W580i Customization

Originally Posted by dkosburn

Getting rid of AT&T's advertising was beautiful, and now the Death Star button on the front acts as something useful (Alerts, Application Switcher, Shortcuts, Quick Internet Links) instead of just taking me to MEdiaNet. Not to mention being able to use any MP3 I want as a ringtone, and having access to tons of other things that AT&T locked out in their firmware

Originally Posted by scorchie

I am curious about a couple of things. I understand that you can change the Death Star button back to the activity menu and change the MP3 ringtone use without flashing the full main firmware (just by changing some files using FAR manager). But what are the "tons of other things" that at&t locked out in their firmware? Because I heard there aren't really any... except maybe they locked out using the volume button for something NOT volume related in standby mode (on the at&t phone it changes the ring volume like most other phones, on the non-branded phone it shows a phone status screen... useful I guess if I forget my phone number and what model of phone I have).

-s-

Originally Posted by dkosburn

Ok, so "tons" was probably an exaggeration, but it certainly feels like a completely new phone. Also, if you hold down the volume key in standby it activates voice dial. The application switcher was huuuuge for me, and there are now some settings that I can adjust that I'm pretty sure I was locked out of before (other than just the WAP, etc).

Also, as I said I don't have a whole lot of experience with SE phone modding as of yet due to my lack of a Windows box, so reflashing through Wotan was really the only thing immediately available for me.

Hope this clears things up a bit

Originally Posted by kandymews

i noticed with rogers firmware, it locked out theme modding of the main screen as well as illumination [the lights on the side] limiting it to two colors. can shortcut the right button to whatever i want now too.

Originally Posted by scorchie

Those things may be true, but you're missing the point. That is the CONFIGURATION of the phone, which are files in the filesystem, not the actual firmware. The configuration can be changed without changing the firmware of the phone. I find that if you are in fact using the phone on the operator that the for which the firmware is intended, oftentimes you'll have a better, less buggy experience. Then you can change the configuration to your heart's content, and have your menus, MP3s, button configurations, more memory because of fewer apps, etc.

-s-

Originally Posted by scorchie

sigh... never mind.

sure, the firmware is locking it out.

-s-

Originally Posted by Picklez

Hello, I am new to debranding but I read about it yesterday after I received my W580i from ATT. I read about the benefits of debranding so I went ahead and did it. I didn't have any problems debranding my phone but after it was done, I realized that many setting from AT&T were gone. I cannot send or receive messages and I cannot connect or retrieve anything from the internet. Since the settings for ATT were lost I cannot do much and I have looked everywhere for the proper settings for ATT w/o any luck . I was wondering if any of you have the W580i and debranded your phone, could you be so kind as to supply me with the settings to get my text messaging back or the settings to be able to connect to the internet? If there is a webpage where I can get this information, I would greatly appreciate it if I got a link. I have tried getting the internet settings from www.sonyericsson.com through their text sms service but since I can't receive messages, I didn't receive it. Thanks in advace for any help you guys can give me...

Originally Posted by araemo

I'm looking for a good walkthrough for changing 3 things on my w580i:

1: Death star button back to app switcher
2: volume buttons back to phone status + next appointment(Like my Z525a)
3: disable startup/shutdown sounds

From what I've read, FAR manager + SEFP would let me push files to the phone, but doesn't let me download the current files to modify? And how do I know how to get the buttons to do what I want, I haven't found any examples for the changes I want, just people saying they've done it.

Originally Posted by tortureincident

hmm...hi guys..im quite new in this forum...jez curious...can we mod the msg tone to be longer?..standard msg tone is only 5 seconds rite?...can we?..

Originally Posted by tortureincident

hmm...hi guys..im quite new in this forum...jez curious...can we mod the msg tone to be longer?..standard msg tone is only 5 seconds rite?...can we?..