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New SonyEricsson 580i HELP |
boardstar
Joined: Sep 26, 2007
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Hey everyone .. i did a search on here and wasnt able to find anything yet.
I just upgraded phones with my service provider (Had a Nokia 6620) .. and i loved it .. but its old, scratched and clunky.
I bought a new Sony Ericsson 580i with the SOLE REASON of being able to use my own mp3's as ringtones..
I was SOME pissed when i found that sony/the service provider requires you to have DIGITALLY SIGNED mp3 files as ringtones?
Furious is the only way to describe how i feel right now..
so is there a new firmware for this phone i can flash on to use unsigned mp3's ? or can i somehow create a fake digital signature? Any information that ANYONE can give me would me amazing ...
thanks in advance.
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aremaboy
Joined: Nov 27, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: Malang, Indonesia
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Debrand it to generic firmware via www.wotanserver.com |
mrapollos
Joined: Feb 09, 2008
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I just got the same phone and learned to use and edit mp3's with the intent of making individual ringtones for everyone in my address book. You might have to google these names, but I used a free downloaded program called Audacity to edit the mp3's. Audacity works in tandem with another program called Lame. If you find Audacity (try download.com or another download site), you'll be directed toward Lame. All you have to do is have Lame somewhere in your C-drive and Audacity will find it. What you do is load any mp3 into Audacity and you can trim which part of your song you want to be your ringtone. Then upload it to your phone (it came with a USB cable). In your phone, go to menu, my stuff, music, ringtones (assuming you stored it here), highlight the mp3 you uploaded, click more, use as, contact ringtone, pick the person you want to assign that ringtone to. Or just use that as your regular ringtone the usual way. It worked for me with no less than 20 mp3's, and I'm no geek. Good luck. |
neillitke
Joined: Nov 14, 2008
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Follow these steps to get full ringtones without debranding your phone:
1.) Download these programs if you don't have them already. Make a new folder on your desktop and save everything including the programs to it so you don't have to go fishing around for them. You will need your data cable also.
XS++ found here:
http://www.se-nse.net/gbrooks3/XS++/download.php
XML Marker 1.1 found here:
http://www.download.com/XML-Marker/...4-10369541.html
Main, FS, and Custpack files found here (will have to unrar them I believe so extract them to the same folder you saved them to):
http://rapidshare.com/files/1371205..._RED52.zip.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/1371206..._RED52.zip.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/1371206...T_USA_.zip.html
Now your ready to begin the steps:
1.) open XML Marker 1.1
2.) click open and go to your custpack folder which should say TPA and find the file inside labeled customize.xml and click open
3.) once open, the file will come up and you will scroll all the way down to the bottom. close to the bottom you will find a line that looks like this:
restriction>ringtones>2
4.) delete this entire line and delete all the spacing out of the line you just deleted (make it look like you made no changes to the document).
5.) save the file and close the program
6.) THIS STEP IS TRICKY: GO TO YOUR CUSTPACK FOLDER AND IT SHOULD SAY TPA AND DRAG IT TO THE DESKTOP. NOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO IS ALSO FIND THE XS++ PROGRAM FOLDER AND OPEN IT. ONCE OPENED YOU WILL FIND A FOLDER LABELED OWN_CUSTPACK, OPEN IT. NOW DRAG THE TPA FOLDER INTO IT. WHAT THIS DOES YOU WILL FIND OUT LATER ON.
7.) now open XS++, this program allows you to flash your phone. once open you will see a button that says connect. before you click this plug your data cable to your computer, turn off your phone, take the battery out and put it back in. DO NOT TURN IT ON. now with your phone slider closed and the phone off, click connect. hold the C button on the front of your phone and connect your data cable to your phone. you will see all your phone info pop up in the program.
8.) now you have to choice to flash the main, fs, and custpack. what you will do is click the main "..." button and find the main file that you downloaded previously. it is an .mbn file and should be this: W580_R7AC001_MAIN_CINGULAR_LA_RED52.mbn
9.) now do the same thing for the fs file. click on the ... button and find the fs file, it is a .fbn file and should be this: W580_R7AC001_FS_CINGULAR_RED52.fbn
10.) now click and select the custpack dragdown. YOU WILL FIND THE 580I IS NOT ON THE LIST SO SELECT "own custpack". this is why we put the tpa file in the own_custpack folder on step 6.
11.) click flash, this process will take about 6-10 min. WAIT TO DISCONNECT YOUR PHONE UNTIL THE PROGRAM TELLS YOU "IT IS NOW OK TO DISCONNECT YOUR PHONE" OR YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE.
12.) once disconnected, take your battery out after about 10 seconds and put it back in. now turn on your phone. you will go through the setup and you should be ready to go.
I HOPE THIS HELPS SOME PEOPLE LIKE ME. I JUST LEARNED HOW TO DO THIS TOO. BUT, I WILL TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOU BRICKING YOUR PHONE. IF YOU DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING THIS, DO NOT DO IT. | |
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Posted: 2007-09-26 08:45
