Flash Patching: Create New ShortCut (Inbox and Outbox)

[rizapn]

GPRS?
Personally, I have to say, I'm still very far from that. Even for adding very simple new functions (functions which was not exist in the firmware), it is hard. We have to work directly with byte-code (pesimistic? Maybe, but I just try to be more realistic)...

RizaPN

[arman68]

I have been reading this discussion with great interest. You are doing a fantastic work. I think it would be worth putting up a sticky in this forum with all your patches.

Better would be a webpage, or downloadable document to list them all.

I can't wait to try some of them.

One request: on my SL4x I use the fw55 SLCK version, mainly because of the shortcut to illumination (it helps save battery life). Do you think any of you could find out how to add it to fw56 SLIK?

Also, as one of you mentioned it is much easier to replace existing shortcuts than replace new ones, here is a list of the shortcuts I have on fw55 SLCK and what I think of them:

+ Phone Number -> same as quickdial on nokia, invaluable
- SIM location -> not needed anymore with the up arrow patch
~ Conceal ID -> never used it, but I guess it could be useful
- Internet -> I never understood the point of WAP phones
+ Write MSG
~ Calendar -> could be useful
+ IrDA -> if you have pc with IrDA very useful
+ Calculator
~ Currency Convertor -> can be useful when travelling
- Games -> who needs them with Java?
- Voicedialling -> anybody uses it?
- <blank entry> -> does not do anything
- Information -> crashes mu phone
~ Appointments -> could be useful
- Dictaphone -> not needed, the side button does a good job
- MP3 Player -> same here, totally redundant
- Card Explorer -> when I use it I have enough time to use the menu
+ Profiles -> invaluable
~ Calls missed
~ Calls received
+ Illumination -> great for improving battery life
+ Java -> good if you use it
+ Empty -> needed to unassign shortcuts

The +/~/- are only my opinion of what I think of them; the - shortcuts are the one I think should be overwritten first.

[r4rosal]

hi rizapn,
thanks for your ideas. i've done the shortcut to inbox and outbox and want to try with access SIM location thru up button.

could you please tell me how will i know the address and size if i will create a partial flash?

PLEASE help coz as of now i already knew how to modify data but i still donn't know on what address and what size i have to flash the phone.

PLEASE HELP!!! THANKS!!!!

[arman68]

Originally posted by r4rosal
PLEASE help coz as of now i already knew how to modify data but i still donn't know on what address and what size i have to flash the phone.

I think it is quite simple: when rizapn says modify 0x3B0366 ... if you want to a partial flash you need to extract address 0x3B0000 size 0x10000 with UniSiemens (save SL45_3B.bin). Then modify the file at 0x0366 and do a partial flash using the modified file at 0x3B0000 size 0x10000.

[shadyjr5]

RizaPN , my friend , why do not u replay my 2 posts ??
did not u see them ?? or u ignore them ??

[shadyjr5]

RizaPN , my friend , why do not u replay my 2 posts ??
did not u see them ?? or u ignore them ?
u will find them in the second page of this topic
1- one with many thanks and another one about arabic names

[r4rosal]

arman68,
hi!, i've done what you said. i read the flash at the required address but when i open the file with ultraedit32 and select go to address to be modified, the address out of range.

could you help me determine how to get the size of flash with relation to address?

i've done inbox,outbox patch already, works great!!!

but in sim location by up key patch, no size of flash stated. so please help!!!
thanks my friend!!!!

[rizapn]

@shadyjr5:
Sorry brother, I totally missed that message (about arabic writing/display problem). And again, sorry, I have still no idea about that. I never touch them...

@arman68:
What is that illumination main-function. Is it for on/off swicth? or anything else?

@r4rosal:
Yes. Just do like arman68 wrote. If you need to modify flash in the address 0x3Bzzzz, it means you need partial flash sl45_3B.bin which is containing flash from address 0x3B0000 with size 0x10000. And when you have that file, you have to modify the zzzz address (of course you will not found address 0x3Bzzzz).

RizaPN

[drzonca]

To r4rosal:
You mean you have read flash from 3B0000 size 10000 (you have extactly 64kB file) and when you go to address 0x0366 this address is out of file? Impossible... 0x0366 is at the very beginning of file, in first kB...

[jklamo]

illumination is swith on/off in. It is in Setup/Device/Display/Illumination. I will welcome very much shortcut for this...

[Drug_Store]

Also appears Options on left soft key, and enters into a menu like the contrast, but this one it´s to light up or reduce light intensity...

I guess he means that...

I need the some nokia ringtones in *.mid files.
Anyone can convert them and sent me or give me an Url of where I could get it?

I need those: (Almost all from new DCT-4 Generation)
Electric eel
HummingBird
Jitters
Treadmill
Private eye
Tingle
Side step
Bounce
Regae
Sandst

Many thanks

[rizapn]

Illumination:
If we talk about something very similar with "Display" menu, then this is my solution :

*) Overwrite "VoiceDialling" shortcut with "Display" shortcut ...
(use Left side button [+] to access VoiceDialling) ...
0x18E3A0 : 4E 02 --> 60 00 (shorcut Start: text)
0x18E3D4 : 4F 02 --> 60 00 (upper-right button text)
0x18E4A6 : 4E 02 4E 02 --> 60 00 60 00 (menu item text)
0x3AE3B2 : DA E6 F8 A9 --> DA D5 6A F2 (function entry-point)

It will give the access to the "Display" menu directly...

But, if that Illumination shortcut (in the v55 SLCK) is directly change the illumination mode (ON/OFF by pressing a single button), then that is not the answer ..

THIS IS THE SOLUTION
>>> Overwrite "VoiceDialling" shortcut with "Illumination Toggle" ones

0x18E3A0 : 4E 02 --> 82 00
0x18E3D4 : 4F 02 --> 82 00
0x18E4A6 : 4E 02 4E 02 --> 82 00 82 00
0x3AE3B2 : DA E6 F8 A9 --> DA DC 80 46

It can be used to assign a single button for doing Illumination Toggle...

@Drug_Store:
You can use my Universal Ringtone Converter to convert NOKIA (or Siemens) ringtone format to the MIDI ones (and vice-versa). Download it from http://www.geocities.com/rizapn or http://groups.yahoo.com/group/z-soft/files ...

RizaPN

[arman68]

Terima Kasih rizapn, you've made me a happy man

I think your second patch is the one I was talking about. I have not tried yet as I am using SLCK fw55 at the moment, but this week-end I will go back to SLIK fw56 to try a few of your patches.

You are really making the SL45 work as it should, amazing!

I will post your patches in the sticky.

Just another thing: I am sure you are aware of the aeroOn and aeroOff blocks. Do you thing you could document them in the same way you've done the other patches?

BTW, I was not aware of the "VoiceDialling" shortcut by pressing the [+] key on the side. Very useful place to have an "Illumination Toggle" shortcut. I learn something new everyday

[rizapn]

@arman68:
sama-sama...
For AeroCheck, you can use my zSiemenz to modify EEPROM block from your SL (if you already have any experience with another eeprom block tools, you can also use them).
1) Read EEPROM block number 0047,
2) Modify the 1st byte with 0A
3) Write it back to the original place (Block ID 0047).

RizaPN

[arman68]

@rizapn
You mean to disable AeroCheck, patch

0x5F0047 : 00 => 0A

(the EEprom starts at 0x5F0000)

When I check the aeroOn and aeroOff blocks 71 (0x47) in a hex editor, there seem to be much more difference than a single byte though.

Interestingly, in my aeroOn block, I have 0x47 : 0F, whereas in a fullflash ff_56_slik.bin I have 0x5F0047 : 00. Same for a different fullflash fls_sl45iv56.bin 0x5F0047 : 00

I thought you stopped the development of zSiemenz. Can it be used reliably to read/write flash/eeprom instead of UniSiemens?