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How to change the boot logo on the Moto X splash screen, no root required

Robert Nazarian
November 11, 2013
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The boot splash screen and animation is something you hopefully don’t see all that often throughout your day, but it’s always nice to customize it if you can. The Moto X actually has one of the better boot animations around, but if you want to change the image in the splash screen (just before the animation), it’s not all that hard. Best of all….you don’t have to be rooted. Hit the break to get started.

Instructions per XDA forum member Jcase

  1. First, you will need an image. It needs to be 720 x 1280 and it must be in the BMP format. Save it in the same location as the Android SDK (see step 2)
  2. Make sure you have the latest Android SDK installed on your computer with the latest drivers.
  3. Enable USB debugging in the developer options on your Moto X. If this is the first time going into developer options, just go into “About Phone” from your settings and tap the build number seven times. From now on you will see the developer options.
  4. Connect your Moto X to your computer.
  5. Launch Terminal / Command Prompt
  6. Navigate to the fastboot/adb folder which will be inside the location where the Android SDK is installed (On Windows, it should be in C:\program files (x86)\android\android-sdk\platform-tools)
  7. Enter the following command to reboot: adb reboot bootloader
  8. Enter the following command to de-customize the bootloader: fastboot erase clogo
  9. Enter the following command to flash your new logo: fastboot flash clogo <filename>.bmp

That’s all there is to it. Enjoy!!

Note: If you are rooted, you can backup the current logo by entering the following command before you flash a new one…..

adb shell su -c “dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/clogo of=/sdcard/clogo.bmp”

Be sure to check out our other Moto X guides as well.

source: XDA


About the Author: Robert Nazarian

Robert lives in upstate New York where he was born and raised. Technology was always his passion. His first computer was a Radio Shack TRS80 Color that used a cassette tape to save programs, and his first laptop was a Toshiba T1200FB that sported a CGA greyscale screen and two 720kb floppy drives (no hardrive). From the early 90’s through late 2011, he only owned Motorola phones starting with the MircroTAC all the way through to the Droid X. He broke that streak when he bought the Galaxy Nexus. Now he's sporting a Galaxy Note 4, and absolutely loves it. He has a wonderful wife and a 6 year old son. In his free time he enjoys sports, movies, TV, working out, and trying to keep up with the rapid fast world of technology.


  • no

    This did NOT work for my non-developer moto x.

    I did however find a work around. I hope this helps:

    First you will need a .bin file. Don’t ask me how to acquire one, but there are some ones on random forums. It stores all sorts of information, but in our case it stores an image.

    Second, steps 1 through 7 are fine.

    After this:

    STEP 8: fastboot flash logo .bin

  • help

    is this working in other service?

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