Tutorial: Flashing k550i to w610i !!

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

first connect the USB cable to computer !!!!

then reinsert battery !! holding C connect ur phone to ur computer !!

Problem may be also coz of no USB drivers installed...
install SEUS it will install all the necessary USB drivers
its better to have SE Pc Suite Installed !! ^^^

 

[kelace]

Hello Akshay

That was a great bit of finding by u and ur friends.
Well I have completed the first step ie, flashed the main firmware (W610_R6BC002_MAIN_GENERIC_NA_RED52.mbn) and that was a success

Afterward when I turned my phone on , all was ok and the music player was replaced by walkman 2.0 and the camera is also fine .

I just wanna know if now I can upload the flash themes and the sound drivers without doing the 2nd step???? (without flashing FS)

Can I get the flash themes working by following the 3rd step ???? (customisation) ????

It would b great if it works .... Please help me out .......

Also what changes does FLASHING FS make ????

 

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

hey buddy nice to know that
i recommend u to flash with w610i FS
because the camera drivers is exactly the same in w610i and k550i.. so u won't lose anything rather u get a lot of things...
apart from that w610i FS has flash menu and walkman 2 player skins
and also it will show w610i status in phone.....
u can now also use flash menu and wallpapers provided u flash them into phone... flash menu are really cool...
u can upload flash menu to M2 and check those Menus out !! before flashing them into phone..

No No customization to be done only if u flash FS

now u can use flash menu coz u hv w610i Main !! just flash those flash menu using XS++ as in tut

only flashing Main is enough to get flash menu..


see i hv already mentioned in the tut like this !!

here are the flash and non flash themes ( the ones that come with w610i for more read post no 27 )
remember seperate the .swf and .thm in the rar file given below and send only the .swf files using xs++
copy the .thm files as usually u do in file transfer mode when phone is woking in normal conditions

*rapidshare.com/files/50589922/w610.rar.html

these 3 flash menus are for ppl who flashed with k550i FS and w610i Main
if u flashed with w610i FS and w610 Main then u already have these 3 in your phone

many more flash menu links added forl.. flash them !!

 

[jneow]

hi guys do you know if the mods will work on a K550im?

 

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

hi guys do you know if the mods will work on a K550im?

if there is w610im then u can use that Main Firmware to upload
there is no w610im as far as i know... dats bad

u can use w610i Main and w610i FS but u will lose imode

and i don't know what this imode is.. something to do with high speed net.. i suppose..
weather it is a software feature or hardware has to be known first !

 

[kelace]

Hai akshay

thanks for that reply . I have now installed the flash themes and the w880i accoustics and also the chris 2.4 driver

But still has not flashed my FS !!!!

I question now .... Will my phone work well with full walkman 2 options(visualisation + skins) if I flash my FS with W610_R6BC002_MAIN_GENERIC_NA_RED52.mbn ?????

If it works , then I will flash the FS also to convert my k550i fully to w610i ....

Will there b any problems ??? (Now the walkman 2 visualisations and themes are not working , same about album art )


Please do giv ur suggestions .......

one more doubt ......


REFERING TO UR TUTORIAL ..

AFTER FLASHING FS U SAID IN THE TUTORIAL THAT IF WE SWITCH ON THE PHONE , IT WONT WORK , AND IT WILL GIV U AN ERROR MESSAGE ???

U MUST DO THE CUSTOMISATION AND THEN RESTART ??????

WHY DOES IT NOT WORK AFTER FLASHING FS ???

Once again please visit this link .....

*www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=155098&start=45#post2105578

the greatest sony ericsson community online !!!!

I have introduced ur post here in that forum .... also introduced u pal ......

So come on join www.esato.com:arrow::arrow:

 

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

if u flash FS u must customize it !!!!!!!!!!
or else phone won't start.. ! that's all ! because it will says customization error
then u willl hv to shut it down and flash those customize.xml and preloaded_config.xml !! better flash these 2 files after flashing FS and start the phone !!

yes if u flash FS then again u have to flash w880i acoustics and camera drivers and flash menu all over again

its ok do it !! not a prob at all !
now just find a FS and flash it ! then customize it too !

yes both skins and visulization will work ! this time flash only FS coz u already flashed Main

it needs customize.xml and preloaded_congif.xml files to start the phone
FS won't have this files... that's why it won't start !
u flash them using FSX or own custpack method to its right place !!
the phone will start !!

 

[kelace]

@ Akshay


I just flashed the FS !!!! Now its a full w610i and the phone just rocks !!!!!


thanx a lot pal and thats the biggest and most promising words I have ever recieved in my life

Great work !!!!! lets share this 2 all k550i users now ........

 

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

^^ ok thanks
see FS contains cam drivers and acoustics and all default themes etc etc !

now again flash w880i acoustics and new camera drivers !
and also see i hv added a new way to preview flash menus !

i got an idea to preview them !!
just upload the .swf to M2 in and check them out !!! its really great way to preview before flashing them into phone !!

u can flash stuff into phone as long as its internal memory ( around 70 MB after flashing Main and FS ) is empty.. ok i better not tell this fact to ppl !! coz they will load all insane stuff into FS .. better keep FS neat and clean ....

yes but don't upload all flash menu coz many suck !!

 

[kelace]

Well thats great and it worked well in my cell ......

lets share this now 2 all k550i users !!!1

one more doubt ..... forgot 2 ask ..

How do make the album art work ???? i mean the album art images ???

 

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

i dunno about that.....did not think about album art !

how does windows media player detect it ??

hv to see when it shows album art...
may be create a folder and put a pic with album art as its name...

will see into it later..!

 

[kelace]

one more doubt ..... forgot 2 ask ..

How do make the album art work ???? i mean the album art images ???

letme search the net and try out figure it out ok

 

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

added an update about how to get rid of those three insane ringtone that enter playlist always and irritate us

give some ratings for the thread...
lemme see how that works out here.

 

[kelace]

i found out how to organise the album art , it can be done using i-tunes, which manages album art .... I am now appling album arts 2 my collections.... not yet copied 2 phone .... i guess will work

 

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

ok thanks for that itune help ! i think that sony ericsson disc to walkman also shld have the same !

that's all for this week guys.. no more updates and hacks for now
hv lots of backlogs at college and got to study

i request u ppl to come out with your own hacks and tricks

i tired to remove operator logo by editing layout.xml but with no success

the shortcut method am in a confusion abt write protection of shortcuts !!!! hv to try it out later !!

and about GDFS back up !!!
download SeTool 2 lite !

for phone with k550i Main and k550i FS !!!

select phone as k550i

click read gdfs ! shall you click some other button u phone is dead !

for phones with w610i Main and w610i FS u hv to select your phone as w610i ! and say read GDFS !
this has to be tested and confirmed for w610i main and w610i fs on k550i !

meanwhile make all ur queries here i will try to answer !

 

[fatez]

Hey Ak! How are u?

in accordin to u :

Don't worry !! the only difference in FS is language files and of course some preloaded settings of Operator WAP and MMS settings that's!!

So U need to get your language files and its t9 dictionary file and upload it to the phone FS and enable that language !
get your language files form any SE phone FS..it may be for k800 or w810i or any phone.... here is the download list of many FS files

Using this list find out in which FS u might get ur language files

Get the FS and extract its contents and get the language files and upload it your phone... i have given the link to the tut about how to extract contents from an FS file !

then upload the files using XS++ to \TPA\PRESET\SYSTEM\LANGUAGE\** here **

the files u need to upload is EN.LNG and EN.T9 for english
if ur your language code is XY then get that XY.LNG and XY.T9 file and upload it.. 

then edit that customize.xml in notepad to enable your language ( which is very easy once u look into it.. as its not a big file.. contains max of 20 lines )

Can i download the version R6CA001 CID52 and put in the italian language from release R6BC002 CID52 ?

 

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

^^ hey fatez !

well which R6BC002 FS do u have ?? if u can extract the contents of that FS and if it has Italian language files then u take those files ! be happy and keep them..

then flash them into phone... into right place ! and enable them..
and also add this line

<allowed-language>XY</allowed-language>

in right place in customize.xml

...........................................

or u can rename Italian language files to EN.LNG and EN.T9 and over write English language files in FS thus u get ur language but lose english
insead over write some other language maybe german or french...
and this way u don't hv to edit customize.xml ! an u hv to choose that language which u over written when ur phone starts !!!

hey fatez i hv not tired this !! wait !

but this should work because there is absolute no difference in FS other then this !
all the files are exactly same at same locations....


first u try to add INDONESIAN langauge to ur phone now using the above process
if that works out well u can add Italian later when u reflashed FS !
am attaching INDONESIAN (id) files

don't worry if u don't know that langugae.. just reinsert sim and on start u will be asked to choose language !

 

[fatez]

Hi!

Ok, this night is hacking time!

PS: i've backupped my GDFS and now what i can do?
Can i explore the gdfs image? still about 57k, is true?


10x

 

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

hey hv attached indonesian files and edited post ... re read it !!

and how did u back up GDFS ?? in which state ??
w610i Main and W610i FS or k550i MAIN and k550i FS ??

oh yes GDFS is that's all very small file !

well the idea is there is only 1 generic Main for many many countries except china of course and yes main vodafone main airtel etc !!

so this method shld work out and get u ur language !

GDFS keep it safe.. in case phone goes dead it will help !!

just see that ur phone is connected to USB cable tightly coz today my phone was connected loosely and my phone would have died while conducting my experiments !

luckily it did not !

 

[jommarn]

Excuse me.
I can extract the contents of FS and see my language.
But where is this " <allowed-language>XY</allowed-language> "
and how do i upload this one ??
Thank you .