Change boot picture - part 1

Change boot picture part 1: find out the address of the picture in the flash

You may know that you can use motorola bootscreen replacer to replace the boot pictures (Hellomoto or Welcome pictures). However, before you can do that, you need to find out the address of the pictures in the flash, unless the address is already known and configured in the bootscreen replacer. This guide will show you how to find out the address and configure it in motorola bootscreen replacer.

There are two ways to find out the offsets, the graphical way and the Hex way.

Method 1: the graphical way

Tool you need:
Corona_editor
RandomSHX or SHXCodec

Steps:
1. use RandomSHX or SHXCodec to extract/split the MP that you want to mod;

2. open the CG1 bin/smg file in Corona_editor, as shown in following screen;


This is translation of the Corona_editor screen:


3. set width/height/color according to your phone, for example, 176/220/16bpp respectively;

4. click "jump to", then repeat clicking "Down page" until you find a screen similar to the following one;


5. click "Down/Up/Right/Left" button to adjust the picture position, until you see the full picture on screen;


6. click "+ Color" button to have a nicer preview, re-adjust the position if necessary;


7. write down the address, for example: 53E3C7

8. if you want to also replace the Welcome screen, repeat steps 4-7 to find out the address for the "Welcome" picture;

9. open offset.ini file in the folder of motorola bootscreen replacer, add the offset setting as follows;


"backup_shift" is the starting offset of CG1. "backup_shift=92000" is the setting for V360/L7. Other model may have different offset.

10. you are ready to replace the bootscreen pictures. In part 2, I will show you how to replace the boot picture using motorola bootscreen replacer.

(The offset you got using the above method might not be 100% correct, but it is near. You can use the 2nd method to verify the offset.)

Method 2: the Hex way (more accurate)
11. open the CG1 bin in a HexEditor, search for the following Hex strings to find the Hellomoto picture;

14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15 14 15

12. the offset of the first "14" minus 1 will be the address of the Hellomoto picture;


13. search for the following Hex strings to find the Welcome picture;

F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00 F8 00

14. the offset of the first "F8" minus 1 will be the address of the Welcome picture;


15. follow steps 9 & 10.

Download:
Corona_editor: [4shared]

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Sync V360/L7 with Desktop iTunes

Make iTunes on V360/L7 sync with Desktop iTunes An idea by Yuet

I believe these steps can make desktop iTunes recognise our V360/L7. At the moment I don't have time to test and verify it, so it's just an idea. If you are a pro modder having a V360/L7 with R4513 firmware, I invite you to test it and let us know the result.

Update: this method is verified NOT working, so don't try it until I have more finding, Believe me, we will find the way. I am making good progress...

Before you start:
Always make backup of your phone, including data/software/PDS/bootloader, etc.

What you need: (Download at the bottom of this post)
1. TomeQ 0371_0001.seem
2. PDSTool
3. P2K Easy Tool v3.9 Cracked (if you can't find it, this is a hint.)

Disclaimer: Doing the following steps might void your warranty or damage your phone. I, Yuet, shall not be responsible for any damage to your phone by following the steps, so do it at your own risk.
If you want to post this article elsewhere or translate to other language, please quote the original author and link to this Blog.

Steps:

Part 1 - prepare the PDS.bin file
1) Download and install PDSTool; Download TomeQ 0371_0001.seem and rename the 0371_0001.seem to 01C4_0001.seem;
2) Upload the renamed 01C4_0001.seem with p2ktools/motokit/moto4lin to your phone; After uploading, load it back from your phone to check if it is correctly uploaded;
3) Shutdown your phone, and press and hold * and # keys, then power on; Your phone will be in bootloader mode;
4) Connect your phone via USB and use flashbackup 2.6 or 3.0 to make a PDS backup in SMG format; (After backup, open the backup file with HexEditor to verify if it is a good backup.) (if the backup is in fbp format, rename the *.fbp to *.cab, then decompress the cab file. You'll find 2 files (backup and description). The file "backup" is the PDS backup.)
5) Rename the PDS backup to pds-original.bin and copy to the PDSTool folder.
6) Using PDSTool (by Indesign) to open the pds-original.bin
7) Then click on the PARSE button. (Then you will see a new folder name "seems" in the PDS Tool folder).
8) Go into the folder and delete file '0371'
9) Rename file 01C4 to 0371
10) Make a copy of file 01C3, and rename the copy to 01C4 (file 01C3 is same as 01C4 now)
11) Click the "assemble" at bottom tab
12) Now you will see the folder tree on the left and right is the files REQUIRED TO SELECT to make PDS.bin
13) Set the version to 4 and 009 (version 4009).
14) Goto the seems folder create by PDS tool earlier and select all the file 0001 until 0371
15) Then click assemble to compile the PDS.bin and you will find it inside the seems folder.

Part 2 - write PDS to phone
16) Follow "unlock/repair pds with testpoint" guide part 1 to make your phone detected as "S Blank Neptune LTE2"; or Testpoint your phone;
17) Start p2k easy tool;
18) Connect your phone to computer via usb;
19) In p2k easy tool, select your phone mode;
20) Click "Repair" tab, check "Write PDS";
21) Double click the text box for "Write PDS" to open the PDS.bin file, which you created in part1.
22) Click "Do Selected Jobs", and keep your fingers crossed.
23) Set it to "Memory card" in "Usb setting" on your phone, connect it via USB to see if it can be detected by desktop iTunes.
24) It is done, so please let us know the result. If anything wrong, you can follow this post to repair your phone. Good luck!

Download:
0371_0001.seem: [4shared]
PDSTool: [4shared]

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