The Official Motorola RAZR2 V9m Hacking Thread

[grnamin]

Update: I tried replacing the 4 corrupted files by overwriting them with files with the same filenames, ala overwriting verizon.gif. No go. Files are still coming up corrupt, by the file info for each reflect the new files.

[X71C4L]

Both ERI and Browser work for me.

I put Mark_Venture on this phone's ERI Banner... (need to change that back before I return the phone to wnrussell ).

I also created a new web session for my HottProxy using the Browser feature...

I was able to read/write the other components too.

RSD General is new to me, so I can't really offer any assitance getting it to work. Sorry.

Maybe some uninstalling / reinstalling will help. I'll see how that goes.

[Brozmo]

If your enV Vx8600 is so great, please return the V9M, and keep using the LG...

I do still use the LG, never bought the V9M. Just majorly dissappointed with Verizon for changing the phone. I know Alltel and Sprint have the "original/better" version. It just makes no sense to me why VZW would go and change something like that on the phone... Frustrating...

But i guess I'll "VENTURE" somewhere else. Thanks for your quick response to my babbling, I was curious as to what reaction I was going to get.

Tech-On my friend...

[kbman]

I think it's safe to say that many would agree with you about VZW's choices and restrictions but the point is that this is a dedicated hacking thread, not a rant thread and everything you mentioned was known about the phone prior to release and much discussed in many other threads.

Suffice it to say that it didn't add anything to this discussion.

We spend a great deal of time and energy here undoing as much of VZW's nefarious meddling as we can, it's the lifeblood of this forum!

[peripheral]

The iSync code snippet has not worked for me. Anyone got it yet?

I think it was sheer dumb luck, but I got isync to work with the v9m. The only strange thing is that I couldn't get contacts and calendars to sync at the same time. However, you can do each separately. A little annoying, but not that bad. Here's the code snippet I dropped into the plist. Now, where can we find a .tiff for it?

<!--
insert this in the /Applications/iSync.app/Contents/PlugIns/ApplePhoneConduit.syncdevice/Contents/PlugIns/PhoneModelsSync.phoneplugin/Contents/Resources/MetaClasses.plist
file (under the top-level <dict> element)
-->
<key>com.motorola.razorv9m</key>
<dict>
<key>Identification</key>
<dict>
<key>com.apple.gmi+gmm</key>
<string>Motorola CE, Copyright 2000+Motorola CDMA V9m Phone</string>
</dict>
<key>InheritsFrom</key>
<array>
<string>com.motorola.usb-bt.0x22B8/0x4902</string>
</array>
<key>Services</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>ServiceName</key>
<string>com.apple.model</string>
<key>ServiceProperties</key>
<dict>
<key>ModelName</key>
<string>RAZR V9m</string>
<key>PhoneIcon</key>
<string>MOTV3-black.tiff</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>

[Mark_Venture]

Here's the code snippet I dropped into the plist. Now, where can we find a .tiff for it?

.TIFF as in picture?

How about...

http://mark.cdmaforums.com/images/MOTORAZR2V9m.tif

[peripheral]

.TIFF as in picture?

How about...

http://mark.cdmaforums.com/images/MOTORAZR2V9m.tif

Yep. That works sorta, but I'm trying to find one with the right dimensions so isync doesn't squish it. That one's better than the others I've tried, but it's still off.

[Mark_Venture]

Yep. That works sorta, but I'm trying to find one with the right dimensions so isync doesn't squish it. That one's better than the others I've tried, but it's still off.

what size (rez) does it need to be?

[timothyjay2004]

what size (rez) does it need to be?

Looking at iSync, I think that this picture might be useable for the dimensions: http://m.areamobile.de/images/quicki...lose_150px.jpg

Just rename the extension from .jpeg to .tiff and it should work. If you want to get really picky, you could open the image in an image editor and remove the little bit of white around the curves of the phone.

Edit: And I just checked sizes, the Moto v3 .tiff is sized at 60 x 60.
Edit #2: Damn, if you resize that, it squishes...
Edit #3: Ok, I made this picture based on ideas and cues from the one Apple Inc. supplied. The krzr graphic is sized at 64 x 64, so I made this picture at that ratio. Plus, I used the Verizon graphic. Hope this works out better for the iSync users: http://rapidshare.com/files/54323462/Motv9m.tiff.html

[timothyjay2004]

Ah crap, somehow when you open the Apple graphics they show a black background but in iSync they are not black (must be transparent??). I made that one black. Sorry, I tried. I only have HP Image Edit, Seashore, and MS Word to work with for images. Maybe someone with CS3 can do better.

[alanek]

I have been able to set up my V9m with MPT, however I am having the same problem I had with my V3c. How can I transfer weekly recurring appointments from my calender?

Thanks in advance

Alan

[Squid267]

Hey guys theres 24 pages and I cant read through all of them, but I would like to puta ringtone on my RAZR 2 v9m. I edited the file to a qcp, and its 30 secs. I have it in the My sounds but I cant move it to My ringtones, so is emailing yourself confimed to work, and could you explain if it is working.

[wnrussell]

This isn't a ringtone thread. The methods for getting ringtones onto the V9m are the same as in the Maxx hacking thread though, and on Mark's pages. http://mark.cdmaforums.com/

[Mark_Venture]

I have been able to set up my V9m with MPT, however I am having the same problem I had with my V3c. How can I transfer weekly recurring appointments from my calender?

Thanks in advance

Alan

The Calendar app on the Moto phones has been somewhat limited. I'm guessing the V9M's calendar app is the same.

Does this help? -> http://www.bvrpforums.com/motorola/viewtopic.php?t=37

or maybe -> http://www.bvrpforums.com/motorola/viewtopic.php?t=1696

[madadam]

[QUOTE=peripheral]I think it was sheer dumb luck, but I got isync to work with the v9m. The only strange thing is that I couldn't get contacts and calendars to sync at the same time. However, you can do each separately. A little annoying, but not that bad. Here's the code snippet I dropped into the plist. Now, where can we find a .tiff for it?
[/QUOTE

Thanks! Worked perfectly first time.