I've seen a lot of people asking how folks have changed the Windows logo to the HTC one and so on. I am one of those people!
There's a thread over in the Diamond Forum here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=437307, that discusses altering the taskbar icons.
I've had a read of that but it doesn't appear to discuss the start button. I've currently got a cab installed that gave me coloured icons on the taskbar but also the 3d MS Office style start button. I like the icons but not that start button.
Is there anyway someone could provide an idiot/noob style guide for altering that icon. I'd love to have the Vista start button on my HD (attached image) but have no idea how to go about it aside from I think it has something to with .dll files.
Can anyone explain this? Anyone? I know there would be a lot of people grateful for it! I've Googled and used the search but just cannot seem to find anything!
I've attached a mock-up of my ideal; I've got the coloured icons, just the start button to go!
I think....
the explanation is to edit the shellres.192.dll file here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2791169&postcount=3
using the process here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2791165&postcount=1
No?
EDIT: I am going to try myself this evening with your very nice icon...will let you know how it goes, if you don't beat me to it!
I believe you can do it with Wisbar.
Wisbar is not free.
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/
sk806 said:
the explanation is to edit the shellres.192.dll file here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2791169&postcount=3
using the process here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2791165&postcount=1
No?
EDIT: I am going to try myself this evening with your very nice icon...will let you know how it goes, if you don't beat me to it!
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you had a chance at it yet? did it work?
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This is the thread I used to alter the Windows logo to a HTC logo among other things in this thread. It's dead easy,
1) Unsign the file using Unsigner linked to in the thread further up (on page 2 of the Unsigner thread there's a .bat file that I found gave a better idea of whether it had worked or not).
2) Open the file in Reshacker and go to Icon on the left hand side and click it to expand it. Go to number 292, click it and it will expand to show 1033. Click 1033 and it should be the start menu icon. Right click on 1033 and select Replace Resource. Select Open File With New Icon and find your new (resized) icon. Double click it and it will show a preview of new and old. Click Replace in the bottom right corner.
3) Save the newly modified file.
4) Sign the modified file using Ssigner linked to in the thread above. CHECK THE TEXT FILE IT CREATES TO MAKE SURE IT SIGNED OK. Don't forget this bit as it will mean a hard reset if you do (as I learnt).
5) If you've not installed SDKCert.cab some time in the past. download it from here, copy it to the phone and install it.
6) Copy the file to the Windows directory on the phone using Resco Explorer or Total Commander.
7) Reboot the phone.
how did you copy shellres.192.dll? it says "Acces denied" even with resco. No chance to renaming also
To get the file in the first place you need a program called ROM Extractor on the phone to get the file from ROM. There are also different varients of the ROM for different locales. There's a description in the link above.
thanks for your efforts but seems a little complicated TotalCommander did the trick, resco seems to have some security check problems
anyway, unsigner doesn't work so i'm stuck
guap said:
anyway, unsigner doesn't work so i'm stuck
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Try the .bat file in the second page of the Unsigner thread. Copy Unsigner, the .bat file and the file you want to unlock to the same directory and double click the .bat file. Also, because the file is from ROM make sure it's not marked as Read Only when you get it to your PC before unsigning it. If it's from ROM they're usually Read Only for a start.
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you had a chance at it yet? did it work?
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Not yet. Just got back from work. I need a different job...
I will try tomorrow. I have been meaning to give this s shot for a while now, and the icon you posted is what I have been looking for.
the bat only automize the process... It doesn't work anyway as it still use UnSigner
Do you have the cab to change the other icons? I had a quick look on the diamond thread but couldn't find the exact ones you have! Thanks.
guap said:
the bat only automize the process... It doesn't work anyway as it still use UnSigner
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True, but when I tried Unsigner on it's own it didn't give any feedback as to what it was doing (or if it did I missed it) so I changed 150+ icons only to find it hadn't been unsigned and therefore couldn't be resigned. At least with the batch file I can check it's been properly unsigned before making changes.
Does it give you any error messages when you try Unsigner?
unclesomebody said:
Do you have the cab to change the other icons? I had a quick look on the diamond thread but couldn't find the exact ones you have! Thanks.
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Do you mean me or someone else?
Prof. Yaffle said:
Does it give you any error messages when you try Unsigner?
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that's the point: no errors from unsigner, but resourcehacker can't open my file (not valid bla bla bla)
In which case I'd say the file hasn't copied across properly from the phone. Reshacker should be able to open the file and allow editing even if it's still signed. I'd try ROM Extractor to copy the file from ROM to elsewhere on the phone and then copy that across to the PC.
unclesomebody said:
Do you have the cab to change the other icons? I had a quick look on the diamond thread but couldn't find the exact ones you have! Thanks.
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Do you mean this cab?
http://cid-b6b1a627fbae21e5.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/Colored Top Bar.cab
Don't forget you'll need to install this first:
http://cid-b6b1a627fbae21e5.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/1SdkCerts.cab
Hope this helps.
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In which case I'd say the file hasn't copied across properly from the phone. Reshacker should be able to open the file and allow editing even if it's still signed. I'd try ROM Extractor to copy the file from ROM to elsewhere on the phone and then copy that across to the PC.
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uhm seems reasonable
but I don't want to extract all my whole rom for a stupid dll... I extracted with total commander, isn't supposed to work this way?
Nope, certain ROM files can't be copied using normal file copy programs. I've found that they try and copy, then say the "File already exists, do you wish to replace?" and then whatever you select you're left with a 0k file with nothing in it. The ROM extractor doesn't copy the whole ROM. When you launch it you get a list of all the ROM files. Double click the one you want to extract, give it a location (\ usually for the root directory of the phone) and a name and click Extract.
Ok, I will try. But how to replace when modified? If I can't even read it, how will I replace it?
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I just updated my Tmobile dash to the RUU_Excalibur_HTC_WWE_Brightpoint_US_1.33.422.1_4.1.13.51_03.07.90_Ship ROM and now the voice commands seems to have disapeared.
In the old TMOBILE phone, I was able to see the app and also click on my headset to activate. Now that setting seems to have disappeared and I get the message "no voice tag setup" (or something like that).
Can anyone help me get this working again? It was a great feature which allowed me to call on the fly using only my headset while leaving my phone in my bag.
Forgive me if I am posting anything in the wrong place or re-posting. I am a newbie to this and forum.
Thanks
YOOJ
yoojie said:
I just updated my Tmobile dash to the RUU_Excalibur_HTC_WWE_Brightpoint_US_1.33.422.1_4.1.13.51_03.07.90_Ship ROM and now the voice commands seems to have disapeared.
In the old TMOBILE phone, I was able to see the app and also click on my headset to activate. Now that setting seems to have disappeared and I get the message "no voice tag setup" (or something like that).
Can anyone help me get this working again? It was a great feature which allowed me to call on the fly using only my headset while leaving my phone in my bag.
Forgive me if I am posting anything in the wrong place or re-posting. I am a newbie to this and forum.
Thanks
YOOJ
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There is no Voice Command in this ROM.
Check out my post here to get it working:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1834188&postcount=154
Voice Command On The New HTC WM6 ROM
boggsie said:
There is no Voice Command in this ROM.
Check out my post here to get it working:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1834188&postcount=154
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When you install the voice command app to the new wm6 HTC ROM, the way its described in this link, it works like a charm, the same way it does on the T-Mobile wm6 ROM. Just follow the instructions to a "T"....................!
THANKS!!! Worked perfectly..
FYI - you have to remove the shortcut from start folder otherwise you will get an error when trying to copy files into the prog folder.
Then paste the shortcut back in.
yoojie said:
THANKS!!! Worked perfectly..
FYI - you have to remove the shortcut from start folder otherwise you will get an error when trying to copy files into the prog folder.
Then paste the shortcut back in.
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Yes, that is essentially step 2 in the instructions:
remove the lnk from the Voice Command item in the startup folder
what is described is changing the extension of the shortcut by removing lnk
Technology said:
When you install the voice command app to the new wm6 HTC ROM, the way its described in this link, it works like a charm, the same way it does on the T-Mobile wm6 ROM. Just follow the instructions to a "T"....................!
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nice ...
something wrong with the second file because i can't extract it.
when i try to , it only extra the direc. file.
drunkenmastera said:
something wrong with the second file because i can't extract it.
when i try to , it only extra the direc. file.
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dunno what might have happened
I just this very minute downloaded it as a test and it extracted fine for me
maybe try again?
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dunno what might have happened
I just this very minute downloaded it as a test and it extracted fine for me
maybe try again?
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yea its weird.........
i restart computer and everything. still can't get the files in there.....
any way u can make me a new rar.......
I can't extract either, I'm using Universal Extractor. Whenever I extract, all I get is a readme type file.
I extracted the folder from the second link. When I opened that folder, there is another folder called Voice Command DASH. I opened that folder, and then copied all 34 files to the \Program Files\Voice Command folder. When i try to copy the files from the second link to the program files\Voice Command folder, I get the following message:
cannot copy enu_g2p: There has been a sharing violation. The source or destination file may be in use.
Any ideas?
galatians51 said:
I can't extract either, I'm using Universal Extractor. Whenever I extract, all I get is a readme type file.
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the second file.
i had to open it in winrar and repair and remake it.
and then it would extract again.
hollywoodstylin said:
I extracted the folder from the second link. When I opened that folder, there is another folder called Voice Command DASH. I opened that folder, and then copied all 34 files to the \Program Files\Voice Command folder. When i try to copy the files from the second link to the program files\Voice Command folder, I get the following message:
cannot copy enu_g2p: There has been a sharing violation. The source or destination file may be in use.
Any ideas?
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Funny thing is that in the \Windows\Startup folder, I don't see the .lnk. I have unchecked the box to hide extensions for known file type. Also, I just try and copy the shortcut from the Startup folder to my computer desktop and then soft-reset the phone. Everytime I soft reset the phone, it still places the shortcut in the \Windows\Startup folder.
I finally got it to work!!!
Instead of renaming the shortcut from the \Windows\Startup, I went and just copied it to desktop. However, after a few times, I followed the instructions and instead of renaming the shortcut again and adding .lnk to the end, I just dragged and dropped from my desktop to the \Windows\Startup folder.
drunkenmastera said:
the second file.
i had to open it in winrar and repair and remake it.
and then it would extract again.
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This worked great, thank you!
It is so nice now having voice command again... I bought an adaptor and am using my Dash in the car for music- really awesome to play music using your voice!
boggsie said:
Yes, that is essentially step 2 in the instructions:
remove the lnk from the Voice Command item in the startup folder
what is described is changing the extension of the shortcut by removing lnk
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I accidentally deleted the Voice Command lnk file. Can someone send me a copy? Or how can I recreate one? THANKS!
i was wondering how i change the boot screen in wm6.1
do i just need to replace a file in the windows folder (if so which file) or is it more complicated than that
skaroger867 said:
i was wondering how i change the boot screen in wm6.1
do i just need to replace a file in the windows folder (if so which file) or is it more complicated than that
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There are plenty of pages with info on how to change your splash screen. You should check Google and type in "T-Mobile Dash+registry tweaks" in the search bar. Within the first 15 hits you should find a site with directions on how to change it.
Hope this helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1966277&postcount=322
ill give it a try.
i could have searched google but this way theres a thread where everyone can see it if they want to do it to and was afraid to ask how
i use activeync like everywhere says and put it in the windows folder or my documents and when I click on it it doesnt give me the option to instal anything. It just has a file that says setup and when you click on it it brings up a bunch of wordss and it has a bunch files with random numbers
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i use activeync like everywhere says and put it in the windows folder or my documents and when I click on it it doesnt give me the option to instal anything. It just has a file that says setup and when you click on it it brings up a bunch of wordss and it has a bunch files with random numbers
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are you by any chance extracting the file when you get it? if so, dont...the setup file you are talking about is an xml file...just leave everything in the cab file
take this file as it is (do not extract/unrar), and transfer the whole thing over to the phone and then run it.
still
I put it in as the rar/zipped file and clicked then it opened it and had a file that said start menu and windows I clicked on start menu and it said my tools clicked again and it said extras and then it had another one of those files with random words.So I went back to the windows file and it had the files etp excalibur 1-6 and then a file that said changer.I clicked on changer and it asked what language.After that it said for everything to take effect I need to reboot so I did that and nothing happend.Is there any way to but back on mobile 6.0 its already been like 5 hours of not being able to use the keyboard??
thegunna37 said:
I put it in as the rar/zipped file and clicked then it opened it and had a file that said start menu and windows I clicked on start menu and it said my tools clicked again and it said extras and then it had another one of those files with random words.So I went back to the windows file and it had the files etp excalibur 1-6 and then a file that said changer.I clicked on changer and it asked what language.After that it said for everything to take effect I need to reboot so I did that and nothing happend.Is there any way to but back on mobile 6.0 its already been like 5 hours of not being able to use the keyboard??
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if you cant install a cab file then maybe you should switch back. its really this simple. copy the file (unmolested) to the phones \windows directory via activesync. then using resco explorer, browse to \windows on your phone and just click on the file..dont open, dont extract, dont pass go and dont collect 200$. it will install. then reboot and THATS IT. we have all done this 100000 times here so im not buying the fact that you are the one off case where it doesnt work.
look in the sticky's at the top of this forum for the wm6 rom
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if you cant install a cab file then maybe you should switch back. its really this simple. copy the file (unmolested) to the phones \windows directory via activesync. then using resco explorer, browse to \windows on your phone and just click on the file..dont open, dont extract, dont pass go and dont collect 200$. it will install. then reboot and THATS IT. we have all done this 100000 times here so im not buying the fact that you are the one off case where it doesnt work.
look in the sticky's at the top of this forum for the wm6 rom
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LOL "unmolested"... Classic gixx...
Thanks
I appreciate all the help I dont know why it wasnt working whenever I would click it would open the file and show other ones.I still didnt get it to work so Im just going back to 6.0 Does anyone know if there will be an official update anytime for the device or a dummy proof bugless one for guys like me
Im only 16 I guess I need to grow up a little
thanks a lot bro i need it this,major props to you........
Hi.
I made a quick and crude patch to the TilewavePanel.dll file to cruedly but effectively correct the Daylight savings problem that I and lots of others were having.
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To use this...
1. Download THIS - TilewavePanel.dll which is 920KB in size... or use the 355KB ZIP file attached to this post.
2. Copy the new TilewavePanel.dll file to My Device\Program Files\Panels\TilewavePanel. Replacing the original.
-----> You may need to rename the old file first as it is "in use" but it still lets you rename it.
-----> If you are using the basic File Explorer built in to Windows Mobile then you may need to go to the Menu and check Show all Files before the dll files become visible.
3. Go to the Registry using Resco or PHM... Navigate to, HKLM\Software\SonyEricsson\TilewavePanel\City\0, edit the DaylightSaving key and change it to 0.
3. Do a soft reset.
-----> If the time is still 1 hour fast, then go back to the registry and check that the DaylightSaving key is still set to 0.
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What this does is... Whenever the Tilewave Panel weather gets updated, instead of overwriting the DaylightSaving key in the registry it writes to a different key DaylighSavinX. But the Daylight Savings time is still read from the original key. So you can change it to 0 without it being overwritten.
Hope this is useful!
Wow, another potential person in XDA
thanks!!
after installing patched DLL panel manager hangs...
panel is not workin after copy .dll file bro
what happen??
Excellent, thanks allot for your updated dll file. It solved my problem with the wrong time and can now have the weather updated automatically
It freezes after a reset?
The patch is tested will all jerpelea's first 5 test ROM.
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EDIT: Just tested as working on Jerpelea's 6th test ROM too.
dave-ro-mex said:
It freezes after a reset?
The patch is tested will all jerpelea's first 5 test ROM.
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EDIT: Just tested as working on Jerpelea's 6th test ROM too.
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working very well
i like the way you thinking, making the weather update false string and system still reading the original key XD
thanks!!
Now it works with the same time as on wm 6.5 thanks alot!!!
Works just fine. Cheers mate.
Very good work, mate.
Just like everything in coding, very simple fix. If I knew how to amend .dll files, I would have tried to make it not write to a key at all, and completely remove that line of code.
Thanks for this, makes the panel so much better!
Does not work for me :-(
Yeeeeeeeeees!!!! It works!!! Thank youuuuu!!!
papa Marco said:
Does not work for me :-(
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Agreed. I can't get this fix to work either. It works until automatic update and reverts back to being one hour ahead.
augie7107 said:
Agreed. I can't get this fix to work either. It works until automatic update and reverts back to being one hour ahead.
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Sounds like you are not actually replacing the original dll file correctly. As the patch works just fine.
Go to My Device\Program Files\Panels\TilewavePanel.
Make sure Show all Files is checked on the menu. Then rename the TilewavePanel file that is 918K in size to "Old" or "Backup" or something like that.
Then Copy the patched TilewavePanel file from your Storage Card or using ActiveSync to My Device\Program Files\Panels\TilewavePanel.
Soft-Reset the device.
Go to the Registry and Set DaylightSaving to 0.
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You can confirm if the patch is installed by... First updating the weather on the Tilewave. Then, going to HKLM\Software\SonyEricsson\TilewavePanel\City\0 in the registry. There should be a new DWord value called "DaylightSavinX". If that key isn't there, it is not installed.
dave-ro-mex said:
Sounds like you are not actually replacing the original dll file correctly. As the patch works just fine.
Go to My Device\Program Files\Panels\TilewavePanel.
Make sure Show all Files is checked on the menu. Then rename the TilewavePanel file that is 918K in size to "Old" or "Backup" or something like that.
Then Copy the patched TilewavePanel file from your Storage Card or using ActiveSync to My Device\Program Files\Panels\TilewavePanel.
Soft-Reset the device.
Go to the Registry and Set DaylightSaving to 0.
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You can confirm if the patch is installed by... First updating the weather on the Tilewave. Then, going to HKLM\Software\SonyEricsson\TilewavePanel\City\0 in the registry. There should be a new DWord value called "DaylightSavinX". If that key isn't there, it is not installed.
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I'm sorry but my ignorance is frustrating me.
First download link is bad. Zip file can't be downloaded to device with IE because it opens straight to Total Commander and won't extract.
Opera 10 Beta keeps hanging up and I can't get it that way either.
Downloaded to PC, extracted dll and emailed it to my account.
Accessed with device and followed instructions. Still not working for me.
Extracted dll is 918.7kb just as original.
Can you possibly enlighten me?
After Hardrest my device it works - only the Mail-Button has no functionality right now.
very very good. thanks, now the panel is useful
Thank you. I love you, mon.
Simply changing the daylight saving time from 1 to 0 or vise versa wortked for me - did not need to change dll.
Ctrl+A said:
Simply changing the daylight saving time from 1 to 0 or vise versa wortked for me - did not need to change dll.
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Do an update for your weather and check again.
oxygen has second boot screen until "update-oxygen-1.0.1-signed",so i want to push bootanimation.zip into oxygen rom,i did like this..i built a file under data\local ,then i put the "bootanimation.zip" into the file ,then signed it,but i have always failed,i need somebody's help.......
i am a rookie and i does not know many english words,please forgive me,
What I always do is to open up the .rar (not unzipping it, but really just double click it), and poke around until I find the folder where the bootanimation.zip is.
Then I delete that .zip, and then using WinRar, click "Add" on the top left, and selected your desired bootanimation.zip, all of this WHILE still in the same folder where the original bootanimation was in.
When done, just sign it, then flash it as you would a normal Rom.
eden2812 said:
What I always do is to open up the .rar (not unzipping it, but really just double click it), and poke around until I find the folder where the bootanimation.zip is.
Then I delete that .zip, and then using WinRar, click "Add" on the top left, and selected your desired bootanimation.zip, all of this WHILE still in the same folder where the original bootanimation was in.
When done, just sign it, then flash it as you would a normal Rom.
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thank you for replying my post~
i have another question ,that is , i did not find "bootanimation.zip " in the oxygen rom ,maybe i did not find it in the right place,but oxygen rom did not have a folder called data/local...
Right, Oxygen seems to be a new breed of ROMs (hence, the no data/local), which I honestly haven't have the luxury of time to try yet (damn, lol).
Anyway, if you searched the oxygen thread, this post would have come up.
Try it and see
It's in /system/media
If you are S-OFF you can just adb push C:\asd\asd\asd.zip /system/media/bootanimation.zip while the phone is running.
Otherwise you need to do it in recovery.
But wm's method is really the easiest way if you want to change your bootanimation before you have flashed an update.
While I'm at it: could you guide me to a thread/site where I can find infos regarding signing zip files? I only found really old threads :S
Thank you.
Eggcake said:
While I'm at it: could you guide me to a thread/site where I can find infos regarding signing zip files? I only found really old threads :S
Thank you.
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I cannot remember the creator of the program, but I used this thing called autosign.bat, which I got off the xda forum.
I'm sure you can find it around somewhere in the forum.
Eggcake said:
It's in /system/media
If you are S-OFF you can just adb push C:\asd\asd\asd.zip /system/media/bootanimation.zip while the phone is running.
Otherwise you need to do it in recovery.
But wm's method is really the easiest way if you want to change your bootanimation before you have flashed an update.
While I'm at it: could you guide me to a thread/site where I can find infos regarding signing zip files? I only found really old threads :S
Thank you.
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actually,i did it in this way,first,you need have the program called java, after you download it ,you have to set a java's environment which you can search it by yourself,attention: if you do not know much java languages ,advice you to install it in the default location. second,you need a Auto-sign tool which you can also find it by searching in xda. Then you should unzip the Auto-sign.rar under anywhere you can find it .
After you have done all of these,you can make your own rom !(all of the work below is in the unzipped folder called Auto-sign)
put the rom you have reformed into the folder called "Auto-sign",then ,you need to rename the rom to "update",after that ,double click it the Sign.bat in the folder,wait for awhile,you will get another rom called "update_signed",it is the rom you can flash into your Desire. English is not my mother tongue, if you can not understand what i have said, please reply me with simple and exact words, then, we can communicate with eachother.