe tool and the out_hxf directory resides), Creating the folder if it doesn't exist

Next use my AniCreator.exe tool to make an logon.ani or a logoff.ani file
You'll have to use it like this (using the example files provided) : 
AniCreator.exe logon.ani 1.bmp 2.bmp 3.bmp 4.bmp 5.bmp 6.bmp 7.bmp 8.bmp 9.bmp 10.bmp 11.bmp 12.bmp
AniCreator.exe is a commandline tool so run it from a dos window and first cd to the directory containing it. I'm not going to explain
how to do this, it's just a few basic dos commands (look them up !)
Anyway after the logon.ani file has been created replace the existing logon.ani (or logoff.ani) file with the file you created using
AniCreator.exe. (they are in hxf_out/user_data directory) Restart (or go back) to the hxfe.exe tool and now Repack the firmware Save the resulting file as A320.HXF.
Next place the newly build A320.HXF on the dingoo (not on the sd card) and do a "normal firmware upgrade" using the RESET+HOLDING DPAD DOWN
method until you see the firmware upgrading screen.
After the firmware has been flashed to the nand the device will restart and you'll see your animated boot (and / or) logoff screen !



WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1) DO NOT USE ANY OF THE GENERATED ANI FILES WITH AN UNBRICKER TOOL, THEY WILL NOT WORK !!!
2) USE AT YOUR OWN RISK !
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING



I get an error "CLASS NOT REGISTERED" when using hxfe 
-----------------------------------------------------
copy the supplied files in the comdlg32 folder your system32 dir and then run regsvr32.exe comdlg32.ocx it should work fine afterwards!

About the BMP's
---------------
Bmp's MUST BE 320x240 and nothing else
you need to specify at least 1 bmp file and a maximum of 12 bmp's for your animated bootscreen. (of course if you just supply one 
it won't be animated).

About The speed of the animated bootscreen
------------------------------------------
I noticed the speed of the logon.ani and logoff.ani file where not the same when being used on the dingoo. So be sure to think about this
when creating animated bootscreens !


Creator
-------
Anicreator.exe has been made by joyrider.
Hxfe.exe has been made by someone else and i do not know who.
the sample images where taken from the internet somewhere, there was no author name included.