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[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] 279Paddy:
LOL talking to yourself all the time, kinda true though....so i don't want you feel lost and neglected or even go mad because of your soliloquies ;D soooo, if I want to give this theme a shot, what am i exactly supposed to do? just delete the actual sakura theme with titaniumbackup and reinstall it with your modified one? or somehow integrate it in an installer or push it via adb ooooorrrr? lol

well, i appreciate your work calum, and if you are able to properly finish a theme and get it fully working, it'll be more worth to me than just saying thank you ;d keep it up
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] _calum_:
Thanks man, good to know someones listening ;)

If you want to use it just push it to system/app with adb. Here's the meat of my batch file:

@adb shell mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock2 /system
@adb push TimescapeLargeUIThemeSakura.apk /sdcard/TimescapeLargeUIThemeSakura.apk
@adb shell dd if=/sdcard/TimescapeLargeUIThemeSakura.apk of=/system/app/TimescapeLargeUIThemeSakura.apk

pause

Then select the horrible pink theme in timescape (I'll change the thumbnail once I get the animations sorted...)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] 279Paddy:
no problem, you're welcome dude ;D so, i'm gonna give it a shot now....just one more tiny question: is there a risk i might mess up timescape? well, i don't care about that horrible pink theme, i'm kinda curious if overwriting the file could possibly cause timescape not to work properly anymore, no status updates, e.g.?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] 279Paddy:
okie dokie.....i've just installed it, working flawlessly so far! I love it, even though the waves actually don't move (yet)....kinda close to push the donate button, AH can't wait for you to get those waves movin sir!!! GREAT WORK, keep it up!!!!
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] _calum_:
Na, no real risk there. It doesn't touch the timescape app at all. I've attached a modified version of chewitts installer that I use when testing. Should make it a bit easier to back up.

Run it from the same directory that you've saved the apk to and make sure your system can find adb :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] 279Paddy:
Thanks for the installer, i'll try it asap....what i've noticed is that timescape actually loads and runs faster without the background animation....(wow, what a sherlock holmes-like conclusion)....anyway, I really like it so far, hope you can get the rest sorted dude
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] _calum_:
No worries, glad you got it sorted...

I guess you don't really need that anymore - I've been having massive problems with my connection tonight causing me to be one step behind everyone else :)

I figured timescape should get a small performance boost from the lack of animation, but I didn't want to rule out ****ty code that gets all confused when something isn't there that it wants ;)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] 279Paddy:
Yeah, that's definitely true...well, as I said, even though your theme lacks animation, I think you've done a great job so far...i actually don't have the skills to modify timescape themes, but if I can help you in any other way besides testing, just tell me ;-)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] 279Paddy:
Hmmmm.....any news here?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] _calum_:
:) sort of dropped the ball on this. Back on the case soon ;)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] 279Paddy:
Hey buddy, good to know you're still there ;D alrighty, good news then, looking forward to seeing your results as soon as you're back on the case ;D

PS: Halt dich ran, ich kanns kaum abwarten....eine schwarzes timescape inkl. animation wäre mir ein bierchen in form einer donation wert :p
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] phone4video:
Hello, nice to see that you're working on a Timescape theme. And I'm sure there are a lot of people out there who would like Timescape to be faster.

I would like to have the original darkest blue Timescapetheme as a Live Wallpaper. I thought I could make one from the png that I choose as a theme in Timescape. But somehow the moving wave has no real connection with the wave in picture.

As I understand you haven't been able to figure out how the wave actually works? Or do you know how it is created, but haven't found the code for it jet?

My apologies if I don't understand everything, but I don't have a programming background.

Thanks in advance and keep up the good work!
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] _calum_:
Hi

not a bad idea (the live wallpaper one) :)

Once I've got the animations sorted (I'm soooo close, just got to decipher 5 measly bytes...) then I'll take a look at how live wallpapers work. I'm not sure that it will be easily ported though...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Mobzter:
hey calum been trying to work out this timescape thing. ive changed ts_bg_app.uxraw, ts_bg_home.uxraw aswel as the 2 pagination files using your converter, however nothing seems to have changed although its been pushed through correctly, wonder if im missin something or is the modification not possible at the moment? thanx
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] 279Paddy:
Now, that's some good news right there...can't wait to actually read "it works"! Go for it cal, do not accidentally drop the ball while keeping it up ;D
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] _calum_:
Did you change the theme files or the main ones? Did you reselect the theme after pushing the apk?

Well, I turned my laptop into a heater last night trying to brute force what I think to be a checksum... but I'm still on the case.... ;)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Mobzter:
changed it from main 1 I believe.. the one thats located in the /system/usr/semc/seee/files folder? I believe I wouldnt have to reselect theme if it was main 1? but either way did do that at the time to cut down the possibilities! wat else could I be possibly missing? or am I jus doing it wrong?!

waiting eagerly for your reply!! would be a useful addition to my ongoing 2.1 theme. gotta appreciate all the work you put in.. thanx alot pal!! only got slideshow of my theme progress so far but let me know what ya think.. same thread link as the one done for android 1.6. hope you like!
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] _calum_:
Yeah, I saw that was updated... haven't looked yet, but the fact that I'm still subscribed to your thread has gotta tell ya summit :D

I must confess that I never did get anything to work when I modified those files before, I always messed with one of the themes. The main files have got to be somewhere though, cause chewitts theme automatically updates when installed and I didn't need to select a theme.

Try PM'ing him and let me know what he says, I'm off to bed... Gotta get a little bit of work done tomorrow ;)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] _calum_:
OK, I've hit a wall here... so I thought I'd just write down what I know.

I've been trying to sort out the animations using orange and sakura themes 'pagination_glow.ushx' files. These two files have the most in common.

You can break down the file into blocks:

The first 8 bytes are UXShe and then 3 empty bytes, not really sure what's up here.

The next 60 bytes are the header, the bits that I have figured out are all 32bit integer values unless otherwise stated:

Offset Data
0x08 file length
0x0C
0x10
0x14
0x18 I think this maybe the offset to the checksum
0x1C
0x20 Length of the header
0x24 Offset to the end of the first clear text code block
0x28 Offset to the end of the second clear text code block
0x2C Offset to an 8 byte block at the end of the file, may also be a checksum...
0x30 Offset to the filename of the uxraw file to be used as an overlay for the animation
0x34 Checksum from 0x18??
0x38 Don't know, but it always seems to be the floating point number 1.0
0x3C
0x40

The clear text code (that runs until the offset written at 0x28) can be completely zeroed out and the file still works. This is just left over from the afx format.

After that there are three more integers (the last two of which seem to be the offset from the end of the clear text code to the last character of the ‘inverted’ code - see below) and then there is a block of four bytes that is the only difference between these two files except for two more places where the color is specified.

These bytes are at offset 0x320 in these files. The bytes are as follows:

Orange	B7 E1 49 EA

Sakura	58 05 44 42

At offset 0xBAD (funny address :)) there are three floating point numbers. these are the numbers from code that specify the color. They are all between 0 and 1.0 and specify the ammount fo red, green and blue respectively.

These numbers are also in the inverted code that starts at 0xC5D (this is the same code as in the top section, but with all the bytes inverted). The numbers appear here as text and not as a byte array, so for 1.0 we get the inverse of 31 2E 30 (CE D1 CF). This is at the offset 0xEFD.

I figure that the 4 bytes that differ apart from the numbers are a checksum or the bytes required to keep a checksum constant... If I just change the floating point colours and the inverted code then timescape will no show the animation unless these four bytes are changed as well.

The checksum can only really be valid from the end of the old code, as this can be zeroed out, although there is 32 bytes of 0xFF at 0x368 that could reset a simple checksum(?)

I have tried a few things: parity (byte, word and dword), modular sum (with words and dwords), adler32 and fletcher32. But I have to admit, that I don't have a whole lot of experience in this area: I'm a programmer, not a hacker ;)

I'll update this as I find out more.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] _calum_:
OK, thanks to a nudge in the right direction from maxrfon (thanks man :)) I'm getting a bit closer. I have been zeroing out parts of the header and a few other random bits to see if the file still loads. I also completely removed the old clear text code and adjusted the header appropriatly and the animation still loads. I have attached the modified versions.

Updated header info:

Header is 64 bytes

The first 8 bytes can't be messed with. Although I think this is just a bit of really dodgy SE file format verification as it contains UXShe and then three null characters (looks like someone forgot the 'll' in Shell :p).

The next 4 bytes are zeroed.

At 0xC there is a 16bit integer. If I zero this then the overlay file is no longer loaded so the animation is no longer masked (but the animation itself is still loaded*).

At 0xE there is another 16bit integer. If this is zeroed then the animation is no longer loaded.

At 0x12 another 16bit int = no overlay if zeroed

At 0x18 there is an unknown value (animation doesn't load if this is zero)

0x28 = header length

0x2C = offset to the end of the animation data

0x30 = offset to overlay filename

These last two can probably be the same, I have zeroed out everything between without problems but haven't tried removing it yet.

At 0x38 there is a 4-byte float that specifies the opacity of the animation. I set it to 0, 0.5, 0.8 and 1.0 and could clearly see the square getting more and more visible).

At 0x3F there is one byte (0xDD) that causes a force close if we zero it.

Data

All the data after the header is inverted. I have attached the inverted files and you can see that there is code littered through the file before the clear text code appears. I have seen a few patterns here but I will post them when I know a bit more about what is going on (e.g. the byte values { 0x11, 0xBA, 0x5E, 0xBA } repeat throughout the first block of data and directly after the clear text code they appear again as the last 4 bytes).

I will look into a few more algorithms and see if I can turn my laptop into a heater again looping through the new files. I have done the tests mentioned in the last post but haven't found anything yet.

* I use the term 'animation' here very loosely and just because of the file format, as the actual file that I'm analysing has no animation (it is just the square of color that appears around the selected icon in the TS paginator).
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Mobzter:
how far would ya say your of calum? i thought i messaged chewitt the last time u told me to but nothing showed up in my sent box so dont know what went wrong there lol.. anyhu thought id look into it myself. managed to used the asset folder within the indigo theme and used my files there instead and well it did sorta work. i mean the background changed (main thing). n if im right.. the glow and wave are yet to be figured out? i appreciate all the work u put in, just reading your messages bamboozle me lol.. outta curiosity though, if i change the pagination_area.uxraw file with the pic i want in it and that doesnt show, is it cause of something to do with the pagination_area.uxsh file? sorry for my noobness on this topic lol.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] _calum_:
It's a bit strange how things work, but I think it sorta goes like this:

If you have never selected a theme in TS then you can just update the core files in usr/...

If you have selected a theme then there is no way to deselect it, you need to overwrite a theme apk and then reselect this theme afterwards.

The background has nothing to do with the wave.

As to how far I am... I've been really close for a while now :o but I think with those last updates I really just need one lucky break and it's done... see how long it takes to get a break :rolleyes:
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Mobzter:
hmm strange indeed.. lol i know the background has nothing to do with the wave :-p just wondering how to get my pagination_area.uxraw as well as pagination_glow.uxraw to work? i mean ive used your converter to change the 2 files but not having no luck! any ideas? n hopefully u get that break of urs soon.. seems like ur constantly working!!
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] _calum_:
oh, should've read your post better :)

those two files are used as an alpha blend for the animation so they won't have any effect until I've sorted the uxsh files.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Mobzter:
right i understand.. no problemo. just done my own mess around with it lolz. anyhu calum my slideshow link on my sig pic. so if u get sum time, let me knw what ya think. cheers pal and best of luck for the rest!
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] JohnnyBlack10:
Can someone explain how install this.Thank you alot! Please,please,please...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] khakhi:
ive got a problem with my timescape, after i installed a theme it wont update my status on fb anymore. it says cant log in.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Berik84:
Is it working on the latest firmware?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] carloscristo:
Where is the Timescape background

Hi people,

First I would like to thank you for all this effort on timescape, themes, animations, etc...

This is getting me a lot of time to understand and the make the change.

I finally could install Timescape on my Samsung Galaxy S (just because i really like the animation, flow, the big pictures of my contacts, and so on)...

But the problem is... the background image doesn't appear! I tried jpg, uxraw [thanks for the converter! : ) ], with the name semcdefault, on varios directories inside etc/customization/content/com/sonyericsson/homescreen/wallpaper with no luck...

So, anyone knows where is this background, with the app already installed...? I just wanna put the original blue... : )

Thanks a lot..

Good work for us!

Carlos Cristo
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] carloscristo:
: /

Looks like you don't like things of xperia of yours on other cell phones...

But it would be nice to have a cell phone with all only the good things of each manufacturer?

There's nothing on samsung that you like?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] _calum_:
Sorry I didn't answer before, I didn't get a notification about your last post. I can't help you on this one unfortunately. My Xperia is no longer in use and I don't have access to a system dump. Maybe someone else out there could have a look?

Sorry :(

Calum
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] pdark1411:
Are there any roms for the LG optimus gt540 please that bring either eclair or froyo to it. Many thanks
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] collinsc2:
i would love a HTC sense rom for this device :(
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] Smille123:
I would love a 2.1 or 2.2 rom at all....
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] _Nikon_:
Anyone? I know 2.1 is coming from LG but 2.2 would be nice(r).
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] spy1983:
yeah any roms for lg gt540?
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] R0iZ:
Android 2.1 for GT540 is out. Proof.
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] wanwan95:
I want a 2.2 rom for the GT540
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] sugiarto80:
i hope Lg can release froyo for gt540
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] TheLostSwede:
Plenty 2.1 ROMs out, all official from LG

Sadly it seems like I'm not allowed to post links on here so until a mod fixes that small problem, I can't help, but you can find all the info over at Modaco's Android forums.
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] Satans_Hell:
Yeah I have the Baltic 2.1 version on my GT540, works like a dream.

Would love a Froyo 2.2 version though!
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] skribbler86:
Yea I have that same ROM. It hasnt caused any problems for me what so ever. I love 2.1!!! There might be a way to get 2.2 but its a shot in the dark. If The LG Chic is identical under the hood to the GT540 then it just could be possible. All we need is for someone to get the LG Chic ROM and flash it into the GT540 and see what happens :)
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] TheGiga:
Eclair Is Arrive :D

see here
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] bakuj:
ROM 2.1 for France (v20a):

csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/swdata/WEBSW/GT540/ABYTBK/V20a_00/V20A_00.kdz
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] xcroove:
Im living in Egypt and ive just eclaired my rom by the official LG update with no KDZ UPDATER used.. this rom is amazing indeed but im having trouble reading arabic cz im using the baltic rom .. characters appear but not linked together.. if i can get to any developer to start working on this it wud be amazing .. and YES the CHIC is getting FROYO and it has the same specs we do , so i guess our genius developers will be able to cook us a rom if we dont get it officially :D.
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] flyboyovyick:
Maybe there is a way to port 2.2 from another device.
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] nick252:
The rom from optimus one does not work, castomization of 2.1 is not a problem with fastboot
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] Fadox:
Why not? can't someone put this rom(changed for gt540, of course) on this phone?
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] lallolu:
does it have swedish language in the menu?
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] janner1lee:
LG GT540

Dear

I tried to write the firmware, in the meantime, the power went out, again it is impossible to write firmware

please help

thx
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] CoolApps:
I have Ice Cream Sandwich on my Device :D
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xoff00:
Anyone else having problems with paid apps not being recognized as purchased with a 2.2 ROM?

When an update for a paid app is available (or I try to redownload an app I'd purchased but since deleted and want to reinstall) it wants me to pay for the app.

I'm 100% sure I'm using the right account (I have 3 google accounts, 2 are Google Apps for domains, which don't do Google Checkout) as its the right credit card # for payment, and I've tried various ROMs and only setup the pure gmail account. The CC info is right, and if I login to Google Checkout I *DO* see the paid apps listed.

I thought this was the unknown fingerprint issue (where this is an "unknown" release of the OS so Google Market doesn't like it), but searching the forums (gasp! I actually used search!) neither the fingerprint fix for the Froyo release .zip for build.prop nor the dialed number fix work.

I've tried 3 different 2.2 ROMS: Cyanogen 6.0.1, Skyraider 3.0 RC3 with Sense UI, and Skyraider 3.0 RC2 Vanilla.

I'm running the 2.15 Radio, have root and S-OFF

Any ideas?

...Xoff

Droid Incredible

2.15 Radio

Unrevoked Forever

Skyraider 3.0 RC3
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xoff00:
Solved!

I'd actually given up on this and had repurchased some apps and worked with the various app devs to refund/transfer others.

I reflashed to SkyRaider 3.2 and figured this out accidently:

THE ORDER OF ACCOUNTS MATTERS!

My primary google account is my Google Apps for Domains account. The only thing I still use my @gmail.com email for is Checkout.

I was putting the @gmail.com address first, thinking it had to be first for Checkout. WRONG!

The first account on your phone is the one your paid apps are tied to...REGARDLESS of if it has Google Checkout or not.

The fix was simple: List my real primary account (my apps account) first, and my gmail.com account (which has Checkout on it) after that...Poof, my old apps work.

This would be solved if Google allowed Checkout on Apps Accounts!
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] soulflyer84:
as far as I am aware there is no fm transmitter chip in samsung galaxy s therefore please share all news about available car kits -------------------:D
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] AllGamer:
there are tons over at DealExtreme

http://www.dealextreme.com/search.dx/search.fm

they all good, i was using one with my old WM phone
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] andrewluecke:
If you can though, it would be better seeing if you can add Aux support to your headunit.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] AllGamer:
that is like asking him to buy a new head unit
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] andrewluecke:
Not really... Aux can easily be added to some (and I had NO car experience, and discovered it was easier than I thought with my car to wire in a new headunit). Head units cost a ridiculous amount of money for what they are.

Sometimes if you are willing to try to do the work yourself, you will find that adding aux support costs less than some good FM transmitters.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] soulflyer84:
Cheers guys _ going to search net based on yours ideas and update with my choice when purchased and tested.

Over and out.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] LostAlone:
I'm gonna have to disagree with you on this. Although the difference between good and bad fm transmitters is unknown to me, you can get workable ones for under 5 bucks on amazon without shipping.

Even assuming anything that price never works, you can pick up a bluetooth speakerphone/fm transmitter for like 30-40. To me, that beats the hell out of taking wire strippers to your car stereo. Especially since you can take an fm transmitter with you when you are in someone elses car at no extra cost.

My preferred fm transmitter is a Jabra SP700. The trick is finding a clear channel, and if you travel more than an hour in any direction, be prepared to retune as you run into new stations. Normally you'll be able to find a frequency that's clean for their daily use. I found that having my SP stock to the dash instead of to the sun visor greatly increased sound quality and reduced interface, so if you cant get perfect reception, try that.

I get near CD quality, although there is some fuzz on the very end (high cymbals hiss rather than crash).
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] andrewluecke:
Protip: You rarely need wire cutters or strippers. I'd be surprised if any cars didn't use a wire harness which allowed you to simply connect the module in between (unless the person who installed your stereo is an idiot, or its a poorly designed unmaintainable car). Many simply connect through the CD stacker jack.

FM tuners work, but, every new car I've seen these days ships with an aux jack anyway. So it's a better option long term, if it's possible. An FM tuner can be easier to install though, if you don't want to learn anything. But messing with the head-unit of your car is something every guy should do once in their life :P
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] reawatra:
I bought this one from play.com for only £3 (although its gone up to £4 now).

edit: cant post links but if you type in Wireless FM Stereo MP3 / Ipod Transmitter you should find it.

It works well, the battery life is great. the quality is not perfect but definitely listen-able. (looses some bass).

as a budget transmitter it definitly gets my approval and you don't have to wait weeks for delivery like dealextreme.