How to install skins

How to put skins into motorola phones

I think this is one of the two most asked newbie's questions. Another is how to install java games & apps.

There are many ways to install skins. Here I show you two ways. The first is the tranditional and mac-friendly way, another way is using skiman.

Manually upload skins using P2KTools or Moto4lin
For example, you want to install a skin named "YuetMod". You have the YuetMod.ski file and a few .dat files, such as YuetMod.dat, YuetMod1.dat, YuetMod2.dat, etc.
1. start p2ktools or moto4lin, and connect your phone via USB;
2. update/refresh the phone files;
3. go to folder /c/mobile/skins, create the skin subfolder "YuetMod";
4. upload all skin files (YuetMod.ski, YuetMod.dat, etc) into the subfolder "YuetMod";
5. restart your phone, then you will see the new skin listed in skin menu.
(You should substitute "YuetMod" in the steps with the actual skin name that you want to install. The name must match the name of the .ski file.)
Upload wallpaper
1. you have to find out where to upload the wallpaper. Open the .ski file with a text editor, at near bottom of the file you will see a line starting with "6 1015". (for example, 6 1015 /a/mobile/picture/wp_moto_176x220_c.jpg) This is the location of the wallpaper file.
2. use p2ktools or moto4lin to upload the wallpaper to that location.

Install skins using skiman
1. start skiman, and connect your phone via USB;
2. the program will read your phone and display a list of skins installed in your phone;
3. click the "Install" button;
4. a "SKI patches" window will popup. You can try the option provided, but if you are not sure, just "clear selection" and click "OK" button;
5. select the .SKI file to install; (For example, YuetMod.ski) click "Open" button;
6. wait until the program finish uploading files to your phone;
7. click "More..." button, and select "Restart phone".
8. you will see the new skin listed in skin menu.

a screenshot of skiman:


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