Posted by DJ Unique
Hi Everyone, It took me ages to gather all the information on how to use any of the 3 flash menus in the W810i with any them that I downloaded.
So I thought I would write up a 'HOW TO GUIDE' for it.
Here are the instructions on how to edit W810i themes to use one of the 3 flash menus that are pre-installed on the handset. It's a bit tricky but, but it works like a charm.
- You firstly need to download the theme you want to use the flash menu with to your pc
- Once you have downloaded the theme, you will notice that you see that it has a file name like djunique.thm
- In order to edit this file you need the following software:
Tar Compiler: http://www.tugzip.com
XML Editor: http://www.philo.de/xmledit/
- Install both of the above onto your PC.
- The next step is rename the theme extension to Tar file.
If you can't view the name extensions of the files on your computer, then you need to enable it in windows (in file explorer – Tools – Folder Options – View – and then uncheck 'Hide extensions for know file types'.
- Rename djunique.thm to djunique.tar
- Now double click on djunique.tar and it will open the archive in Tug Zip. You will now see a number of image files and a theme.xml file.
- Extract all the contents of the archive to a folder on your computer, and then open the theme.xml file with the xml editor that you downloaded above.
- Just after the line stating: Sony_Ericsson_theme version="4.1", enter this line:
<Desktop_style Type="File" Source="orbit.swf"/>
As you can see I have put it orbit.swf, but you can use any one of the 3 flash menus inside the handset (orbit.swf, emerge.swf and equalizer.swf).
- Once you have done this, you will need to click file save as, and make sure that you save it as an .xml file.
- Now you need to convert all the files back to a .thm file
- locate the folder on your computer where you extracted the original archive, highlight all the files and right click. You should see a green arrow that says 'add to' ON ITS OWN! Click on it.
- ok where it says format, select TAR from the drop down.
- In the field labelled 'name' you should see the location as to where the Tar archive will be saves. Makes sure you know the location, and name it to what you what you want the theme to be called. i.e. djunique,tar
- Click on ok
- now rename djunique,tar to djunique.thm and upload it to your phone.
How easy is that????
[ This Message was edited by: DJ Unique on 2006-10-29 12:26 ]
Posted by DJ Unique
Sorry, I have now disabled HTML on this post. I have a had a few people pm me about missing content. Thanks.
Posted by djtwistter
can u upload that files here
Posted by harry23419
the icons r actually stored in the fones internal directory nd not in the theme
but after renaming a.tar to a.thm the fone is not recognizing it
wat the solution
Posted by sang6iru
do I have to use TUGZip? can I use winrar?
everytime I change simple theme to use flash menu, and upload to the phone, then I try to set the theme, it always return:
File Corupt,...
what happend?
Posted by jack77777
dont use winrar untick the box for it to open .tar files and use tugzip.
will any of these themes with flash menus from the w810i work on the w850i ??
Posted by jack77777
can anyone upload some w810i flash themes , im gonna try put them in a w850i theme and see if it works
Posted by jack77777
just did a bit of an experiment with the themes , i took the orange bubbles desktop swf. from the theme and its now a seperate file that i can use as a wallpaper or screen saver , also it still shows the song playing
Posted by Luggruff
I've downloaded all of the different .swf files and well, If I wanna use them (I don't have my USB cable with me atm so I just popped em' into my OTHER folder in my Memory card)
so if I wanna use this technique:
..is there anyone who has an idea of what path I have to enter before the filename? ._o
Posted by Horonaim
On 2007-02-19 15:40:17, jack77777 wrote:
dont use winrar untick the box for it to open .tar files and use tugzip.
will any of these themes with flash menus from the w810i work on the w850i ??
It may work as w850 supports flash.. although the screen size might pose a problem.
Posted by Horonaim
On 2007-02-18 15:28:08, sang6iru wrote:
do I have to use TUGZip? can I use winrar?
everytime I change simple theme to use flash menu, and upload to the phone, then I try to set the theme, it always return:
File Corupt,...
what happend?
To fix it. 1) Extract the theme you're gonna edit using winrar 2) After editing use TUGZip to repack the folder to .tar 3) Reneame .tar to .thm
Posted by A L 3 X
if i wanna add new flash menus from:
http://myforum.lasyk.net/showthread.php?t=32692
how do i get them on my phone? can i just put them into other directory then use your method or wont it be able to locate the swf 0.o
Posted by King`JameS
Hi I want to ask you what should I write if I want to use the flash menu with an exact theme which isn't created for the flash menu ??? I'll be very greatfull
Posted by SE4NICK
Nice guide
you should post it here:
www.se-nse.com
www.segoodies.com
Posted by deluded
Just tried it, it works great for me! Now I have the orbit flash menu for my favourite theme on my W810!
Posted by deluded
Ok, has anyone else here tried this? It seems that it doesn't always work, or maybe I'm doing something wrong. Several themes I tried to modify ended up with only the flash menu and coloured text but with blank images for all the rest of the theme, it's all blacked out. Hmm... I can't figure out why.
Posted by wrmwrmwrm
i did every thing but when i got to the last step rename tar to thm i dont know how:( so please tell me how do i change from tar to thm