[F480] installing new widgets, deleting unnecessary files

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hello,

this time is for playing with f480 heavily

we cannot still modify two the most important files of the firmware [.bin and .rc1]

yet from some time there is a way to modify .ffs file

what can we do through that?

- delete unnecessary images, wallpapers or tones
- delete/remove locked games
- add games without necessity of uploading them later
- install new widgets offline

we need:

- winimage program http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/G...nt/download.htm

- ffs file from the firmware we want to modify

- widgets or widget pack eg. http://www.mediafire.com/?jomb2wzwmmk


winimage itself is pretty easy in handling so I'll only describe briefly a way how to add widgets to the desired FW


1. run winimage

2. go to SystemFS/MediaSet and drag the unpacked widget pack http://www.mediafire.com/?jomb2wzwmmk

3. save file

4. download such modified ffs to your mobile using fastmultiloader

visual instruction:




attention!

after loading modified .ffs file there is very high probability that the telephone will go through standard format procedure

same as while loading new firmware so remember to backup anything you need


remeber that everything you do you do at your own risk and neither I nor anyone form this forum takes no responsibility for any damage you may cause by using these procedures!

n'joy

regards,
stn
 
Thanks to me for finding it on a german forum!

You can remove the images no problems..but the stupid screen savre still displays the same pictures...ARGH

not tried to do a widget with it yet :-)
 
as a matter of fact, I knew about winimage a bit earlier, it started on a russian forums, my friend mentioned it to me,

when it comes to images as I wrote, not all of them are in ffs, some are in rc1

I'm especially curious about widgets, I don't have this phone myself so I couldn't check it, in the package you have 27 widgets

regards
 
Nice software, but when I delete al that stuff like ringtones and wallpapers, the ffs is still the same size (29,9). So when I drag the widgets into the widgets folder, the size is 35,.. mb. What am I doing wrong?
 
Hold up... i didnt get it.

how to put new Widgets on my f480?
i downloaded winimage , and i dont know how to connect to my phone with it...

HELP
 
what does the multi loader say again? isn't there anything about magic code missing
 
I think I have clearly mentioned the way you do this..


so it's only possible when you modify one of the firmware files and then upload them to your phone

and no, you can't download it from phone, you have to uplaod a totally new firmware on your phone.. read about in the other guides that are here in this section of gsmhosting forum

and don't ask here how to do it, it's really all written

patient and carefull reading is the best solution to all of the problems..
 
ok. i got it....

just 2 more thing- i can put more widgets without change the firmware? and i can switch back to my normal firmware after changing to another one?
 
Sounds weird, cos when I deleted only a few ring tones off the file the size went down. Or then you've added a huge pile of widgets?
 
It's a bit more complicated than that. Here's how to actually do it.

1. Open WinImage, and click on Open Folder- icon. Browse to the firmware folder you want to modify and open the FFS file. (Note that WinImage is searching for .bin- files by default, so change that to "all files".)
2. Go to SystemFS -> Mediaset -> Widget
3. Drag the widgets you want to add to this folder.
4. Save.
5. Go to SystemFS -> User -> WidgetDefault.ini
6. Open WidgetDefault.ini
7. Either change the amount of widgets in the text file (.ini) or
change the titles of default widgets to correspond the ones you just
dragged to Widget-folder.
8. Save the text file you just modified to Desktop as "WidgetDefault.ini" and drag it to the SystemFS/User-folder, select YES to overwrite the old file.
9. Save.
10. Do a firmware flash with the FFS.

Should work
 
1. No, you cannot.
2. Yes, you can change between firmwares as much as you want. Not that there's much difference between them. Some ridiculous menu colors and font types and that's it. I really regret ever getting this phone. It's miles behind Nokia.
 
Where can I download more widgets to flash them myself?
Im using google -> opera widgets, but haven't tried them yet, installing now.
 
Cant get it to work.. When i load the FFS file into multiloader it says it cant read it?
 
Okay now it works, i dont know what the problem was, but now it's fixed. I just flashed it but it keesps restarting, so I am now flashing with the hj4 firmware. I hope that will work. I think there has to be some more tests with it. I also downloaded some opera widgets but I had not the chance to test it (just bricked my phone)

Edit: Nice my phone works again, but without new widgets. Now I'm flashing it with the HJ4 firmware and the ringtones, wallpapers and game removed. I hope it will succeed.

2nd edit: This works, so the problem is or the IA1 firmware either the widgets. The negative thing of that firmware is that it isn't Dutch... So I wil try it again with that firmware and only one extra widget.
 
The FFS file can't be any larger than it originally was. In the newest firmware 29,9mb. Delete stuff like music or wallpapers using WinImage., in Media folder of FFS
 
I can't fix that problem, I always flash with the rc1 and rc2 of the Hugo Boss version, and when I start my tocco it loads, after that I get a white screen (what should be black with Hugo Boss logo) and the welcome text, and after that it restarts. Again and again.
 
The method does not work with any other firmware than the January update one. That might cause the problem. I did mention this before though.
 
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