Custom Boot Splash plugin for the PSVita / PSTV released – Make your boot-screen great again!
Every now and then, an overly cool plugin comes around for the PSVita. This time, it’s Princess Of Sleeping’s Custom Boot Splash plugin which lets you change your boot screen to whatever image you want!
What is Custom Boot Splash?
Custom Boot Splash is a plugin by PSVita developer Princess Of Sleeping who seems to be quite fond of messing around with system files.
This plugin allows you to change your PSVita/PSTV’s boot screen to any static image you desire which, in my opinion, increases the coolness factor of hacking your PSVita ten-fold! Obviously, this supports FW 3.60/5 as it requires Enso to work.
In order to avoid any confusion, what is shown when the PSVita boots is explained here in order:
- Boot Logo – this is the Enso or PS logo
- This plugin can’t fully bypass this so it’s momentarily shownn
- Custom Boot Splash takes over and your custom image is shown
- This replaces the Enso/PS logo which stays there for a few seconds without this plugin
- Epilepsy Warning
- The content of this can be changed with TheFlow’s Custom Warning plugin.
How do I use this plugin?
First of all, it must be noted that this plugin requires modification of HENkaku Enso’s ‘boot_config.txt’ file which is an important file for loading Enso. That being said, it’s pretty hard to screw up since the process of installing and using this plugin is pretty easy.
To use Custom Boot Splash, you have to do this:
- Get on a PC – This will make your life easier
- Open VitaShell, start the FTP server and connect to it from your PC using software like WinSCP
- Download the plugin from this link
- Grab an image that you want to use as a boot-screen and resize it to 960×544. I recommend you use an image with a 16:9 aspect ratio for best results.
- Resizing can be done with a website like this
- Feed the 960×544 image to this convertor
- You should be prompted to download a file called “boot_splash.bin”
- Go back to your FTP client and navigate to “ur0:/tai” NOT ux0:/tai
- Copy the plugin (custom_boot_splash.skprx) and boot_splash.bin to ur0:/tai
- Open “boot_config.txt” in ur0:/tai and add the following line “- load ur0:tai/custom_boot_splash.skprx” to one line before “load os0:kd/clockgen.skprx”
- Save the file
- Reboot your Vita and enjoy your custom boot-screen!
Conclusion
Unless you manage to mess up “boot_config.txt”, this plugin is completely safe and I confirm it myself as I tested it. Now, all of you who have stayed on FW 3.60/5 can go enjoy a custom boot screen!
GitHub Page (source code + instructions): https://github.com/Princess-of-Sleeping/PSP2-CustomBootSplash
Download Page: https://github.com/Princess-of-Sleeping/PSP2-CustomBootSplash/releases/latest
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Wow, this is great! Thank you!
nice. love this
I don’t have the file boot_config.txt in my ur0:/tai ; I’m on 3.65 henkaku enso…where do I find the boot_config.txt file? Thx.
I only have a henkaku_config.bin file in my ur0:/tai directory BTW.
Just make one. Simple as that. Geez.
someone make a custom live area background wave
Omg yes, Like back on PSP
This brickwd my wnson3.65 if u have thebversion where the boot_config is in vs0 beware i had to update thru my ps3 in safe mode h encore welcome
Exactly done…..still molecule image
Thanks for sharing and helping out with this information
Anyone getting a Collection together of created Boot Splash creations?
How do i make a psvita livearea app thats has
Webview with loadurl and a url ofc
Webview with loadurl and assets html js CSS
The idea is to stay in the eboot app
So not the browser redirect livearea sample
But how then ?.?
You’re so interesting! I don’t believe I’ve read anything ike that before.
So great to find someone with a few original thoughts on this subject matter.
Seriously.. thank you for starting this up. This website is one
thing that is needed on the internet, someone with a little originality!
Thanks! Worked like a charm.
Yeah this caused my vita to go into a boot loop. It’s not worth it
Did you find a solution?????
Yeah mine too, I dont know what I did wrong,…I even updated my old enso and then it suddenly happened. Bootloop, thx
Mine was worse than that. I was on 3.65 and flash vpk 3.60 version and doesn’t even enter in recovery mode!
Did I messed boot_config.txt with this and bricked it for ever? or there’s a solution for this?