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Old 02-21-2003, 22:25
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Cool I FOUND IT! The WALLPAPER DIRECTORY for the VX4400!
I was trolling around on the Qualcomm BREW forums tonight and pondering what one of the mods said about how the wallpapers should just go into the /shared directory, but that the shared directory is in different places on different phones.

On a whim, I tried:

/brew/shared

IT WORKS!!! I've only tested it out on the default brewstarting.bmp so far, just to make sure I was using something that was compatible.

ALL THIS TIME!! DUHHH!!! So obvious... hidden in plain sight.

My mapedit tool that works on the brewRingerIndex.map does indeed appear to work on the brewImageIndex.map as well. But we need more people to test it out, and play with different image formats and sizes to verify whether they work or not.

Here are the simple steps:

1) Download the latest BALpatch and change the Browse Directory to: dloadindex

2) Download brewImageIndex.dat

3) Use my mapedit tool to add the names of your images, case-sensitive with their full filename extensions (e.g., brewstarting.bmp)

4) Upload the brewImageIndex.map back to the phone

5) BALpatch to the brew directory

6) Make directory shared if it doesn't already exist.

7) Upload your images!

8) On your phone, select your ringer: Menu->8->2->3->OK->Actions->Downloaded->Save!

THATS IT! HOORAH!!!
Last edited by VeXed : 02-21-2003 at 22:35.
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Old 02-21-2003, 22:34
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SWEEEEET! You rock.

I'm ready to give it a go. Is there an image I can use as a reference for size? E.g. the start image?
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Old 02-21-2003, 22:36
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Yeah, just grab the brewstarting.bmp image out of the /brew/en directory.
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Old 02-21-2003, 22:46
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YESYESYESYESYES!!!!

It worked!

Yipppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh!

It has to be said again: You rock!!!

Image is a 120x115 bitmap file.

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Old 02-21-2003, 23:05
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what cable are you guys using? I want to go out tomorrow and get this
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Old 02-21-2003, 23:09
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I am using the $20 FutureDial cable (RadioShack), with the Prolific driver downloaded off the www.futuredial.com website.
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Old 02-21-2003, 23:11
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I'm using the FutureDial cable from RadioShack, the one advertised for the LG 1010/5350/VX1/VX10.

$19.99
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Old 02-21-2003, 23:25
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VeXed rules!!!!
I can confirm that on my VX4400 I now have custom wallpaper!!!!!!!!!! Thank you VeXed - you rule!

I will be investigating image formats and requirements and reporting my findings.

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Old 02-21-2003, 23:30
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Kick ***! I will be getting the cord tomorrow... I will too join in on the VX4400 modifying fun.....
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Old 02-22-2003, 00:12
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VX4400 wallpaper formats - preliminary
Okay, in my initial tests I've found the following:

The screen is 120x120 however in the main menu there is a bar at the top and a bar at the bottom of the screen. This limits the vertical available resolution to 98 pixels. The full 120 pixel width is available. When the VX4400 displays a wallpaper image, it puts the top of the image at the bottom of the top menu bar - so 120x98 image resolution is the maximum useful size.

It will take images in 8-bit (256 color) .BMP, 24-bit (true color) .BMP, and .PNG image formats. I was not successful in having it decode a .GIF image or a .JPG image.

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Old 02-22-2003, 00:39
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hfcrds,

Hmmm...my bad, the GIN exit image I pulled of the phone was 120x115. But it seems the phone does not compress a larger image. Of the 120x115 image that I am using, it simply cuts of the bottom section.

Thanks for figuring it out. Smaller file sizes
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Old 02-22-2003, 01:34
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Great work!!!

Thanks for all the hard work on cracking this phone and sharing the knowledge with us
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Old 02-22-2003, 02:06
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You guys really do rock! I'm so excited, I'm getting my data cable tomorrow!

Okay, so I downloaded the complete gagin file and have gotten the latest patch for the vx4400 (thanks Vexed).

I've also downloaded the VX1 driver from FutureDial's website.

The only thing missing now is my cable, which I'm buying tomorrow! Woo hoo!

Am I missing anything?

Thanks for all your hard work!
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Old 02-22-2003, 02:39
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Any luck with the Picture ID box with the VX4400 in our phonebook?
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Old 02-22-2003, 03:14
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awesome work!!!
I'd figure one of use was going to hit the right dir sooner or later! This is making me happier about choosing the vx4400!
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