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rockygali
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Posted: 2007-09-21 05:36
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bump!
"Darkness is the absence of light.. and not the opposite..."
Xen0nflash
K800 Silver
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Posted: 2007-09-23 00:14
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No my phone isn't branded or anything. When i put in a K810 menu.ml it only shows the playnow icon. everything else works fine
pedrops
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Posted: 2007-10-18 20:58
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Hey Max, or Rocky, or anyone that can help me!

I'm planning to create a Startup/Shutdown/Splash + sound mod
And it takes me precious time acessing FAR to replace them.

Is it possible to use this trick to those files? I know I have done that to play a mp3 instead of mid... but the mp3 was on the same folder.

The thing is that the shutdown/up/splash are without extension....

I tried the following

1 - create shortcuts of the 4 files pointing to [tpa\\user\\other\\strtp\\SPLASH]
2 - copy those SPLASH.@.lnk to [tpa\\...\\settings]
3 - copy the 4 original files to the new folder under "other"

no result...
what have I done wrong?
=(
rockygali
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Posted: 2007-10-19 03:43
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seriously Peter, i havent try that one before...

tho my idea is that the "LINK" technique only works with images, thats why it goes well with the icons....

tho i dont know with sound files... lotsa info inside a audio file to simple link it like that... well im not sure of this idea... it only lmy opinion...


"Darkness is the absence of light.. and not the opposite..."
max_wedge
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Posted: 2007-10-19 04:02
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On 2007-10-18 20:58:44, pedrops wrote:
Hey Max, or Rocky, or anyone that can help me!

I'm planning to create a Startup/Shutdown/Splash + sound mod
And it takes me precious time acessing FAR to replace them.

Is it possible to use this trick to those files? I know I have done that to play a mp3 instead of mid... but the mp3 was on the same folder.

The thing is that the shutdown/up/splash are without extension....

I tried the following

1 - create shortcuts of the 4 files pointing to [tpa\\user\\other\\strtp\\SPLASH]
2 - copy those SPLASH.@.lnk to [tpa\\...\\settings]
3 - copy the 4 original files to the new folder under "other"

no result...
what have I done wrong?
=(

di dyou use the shortcut creator or a hex editor to create the shortcuts? If not they won't work.

Also anything in the IFS folder can't be shortcutted (for example camdriver, accoustic)
masterjp
K800 Brown
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Posted: 2007-10-19 04:10
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how about the fonts sir, is it possible? im successful with the menu icons, but when i tried the same principle with the fonts, it didnt work. [addsig]
centur
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Posted: 2007-10-19 09:45
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@max_wedge please write what make with XS ?
First delete file's in tpa\\preset\\system\\menu and then put shortcut's or ?
Stalix
K800 Black
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Posted: 2007-10-19 11:08
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On 2007-10-19 03:43:41, rockygali wrote:
seriously Peter, i havent try that one before...

tho my idea is that the "LINK" technique only works with images, thats why it goes well with the icons....

tho i dont know with sound files... lotsa info inside a audio file to simple link it like that... well im not sure of this idea... it only lmy opinion...


I also belive more in particularly it only works with png files. I tries this shortcut trick with some full screen animated gif menus and it wouldn't work.

I edited all the shotrcut files to point o .gif, and yes i opened each one in notepad and replaced .pg with .gif. and also the external filenames from .png.@ to .gif.@

and still nothing. hase anybody got this shortcut trick working with gif's?

***NEVERMIND***

I read page twoa bout there being special hex characters in the .@ shortcuts. So I used the program supplied and now full screen gif's work perfectly.

I also tried it with Camera and satrtup screens.

Camera: Says its already being used and closed to desktop.

Startup: Only the works fine except for the SPLASH. I guess the phone isnt fully loaded enough at this point to read shortcuts.

[ This Message was edited by: Stalix on 2007-10-19 11:08 ]
GIBbeer
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Posted: 2007-10-21 11:39
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SB have original K550i icons? Attach them, please.
pedrops
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Posted: 2007-10-22 20:41
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di dyou use the shortcut creator or a hex editor to create the shortcuts? If not they won't work.

Also anything in the IFS folder can't be shortcutted (for example camdriver, accoustic)


I created a shortcut using windows.. than edited with notepad to point to the a folder I created...

I have done a shortcut method that sweet amber told me to play some mp3 instead of original .mid sound at startup.

That worked doing so:
create shortcut with Windows [of the mp3 sound already renamed to STARTUP_SOUND.mp3]
the the link should be renamed to STARTUP_SOUND.mid.@
than up everything to settings flder...

It worked for the mp3

I'll try with the Shortcut generator!
Than I'll post the result!
Stalix
K800 Black
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Posted: 2007-10-22 21:42
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so we don't need the special shortcut creator progrma.

but I thought when you save with notepad it doesn't save that extra hex information that apparently Ericsson's needs.
centur
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Posted: 2007-10-22 21:54
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Why when try new menu.ml Activity menu shortcut's have bug ???
Stalix
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Posted: 2007-10-22 22:19
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No, I had that to. It happens when the menu you are using refers to extra icons like submenus which there are no shortcuts for.

make sure your menu only has 24 custom icons.
centur
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Posted: 2007-10-22 23:04
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I edit original K810 menu.ml for shorcut's in Other/Live without bug in shortcuts on Actvity menu :

Download

now only change icon's
Stalix
K800 Black
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Posted: 2007-10-23 00:32
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^ lol, I did the exact same thing, I took the original k810 menu.ml and opened it in notepad and edited all the the 24 icons.
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