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Orange P990i running on R7A001
NO problems (it needs swiss man though)
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Posted: 2006-11-14 14:16:50
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@peterkay
the theme does nothing to get rid of the branding strip on the left hand side !!
this phone seems less stable than my first p800 and p900 !!
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Posted: 2006-11-14 17:13:06
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@pachy
How did you manage that then?
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Posted: 2006-11-15 10:40:52
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I have just got my Orange P990i upgrade and the customising is rather "flat" compared to the generic.
On my P910i, I was able to access the internal file system using SMan and rename the two Orange customisation files from the PROM-like internal memory area. This resulted in the dull Orange icons being replaced with the Sony Ericsson defaults, which were much more colourful and visible.
I'll see what's possible with the P990i.
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Posted: 2006-11-18 17:25:51
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http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/reviews/item/Swiss_Manager_pro.php
Here is a review of the (Pro version) Swiss Manager product referred to above. I'll try removing the customisation with the free version and report back at some point.
[ This Message was edited by: alan.jenney on 2006-11-18 16:38 ]
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Posted: 2006-11-18 17:30:21
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http://www.handango.com/servl[....]?s=1207&p=195359&secw=2bf51c28
There is a FREE version called "Swiss Manager for UIQ 3" rather than the £19 "Swiss Manager Pro for UIQ 3".
Worth is just for the extra tools.
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Posted: 2006-11-18 17:34:57
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@alan.jenney
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but what you could do before with UIQ2 you will not be able to with UIQ3. The improved security and set up of these new units no longer allows user access to the needed files, even developers of previous file explorers are finding they can't get round the increased security but good luck and if you succeed you will be a very wealthy man.
Marc
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Posted: 2006-11-18 20:05:19
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@Dogmann,
My commentary was based on {pachy}'s posting that he was able to get R7A001 onto an Orange P990i, to which {hillmiester} had asked how it was done; elsewhere the question had been asked what 'sman' was. However, this has increased my interest...
Using Swiss Manager on my P990i, I can see into the 'Z:RomDrive' and in the '\Resource\activitymenu' folder there is a folder entitled 'customisations' and a file 'zamfwk.rsc'. In the 'customisations' folder are subfolders called 'semc_default' and 'zamho_01'.
The file 'zamfwk.rsc' contains references to files in the 'zamho_01' folder and some restrictions.
The 'semc_default' folder contains Sony Ericsson resources. The 'zamho_01' folder contains Orange resources.
Now I'm guessing that a non-Orange P990i may have different content in this folder, such as a '.rsc' file pointing to the 'semc_default' folder or similar. It's a matter of working out what to change. Any volunteers to compare?
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Having removed the Orange customisation from my P910i, it will probably surprise some people that from my point of view, I may stick with the "Orange Activity Menu" on my P990i!
[ This Message was edited by: alan.jenney on 2006-11-19 21:40 ]
[ This Message was edited by: alan.jenney on 2006-11-19 21:41 ]
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Posted: 2006-11-19 22:32:55
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@hillmiester
@alan.jenney
Sorry guys my post was not clear, i meant my £200 Orange P990 off ebay came with R7A001 & for clean usage i installed sman,
the seller sold arround 20 units over 3 days under various usernames & me thinks they were customer returns that were reflashed & passed to this guy to sell on behalf of Orange, they were £200 "buy iit now" & came Next working day, they must have come to him CHEAP, lots of people assume they were Hot but some (like me) took the risk.
Obviously with hindsight i should have bought all of them, but the auctions were over in a few hours.
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Posted: 2006-11-20 20:17:11
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On 2006-11-19 22:32:55, alan.jenney wrote:
@Dogmann,
My commentary was based on {pachy}'s posting that he was able to get R7A001 onto an Orange P990i, to which {hillmiester} had asked how it was done; elsewhere the question had been asked what 'sman' was. However, this has increased my interest...
Using Swiss Manager on my P990i, I can see into the 'Z:RomDrive' and in the 'Resourceactivitymenu' folder there is a folder entitled 'customisations' and a file 'zamfwk.rsc'. In the 'customisations' folder are subfolders called 'semc_default' and 'zamho_01'.
The file 'zamfwk.rsc' contains references to files in the 'zamho_01' folder and some restrictions.
The 'semc_default' folder contains Sony Ericsson resources. The 'zamho_01' folder contains Orange resources.
Now I'm guessing that a non-Orange P990i may have different content in this folder, such as a '.rsc' file pointing to the 'semc_default' folder or similar. It's a matter of working out what to change. Any volunteers to compare?
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Having removed the Orange customisation from my P910i, it will probably surprise some people that from my point of view, I may stick with the "Orange Activity Menu" on my P990i!
[ This Message was edited by: alan.jenney on 2006-11-19 21:40 ]
[ This Message was edited by: alan.jenney on 2006-11-19 21:41 ]
I agree with Alan, I have no real knowledge as to how to do these modifications, specially with no access to these file to modify them (you can just view through swiss manager), but if someone manage to do these steps and post them, I would also stick to the Orange Activity Menu (the looks / icons are terrible, but features are great!)
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Posted: 2006-12-05 23:06:34
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