timROGERS
14-12-2008, 04:55 PM
Over the weekend I have been messing around with my unused Sony Ericsson W580i that I got as part of my Orange contract.
It was originally Orange branded but I debranded it myself, and put on some generic firmware. This is good because it unlocks all the features (the networks remove a lot of them) and it generally leads to a more stable phone.
This has been good as it unlocks some good features. Firstly, I can use Flash menus. You can get some really interesting menus that I totally different from the default, but I'm not using one at the moment as they're pretty impractical.
You can also use Flash files as wallpapers. At the moment I am using an iPhone home screen wallpaper which shows battery status and time in the same way as the iPhone! To do this, I had to edit system files to hide the operator name from the screen :)
Finally, I also modified the phones menu to give me some better options (swapped PlayNow for New SMS and Fitness for Alarms). I also changed the icons (for example I changed Messaging to a Thunderbird Icon and Walkman to an iTunes icon).
Anyway, that's my boring little monologue done. Reply if you fancy it :)
It was originally Orange branded but I debranded it myself, and put on some generic firmware. This is good because it unlocks all the features (the networks remove a lot of them) and it generally leads to a more stable phone.
This has been good as it unlocks some good features. Firstly, I can use Flash menus. You can get some really interesting menus that I totally different from the default, but I'm not using one at the moment as they're pretty impractical.
You can also use Flash files as wallpapers. At the moment I am using an iPhone home screen wallpaper which shows battery status and time in the same way as the iPhone! To do this, I had to edit system files to hide the operator name from the screen :)
Finally, I also modified the phones menu to give me some better options (swapped PlayNow for New SMS and Fitness for Alarms). I also changed the icons (for example I changed Messaging to a Thunderbird Icon and Walkman to an iTunes icon).
Anyway, that's my boring little monologue done. Reply if you fancy it :)