Im a newb I need help plz [Archive] - ModMyMoto - Software Modding Forums and Updates for Motorola Phones

NghtShd

03-05-2007, 12:35 PM

so Im new to the whole pimpin out my cell phone thing, pretty much all I want is to be able to use my own songs as ringtones or whatever else cool that can be done with the razr v3t

Using your own ringtones is fairly simple. You should be able to do it without any special software if you have a memory card installed. Make sure the phone is set to memory card mode (Settings->Connection->USB->Default Connection:Memory Card). That's the default setting, so you probably don't need to change it. Plug the phone into a USB port and copy your ringtones to the phone. You can store them in either /mobile/audio or /mobile/ringtones.

You will need to move the sounds from the phone to the memory card since the stock phone won't let you choose sounds stored on the memory card. To do that, go to Sounds, hit the menu key, highlight a sound then press the menu key and select Move->Phone. Now you can go into Ring Styles and choose your new custom tone.

If you're like me then you won't be satisfied with having to move ringtones to the phone. To fix that you'll need to do a seem edit. The short description of that process goes like this:

Edit seem 0032_0001 offset 0xB2 bit 7. Set bit 7 to enable ringtones from transflash on the V3t. Make the edit, save it to the phone then restart the phone. When you are choosing a ringtone you'll see the ones from the transflash displayed with a memory card icon next to the name (these will appear at the bottom of the list). This edit will also enable the 'Apply as Ringtone' command in Sounds->Menu Key.

The long description if you've never done seem edits:

This edit isn't something I'd describe as particularly dangerous, but it's still not a bad idea to backup your phone first. It's a good thing to know how to do, so do some research on that. Actually, there are some stock backups posted here (http://www.modmymoto.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12844) which will work fine for restoring your phone to the way it was when it was new, but if you have stuff stored on the phone that you don't want to lose then back yours up.

Flash&Backup 3 can be used for making a backup of your phone (there are also MP backups available for download, but be sure you use the right one for your phone if you restore it from one you downloaded). F&B 3 failed to flash my V3t successfully for some reason, but RSD Lite is good for flashing (restoring) your phone and I've had no trouble using that. RSD Lite isn't freely available, but I'm sure you can find it if you do a bit of searching.

To make the change in question you'll need a seem editor. I used P2KToolsVS (or P2KTools3) there's also P2KTools (without the vs) among others. You'll also need the P2Kdrivers (there's a nice Motorola USB Drivers v2.9 package with an MSI installer).

Try searching for this stuff at http://www.esnips.com/ or just google.

Be careful when seem editing and make sure your phone has a enough of a charge that it won't die in the middle of sending the seem back to the phone (not too likely since seem loading happens very quickly, but something to keep in mind). Use the read function to read seem 0032_0001 (I believe this is the default seem read by most apps) then before making any changes save the seem to a file on your PC as a backup. I'm fairly new to Motorola phone modding myself and I'm not exactly sure what seems are other than binary files containing configuration data.

If you can use a hex editor then you can use a seem editor without any trouble. In fact, I'd say it's probably easier since the seem editors I've used have functions for setting individual bits rather than making you calculate the value yourself. After you've loaded and backed up seem 0001_0032 find offset 0xB2 and set bit 7 on.

Generally, a seem editor will use hexidecimal notation and look something like this:

A header for columns.
0x00 0x01 0x02 0x03 0x04 0x05 0x06 0x07 0x08 0x09 0x0A 0x0B 0x0C 0x0D 0x0E 0x0F

And lines.
0x00
0x10
0x20
0x30
0x40

You'll want to find the third column on line 0xB0 like so:
0xB0 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 10 A0 00

The default value on my V3t was 00 as shown above. Setting bit 7 changes it to 80 so the line will look like this:
0xB0 04 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 10 A0 00

After setting the bit send the seem back to the phone then restart the phone.

Note:
I believe what many of the seem offsets control differs on the V3t from even very similar or identical hardware like the V3i, so be careful if you decide to make other edits based on other phones. Personally, I'd feel perfectly safe doing this edit without having a full phone backup, but that's up to you.