K800 Menu Modding has begun!

Posted by rajravat
if anyone is wondering how to do this then all you have to do is delete the following file and folder:

\\tpa\\preset\\custom\\DESKTOP_HOOK_1.itm
\\tpa\\preset\\system\\custmenu\\DESKTOP_HOOK_1

and then the icon can be replaced

p.s. is there anyway to backup files? all files save with 0 bytes from far...

Posted by gprsman
Hi all,

please you have backup this is 4 file original k800?

\tpa\preset\system\menu\settings

SHUTDOWN_IMAGE_SEMC

SPLASH

STARTUP_IMAGE_SEMC

STARTUP_SOUND_SEMC.mid

thanks.

[ This Message was edited by: gprsman on 2007-09-04 23:04 ]

Posted by max_wedge
links have been posted several times to zipped up directories of ALL the files from the K800 and K810 FS. If you want any K800 or K810 files just dowload the relevant zippped up file system. The links are in THIS THREAD! Please read the thread, you will learn a lot plus find valuable links.

I personally won't be providing any more links to individual files from the file system. I strongly recommend anyone playing with xs++ or FAR should download these zipped directories so that you have copies of ALL the FS files. The only files not included in the zip file are menu.ml and the contents of the "custom" foleder, but there are also links to both K810 and K800 default menu.ml files. The Custom folder is available in the link I provided pages back for custom packs (custom packs onclude the customisation of various brands and operators)

ALSO, people are STILL asking about how to restore a menu to default. I am NOT going to answer this question anymore, it has been answered so many times in this thread.

ALSO, YOU CANNOT BACKUP FS FILES FROM YOUR K800/K810!! YOU WILL get ZERO byte files when you use FAR. (My Phone Explorer is an excellent utility for backing up contacts etc, but it cannot access the internal file system that we use xs++ or far to access.)

Posted by Big Boys
New menu for K800

just collect from the internet

http://www.downloadtaxi.com/d/1188954226

Posted by chadiwrx
Here is my first attempt at making a menu for K810i.
It's based on the T650i underwater menu & theme.

Pack includes
12 animations
Menu.ml
underwater theme
Original K810i Menu.ml is included too, just incase you want to go back to the original menu.

http://www.mediafire.com/?dftgoemmbhh

Posted by opexblue
Has anyone try to change the glass hour icon yet?

Posted by rockygali
yes.. and also the "Sending Message" animation

Posted by kimot01
can you put walkman ver 2 in k800i just by extracting it to w880?

Posted by MEGAGHOST
hi guys
can any one upload the orginal fonts for r1kg m_east
please
:-~

Posted by eeiangeles

On 2007-09-06 03:39:39, rockygali wrote:
yes.. and also the "Sending Message" animation

How did you do this? Id like to have the K750 animated 'sending message' icon. The static image is too flat for me. do you also have animated k750 sending message icon that is resized for the k800i.? TIA.

Posted by testuser9
rockygali
how did you change it?

Posted by whitehackker

[ This Message was edited by: whitehackker on 2007-09-07 02:12 ]

Posted by max_wedge

On 2007-09-06 09:35:05, kimot01 wrote:
can you put walkman ver 2 in k800i just by extracting it to w880?

no. Walkman is embedded in main firmware.

Posted by max_wedge
Here's a new menu design. The icons are nothing fancy, but the menu layout is radically different. 6 main menu items in a single column layout.

Main Menu:

Applications
Applications (java)
Mini Commander
Opera Mini
Games (java)
Entertainment
Walkman (KD Player)
Video Maniac
FM Radio
Media Player
Video Player
VideoDJ
PhotoDJ
MusicDJ
Remote Control
Sound Recorder
Camera
Phone
Messaging
Email
Contacts
Calls
Video Call
RSS Reader
File Manager
Organizer
Alarms
Calander
Tasks
Notes
Timer
Stopwatch
Calculator
Sync
Code Memo
Settings

http://rapidshare.com/files/5[....]/MyCustomMenu1.1_1x6_.rar.html

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File System Tweaks for the K750 K750 Tricks
K800 Tips and Themes
Max's K800 Page

[ This Message was edited by: max_wedge on 2007-09-07 03:31 ]

Posted by rockygali

On 2007-09-06 15:10:15, testuser9 wrote:
rockygali
how did you change it?

i havent changed it.. i said im asking for one...

and ive heard that this was done way back with K750i... so im hoping we can make one for K800/810.

Posted by Prom1
WHAT THE FRAK!?!!!

All I can say is OH MY!

Maxie! (my elated voice for saying Max_Wedge)

THANK yOU for this thread and the guide thread!

Of all my posts tonight I've been missing my K790 all week & switched back today hours ago before seeing any of these threads!
One cannot survive on just a business phone alone - no WiFi on the BB Pearl (its back in storage).

(PS you guys are sneaky not to update this too often to show up on the main page).

Posted by max_wedge

On 2007-09-07 09:20:17, Prom1 wrote:
WHAT THE FRAK!?!!!

what I said when I first saw this sh*t on the K750. Aka, the Pimp My Menu thread at se-nse. Cool stuff

One cannot survive on just a business phone alone - no WiFi on the BB Pearl (its back in storage).

true point, and why I keep a cell like K750 or now the K800 as my main phone rather than my xda-mini, which while a smartphone, has a really crap camera and is clunky as an mp3 player whereas K800 just blows it away in those areas.

Posted by max_wedge
I've made some additions to the Menu Modding Guide, you will find the additions in the second post of that thread.
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=153990

Posted by rockygali
@Max_wedge

how bout KD Skinz modding guide?!

Posted by max_wedge
se-nse have some info about that. basically in the jar file is a skins folder. In the skins folder is a kdi and a kds file. The kds file is a text file (can open with notepad) that specifies background colours borders and things like that. The kdi file is a png file that includes all the skin graphics.

Posted by max_wedge
Walkman replica skin for KD Player.

Download here:
Version1.1 http://rapidshare.com/files/54033709/walkman.rar.html
Bug, no volume indicator
Version 1.2 http://rapidshare.com/files/54043836/walkman.rar.html
Bug fix

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File System Tweaks for the K750 K750 Tricks
K800 Tips and Themes
Max's K800 Page

[ This Message was edited by: max_wedge on 2007-09-07 17:32 ]

Posted by fattail95
how u load the kd skin?

Posted by milan91
Now Playing>>Menu>Main Menu>>again Menu>> More>>Change skin>>Open file lawsuit>> and open skin file...

Posted by max_wedge
Or if you have a properly translated version you can avoid the lawsuit altogether

aka:

menu, change skin, select skin file, then navigate through the file system to where you saved the kdi and kds file, thenselect the kds file

Posted by rockygali
you know wot... i too wanted to comment on that one... but im afraid of the lawsuit.. thats why i kept my shutter.. shut!

ei max, a lil Q with the skin modding of KDplayer.
the background cant be modified using an image.. am i right?!
only colors can be modified...

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:: EDIT ::

i have downloaded the latest player (0.8.3) and the translation of the Change Skin menu is "MORE". anyway... i have sorted out in a way.

[ This Message was edited by: rockygali on 2007-09-08 03:39 ]

Posted by max_wedge
I think the square to the right of the Album art cd icon, set's the background colour between the progress bar and the top status bar. You could probably use a patern here, but you won't be able to use a whole image as such.

So it could be difficult ot completely replicate the walkman play in looks and appearance.

Posted by rockygali
yea your right.. ive been juggling lines on the kds file but seems nothing coming up... we cant even use a gradient color combo.

we hafta stick with single colors... but the player is good tho. need to wait for the equalizer option.

Posted by max_wedge
And while it's pretty useless (the phone blanks the screen!) the visualiser is cool, wouldn't it be great if we could skin it?

Posted by sokpha
hi everyone...I'm new to this. I need help on how to upgrade my K800i phone to R1KC firmware. Can anyone help me or tell me how to upgrade it to R1KC version or higher? Thanks!

Posted by naveensiva
guys after modding anything

DO NOT TRY TO RESET YOUR PHONE IN THE SETTING OPTION...

THIS CAN CAUSE VARIUOS PROBLEM..

i have stuck with this ..

can anyone give me layout.xml for k800 now and fast

Posted by max_wedge
this only happens if you delete or replace layout.xml. I have warned about this earlier.

Posted by Alexandra

On 2007-09-08 05:57:45, sokpha wrote:
hi everyone...I'm new to this. I need help on how to upgrade my K800i phone to R1KC firmware. Can anyone help me or tell me how to upgrade it to R1KC version or higher? Thanks!

If you have a spear seven euro, try www.wotanserver.com

If you want it done for free, try SEUS.

Posted by naveensiva

On 2007-09-08 09:54:51, max_wedge wrote:
this only happens if you delete or replace layout.xml. I have warned about this earlier.

yes i tried to remove the status bar ..

thats y ..

can u say wht to to do now..
i want to again remove the status bar.. should i have to again replace with the modded one ??

and can anyone specify the path/..

Posted by max_wedge
you can replace with modded, but just remember you can't do a master reset unless you can copy in a default layout.xml. In K750 the actual original layout.xml must be restored but without FS copying from phone we cannot get at original layout.xml, only one from an extracted FS, so you may find that if you do a master reset you will have to reflash phone from scratch.

Posted by max_wedge

you can also flash firmware completely free using xs++
http://forums.se-nse.net/index.php?showtopic=13690

Posted by naveensiva

On 2007-09-08 10:28:20, max_wedge wrote:
you can replace with modded, but just remember you can't do a master reset unless you can copy in a default layout.xml. In K750 the actual original layout.xml must be restored but without FS copying from phone we cannot get at original layout.xml, only one from an extracted FS, so you may find that if you do a master reset you will have to reflash phone from scratch.

ya i got the default layout.xml..

and i some hoe worked out and everything is fine..

thnks for the reply

Posted by taikira
Hi all

This is my first attempt for modding, and there is a question I can't find answer...

Can I change my K810 menu using only for manager? If yes, could you confirm me that I just need to delete the menu.ml file of the phone, and then to transfer my new menu.ml and the icons?
Is that all I have to do, or do I need other stuffs?

By the way, is it possible (and how) to make a backup of original menu.ml file with far manager?

Posted by max_wedge

On 2007-09-08 13:49:31, taikira wrote:
Can I change my K810 menu using only for manager? If yes, could you confirm me that I just need to delete the menu.ml file of the phone, and then to transfer my new menu.ml and the icons?
Is that all I have to do, or do I need other stuffs?

yes, yes, yes, no.

By the way, is it possible (and how) to make a backup of original menu.ml file with far manager?

no. You can copy a file but you will notice that any file you copy with far to the computer has zero bytes, in other words an empty file.

Posted by dadgio1979
Hi! Can anyone please share to me the original k800i icons and menu layout. Im planning to start my first menu modding of my k800i using xs++, but im still apprehensive due to the reason that i dont have right now the exact copy of the original k800i menu layout and icons, the ones ive downloaded in here which is labeled k800i_original_layout with also the icons, does not look entirely the same as the original, notable changes are the replacement of the Playnow icon and the video call icon.

I would really appreciate it, if some of you good samaritan out there will furnish some links with the exact thing im looking, im sure many will be happy also to acquire the original set up of the icons and menu.

Thank you and enjoy the rest of the day or evening!

Posted by taikira
Thanx, Max_wedge

Do you have any idea where to find original K810 menu.ml?

Posted by max_wedge

On 2007-09-08 20:37:19, dadgio1979 wrote:
Hi! Can anyone please share to me the original k800i icons and menu layout. Im planning to start my first menu modding of my k800i using xs++, but im still apprehensive due to the reason that i dont have right now the exact copy of the original k800i menu layout and icons, the ones ive downloaded in here which is labeled k800i_original_layout with also the icons, does not look entirely the same as the original, notable changes are the replacement of the Playnow icon and the video call icon.

I would really appreciate it, if some of you good samaritan out there will furnish some links with the exact thing im looking, im sure many will be happy also to acquire the original set up of the icons and menu.

Thank you and enjoy the rest of the day or evening!

Look, if you are going to start modding and you are apprehensive, why not read the thread? It states clearly in this thread on several occasions, that there are NO original icons needed to restore to default. All you need is the original menu.ml file (the original icons are embedded in firmware and if you use the original menu.ml then it will point back to the embedded icons and not the custom ones). This has been explained several times. Also, there are several post's of original menu.ml files, as well as ZIPPED DIRECTORIES of the ENTIRE K800 FILE SYSTEM.

Also, in this thread is a link to the Menu Modding Guide I produced. You can't expect people to keep explaining the same basic steps again and again, this is why I made a menu modding guide. If you want all the instructions handed to you on a silver platter then you don't have the commitment necessary to start hacking into your phone. You will screw it up and then come on here asking ten thousand questions about how to fix your broken phone.

So do yourself a favour and actually read this whole thread, you might learn something, and follow the links as you find them.

Posted by max_wedge

On 2007-09-09 00:05:31, taikira wrote:
Thanx, Max_wedge

Do you have any idea where to find original K810 menu.ml?

I've posted it before either somewhere here or in the modding guide.

Posted by whitehackker
hey'all anyone notice some strange positions of icon during preview or taking photos when using full screen layout.xml like the one with psplite????

for an instance the photo resolution icon 3mp, 2mp, 1mp and vga, instead of the usual position that is "lower right corner" after applying the layout.xml of psplite, the resolution icon was now placed at the "middle right" and it's kinda annoying when taking or previewing photos......

any fix for this issue?? im using SE k800i...

thanks for the concern....

Posted by max_wedge
I don't know for sure, but I think that it's not possible. These sorts of errors with layout.xml, as well as the master reset problem, is why I don't layout.xml to remove scrollbars - if I'm using a fullscreen menu I jus tlive with the scroll bar. Better than having a buggy phone.

Posted by dadgio1979

On 2007-09-09 02:56:31, max_wedge wrote:

I appreciate your reply on this matter, thank you. However, you dont need to be rude in doing so. Ive read the articles and the guides not only in this site but also on other sites. Its my sole responsibility if my phone breaks down on whatever i do to it, not you or anyone. You dont need to lecture me on COMMITMENT issues. Also a favor for you, please be polite in replying post and queries, or much better not to reply if youre going only to lecture.

Thanks and have a great day!

Posted by max_wedge
sorry I was rude, I admit I over-reacted.

please try and understand it from the point of view of the people who are trying to use the thread productively. The more times people ask the same question the harder it is to scour through the thread looking for the info you need because it's so full of people asking the same questions over and over. When I want info answered the very first thing it seems obvious to me to do is read the thread from the start incase I've missed something. I just don't get why people ask questions that have been answered several times? Do they expect other people to do the hard work of reading through the thread for them?

Anyway, I meant no illwill. it was just the last straw, not you in particular. Hope there's no hard feelings

Posted by rockygali
i guess everyone is entitled to burnout a single point in their lives...

max is a very patient man, as far as i can read his thread replies all over Esato�, but i can tell you guys... those who are asking for these files....

youll know wot we mean if you yourself try to upload it. and after awhile someone will ask over and over again, tho they maybe different persons, it just gets really annoying at some point... i guess its also the reason why they created this smiley

im just trying to make you guys (those who ask for download links to much) to try to use the search engine. its helpful.

and to those who are being ranted at, please forgive us... we do need to release these at some point, too bad if it will be on you... but ei! we dont bite. we just bark.

Posted by max_wedge
hehe, thanks for your kind words rocky. Now for something touchy feely, and to apologise for my outburst and wasting the thread ranting

- you can backup files from your internal fs to the others folder (or any folder you want), and here's how to do it:

http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=154874

Peace

Posted by rockygali
thats a good tip max.

anyhow, can you download files from Topsony?! im already a member but sad to say i dont post there often, and my account isnt entitled for the Download Section.

i was hoping you can download K810-R6BC-APAC-

Posted by chadiwrx
There is a way to prevent losing the Edited layout.xml after doing a master reset. Using Farmanager before you drag & drop the layout.xml from the right pane to the left pane, with your mouse right click the layout.xml file, then press F9 on your keyboard, go to files, then file attributes, select read only & press set. Now drag the file over to the left pane & that should be it.

Ps you can use this same method for other files too.