[How To] Set A Boot Logo With the Untethered iOS 5.0.1 Jailbreak

[Kabilach]

This quick guide will tell you how to set a custom boot logo on iOS 5.0.1.

One thing that many people liked about the Chronic Dev Team's untethered greenpois0n jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1 was the ability to set custom boot logos.
Unfortunately, as time has passed, jailbreak tools have stopped supporting native boot logos for the iDevice lineup.
Setting a custom boot logo, however, has still never been easier. You need to install three things to make your custom boot logo appear after you jailbreak and all of it can be found in Cydia. Actually, two things; but, you also need to install a boot logo for it to work!

To begin, you need a tool called, "animate" which was made available about the time that the iOS 4.2.1 untethered greenpois0n jailbreak was released.
The only prerequisite to it is that it only works on iOS 4.2.1 (as you will see when you find it; it tells you). But, we are going to bypass that prerequisite so that we can have our boot logo on iOS 5.0.1. So, to get 'animate' you're going to open up Cydia and search for it. You want to install the tool that was made by the Chronic Dev Team:

After you install it (no respring or reboot required), you are going to install the tool that will let the boot logo work on an iOS version that is not iOS 4.2.1.
The tool you will need is called, "animate fix for iOS 4.x.x" and it was released by iH8sn0w, the famous developer behind iFaith, sn0wbreeze and other jailbreak tools alike. So, to get 'animate fix for iOS 4.x.x' you're going to open up Cydia and search for it. Even though it says it's for iOS 4.x.x, it works for iOS 5.0.1 as well. When you find it, just install it (once again, respring or reboot required):

Now that you have those two tools installed, you can download and install the third thing that you need - a boot logo.
You can search through Cydia's archives for a boot logo that you like or you can use one of your own. You can test out what you have already because after you install 'animate' the greenpois0n boot logo is made your boot logo by default. You can change this by going into your Settings application, then opening the Bootlogo section, and then picking between Chronic Dev Team's boot logo or the stock Apple logo. After you install a third party boot logo, it will appear in that list as well for you to choose from.

Animate download link thanks to AppleHacker
animatefix_1.2_iphoneos-arm.deb

[pianoman763]

I tested this on iPod touch 3g, iOS 5.0.1
and it did not work. :\

[Stealth912]

Confirmed working on ipod touch 4g 5.0.1, however, it isnt stable. Screen goes glitchy and missing some images.

[Paced98]

this wont work for me and it just shows regular apple screen

[Kabilach]

I have a feeling this will be another hit and miss thread

[Rebs]

Didn't work for me either
Ah well such is Life

[Erichss]

In your post you state:

Originally Posted by Kabilach

You can search through Cydia's archives for a boot logo that you like or you can use one of your own.

How can you use your own??

[Kabilach]

Originally Posted by Erichss

In your post you state:



How can you use your own??

by using google to find a tut on how to make one

[NissanTuner]

Didn't work for me. Animate installed fine however animate fix did not. As I clicked on continue and went to the confirm, queue, cancel screen, Cydia told me that there was a dependency error and then tried to uninstall all of my tweaks. It also said firmware at the bottom of the screen.

[Kabilach]

Originally Posted by NissanTuner

Didn't work for me. Animate installed fine however animate fix did not. As I clicked on continue and went to the confirm, queue, cancel screen, Cydia told me that there was a dependency error and then tried to uninstall all of my tweaks. It also said firmware at the bottom of the screen.

Hmmm thats a new one sadly I have no idea

[NissanTuner]

I've not seen it either, I wonder if cydia wants me to delete everything and downgrade...


--EDIT--

I'll add photos when I get home, can't seem to get them up from my phone

[BlackRoseSymphony]

Originally Posted by NissanTuner

Didn't work for me. Animate installed fine however animate fix did not. As I clicked on continue and went to the confirm, queue, cancel screen, Cydia told me that there was a dependency error and then tried to uninstall all of my tweaks. It also said firmware at the bottom of the screen.

I am having the same issue.

It gives me a message that says "The requested modifications cannot be applied due to required dependencies or conflicts that cannot be automatically found or fixed." I get the option to continue queuing, and it tells me that it'd remove most of my Cydia tweaks (it lists them out). The conflict section says it has to do with the firmware (I'm on 5.0.1, Verizon iPhone 4).

[Kabilach]

Animate download added link thanks to AppleHacker
SiNfuL iPhone

[Paced98]

Well this got updated to work with iOS 5 now

[kingof9x]

There is no need to install animate first.

Just install the fix and it installs animate along with it.

I'm not sure if that is the case with applehackers link but it most likely is.

Just get the fix from the modmy(eye) repo.

The first time I rebooted nothing happened but the 2nd time the chronic logo worked fine.

Now to create my own.

I'll get back to you on that.

[taxijohn]

A word of warning guys I installed the fix giving me animate as well then had 20 minutes trying to get out of the death loop before I got a reboot and was able to uninstall to my relief

[ezkore]

its work ^_^
i like it.

[Sportycus]

In the first post can anyone tell me which bootlogo that is in Cydia??

[Kabilach]

Originally Posted by Sportycus

In the first post can anyone tell me which bootlogo that is in Cydia??

I'm not sure it's an actual boot logo just a picture

[hypnopotamus]

Hi everybody,

I installed anifix and now my ipad 2 won't work. it just keeps crashing i can't even get the system up
does anyone know how to fix it?