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Document Control No.: V3X
Personalization Guide-V2-5-eb-v1-061205.doc
Version: 2.5 (Volume 1 of
4)
Date: 5 December 2006
Title: Motorola
V3x Personalization Guide (MoGu V3xPG) – Primary Mods
Moto Guide Point of Contact: Poetic_folly
(In collaboration with The Moto Guide, V3x Module)
Contributors: Cited (all contributors are cited when
known. If not known, no slight is
intended)
Compiler: Earl Bentley
(ebentley)
Quote: "Always Research before u mod |Always Backup
before u try | Always Comment after u test | Always Share after u learn"
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Version Number
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Description
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Internal Release Date
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Post to My Site Date
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Post To Sites Date
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Post Location
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2.3
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Periodic Update
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28 July
2006
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29 July
2006
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30 July
2006
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Earlbentley.net
Poeticfolly.com
Motomodders.net
Rasputin007.co.uk
Steve8411.com
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2.4
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Periodic Update
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9 Sep
2006
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10 Sep
2006
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10 Sep
2006
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Earlbentley.net
Rasputin007.co.uk
Steve8411.com
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V1/2.5
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Periodic Update
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2 Dec 2006
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5 Dec
2006
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5 Dec
2006
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Earlbentley.net
Modmymoto.com
Steve8411.com
hellomoto.razrforum.forumfree.net/
http://rasputin007.co.uk/V3x-skin/YaBB.pl?board=Guides
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Moto Phoenix
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF FIGURES
TABLE OF TABLES
The
New Motorola RAZR MAXX
This RAZR look-alike isn't a RAZR.
It's a MAXX — just think of it as a hot dog, with all the extras. First and
foremost, it has 3.5G HSDPA connection. That's good for 400 to 700 kbps
transfers, with 1 megabit bursts, on Cingular's network (if the phone is ever
picked up by the carrier.) Then there's a 2-megapixel phone for snapshots, and
a VGA camera for video conferencing. On the outside, there are light up
play/pause, track forward and back buttons, for playing MP3s off the internal
50MB of memory (expandable by a MicroSD slot.) Annnd, there's a QVGA screen
with a 120 by 160 screen on the flipside. I think that does it...oh, wait: It's
not much larger than a regular RAZR, at about 53 by 104 by 15mm. It's a highly competitive handset: the RAZR
MAXX comes with a 2.2" 320x240 pixel display, 2 megapixel camera,
video calling, 50Mb of internal memory plus Bluetooth, a multimedia and
touch-sensitive external media controls.
Under the hood, the RAZR MAXX has
EDGE support as well as HSDPA. The maximum download rate with HSDPA is quoted
as 3.6Mbps, although coverage limitations will apply. At the maximum rate, the
RAZR MAXX's HSDPA capabilities will be ten times faster than standard 3G. At 104x53x15mm and 105 grams in weight, the
RAZR MAXX is pretty compact for a 3G device, but in fact most of the recent
HSDPA devices have been equally impressive. In fact, there's very little to
differentiate the RAZR MAXX from Samsung ZV50 and the BenQ-Siemens EF91 in
size and weight terms, although the RAZR MAXX is arguably the better looking
device. Of course looks are the thing
when it comes to RAZRs, and the RAZR MAXX is unmistakably part of the RAZR
line, including the "kick" at the bottom of the etched keypad and the
angular design. The exterior is made from a hardened class compound, which
certainly gives the RAZR MAXX a distinctive finish. Although, in truth we
wonder how much prospective users care about looks when the main purpose
of an HSDPA handset is to attain fast download speeds.
The
RAZR MAXX is now shipping.
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Motorola RAZR MAXX
at a glance
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Available:
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H2 2006
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Network:
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GSM 850/900/1800/1900 + UMTS + HSDPA
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Data:
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GPRS + EDGE + UMTS + HSDPA
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Screen:
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240x320 pixels, 256k colors
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Camera:
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2 Megapixels (main)
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Size:
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Medium clamshell
104x53x15mm / 105 grams
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Bluetooth:
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Yes
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Memory card:
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MicroSD
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Infra-red:
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No
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Yes
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Battery life:
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Not known
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General Hints, Warnings, &
Disclaimers
Here's some advice I give to
all N00bs to our Moto community. We've found this advice to be most
helpful in helping you get the answers you need without having to repeat them
again, and again, and again. Most of the questions you will ask have
probably been asked and answered numerous times (99.99% certain), so…….
- Warning #1: MODIFYING YOUR PHONE WILL VOID YOUR
WARRANTY. UNDERGO THESE, AND ANY
OTHER MODIFICATIONS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED IN THIS GUIDE AT YOUR OWN
RISK!!
- Always Read the Forum
Posting Rules Before You Post
- Always Read The
“Guides” Before Posting Questions
- If tutorials are
available, review them to learn how to do a mod
- Don’t Post The Same
Question In Numerous Threads On The Same Forum
- Always, “Search” the
forums for answers before posting your questions. Do your homework first! If you get
stumped-then ask. Remember, people
can tell by the questions you ask whether or not you’ve done your homework
- READ THE
STICKIES! They contain a lot of
valuable information—that’s why they are STICKIES!!
- Read the Moto Guides (http://themotoguide.com), particularly the V3x module
- Read the V3x Personalization Guide. You can get if from here: http://earlbentley.net
- The most important part of learning how to mod
your handset is for you to do your homework first!
- Warning #2: Make
sure you’re clear on the techniques needed to mod your phone BEFORE you
start the mod or you could wind up with one, very expensive “Brick”.
- Warning #3: ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS BACKUP your
original files before you start any mods!!
Believe me you won’t regret getting into this important habit. Use the Random Flash & Backup
program, version 3.0.053 to perform your backups since it now works with
the V3x.
- In a nutshell, here’s the best advice any of us
can give you:
Always read before u mod | Always backup
before u try | Always comment after u test | Always share after u learn
How this Guide is Setup
The
V3XPersonalization Guide is now set up in 4 Volumes:
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Volume 1: Mods,
Skinning, Audio/Video, and Basic Terms and Definitions
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Volume 2:
Java
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Volume 3: Hardware
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Volume 4: Q&A,
Additional Terms and Definitions, Error Messages, WAP Settings, Miscellaneous
Info
Some
of these instructions are redundant and in different formats. That’s because this information was compiled
from numerous sources/threads/guides prepared by many modders which can be
found on Motomodders.net, Howardforums.com, and PlanetMotox.net. Because people process information
differently, the redundant presentation of information may help many modders
fully understand the tasks that are described.
I’ve modified some of the information to fit my personal situation (what
I did, what tool I used, etc.). I take
no credit for figuring out the MMS Receive solution. All that credit goes to the people I’ve cited
as contributors on the front of this guide and in the text itself. BTW:
These instructions are for a Microsoft Windows XP, SP2 environment. I don’t own a MAC so I don’t cover MAC
configurations—at least not yet.
For the record, I am
currently using the following firmware on my Unlocked and Unbranded Black and
Silver V3Xs:
- Flex
Version: UCSIRUSEMEAR25221_095
- S/W: R252211LD_U-85.9B.A1P (Reflash)
- DRM: 85.9B.A1P (Reflash)
Get the firmware here on from my site at http://earlbentley.net/Download3.html or http://modmymoto.com:
So,
the menu paths provided in the various modding descriptions are based on this
firmware and the 12-icon mma_ucp/dcp setup.
If you’re on a different version of firmware, yours may be different,
depending on your network provider’s customizations. CAVEAT: If you’re using
Rasputin007’s new 16-icon mma_ucp/dcp, then the menu paths will be slightly different. But, this guide will provide menu paths that
should at least point you in the right direction and get you close. The idea is to help you navigate your phone
quickly and also to give you something to help you systematically address
frequently recurring tasks. Take the
Table 1 checklist and personalize it so it fits your specific needs!!.
Why to mod and Why this Guide:
So, you own a Motorola Razr V3x. Odds are you have been
roaming around the web reading random sites, getting blurbs about
"seems", "flashing", "flexing", and more. You're
confused, lost, and ready to pay somebody to do this, or give up. Well, that’s
what this site is for: to help. Let’s talk about modding the Motorola Razr.
First off, why mod the thing at all? Well, lots of reasons! First, it’s
cool. You can personalize your phone (change the outer picture, make it louder,
use different fonts, change the look of it all, etc). Also, changing the
software on the phone can increase your reception, your volume, the menu speed,
and much more. (Quote from the MotoGuide)
History of this Guide (MoGu V3xPG) or “How it Came
About”
Well,
the reason I started compiling this modding information was because I was
lazy. In searching every forum known to
man, trying to find mods and “How-Tos” for my new V3x, I was inundated with the
amount of information that was available.
So much so, that when I later tried to return to this information to
refresh my memory, I couldn’t find a lot of the stuff again. So, I started jotting down URLs and copying
information into MS Word files. Then, as
I started trying mods and screwing them up, I had to recover from those
mistakes which sometimes resulted in me having to set them up all over
again. Well you can imagine after doing
this again, and again, and again, I got tired of having to think about all the
things I needed to do so I created a checklist (Table 1 - General and
Specific Personalization/Configuration Tasks) to help me do those
redundant tasks faster. As I continued
my modding education, my research continued to provide more in-depth and
complex mods—even stuff that I wasn’t ready to try yet but knew I would be
someday—so I grabbed that stuff and put it in my archives until such day as my
skills (and courage) were sufficiently mature enough to try them.
Well,
you can see from this guide, the vast amount of information I’ve put together
and continue to put together. In data
mining the forums, I noticed that the same questions were being asked and the
process of repeatedly answering these questions was taking the knowledgeable Gurus
a lot of valuable time. So, I began to
make this guide available to people so they could do their basic research;
educate themselves and post questions to the forum when they needed
clarification, or when they were stuck.
Now, The Moto Guide posted on http://themotoguide.com is a wonderful guide and it helped me more than I can
say. So, my approach was not to replace
that guide but to augment the information it provided and personalize it—down
to the menu command level if possible--and put a lot of information in one
place so people wouldn’t have to scour the threads and guides provided in
different forums and websites. Voila!
The MoGu V3x Personalization Guide was born.
And that’s the
story………………………………..
BTW: Here’s
some great sites to get modding information, tutorials, skins, firmwares, etc:
Now…..On to more Good Stuff!!
It
takes a great deal of time and effort to modify or personalize our handsets. And currently, it is a pain to backup the
handset Flash Backup does not currently work with the V3x to enable me to make
full backups. At some point I will learn
how to create flash files but until then, I do the tasks identified in Table
1 - General and Specific Personalization/Configuration Tasks below to
do what I have to do to get my phones the way I want them regardless of whether
the phone is new or I’m recovering from some modding mistakes;>). Now, I don’t have to waste time remembering
certain settings, or which skins or modified SEEMS need to be uploaded. Hopefully this compilation of information
will help make things easier for you all as well. I’m on Cingular so much of the info is geared
toward Cingular settings but you can modify this information to fit your needs.
Since there is a choice of P2K
applications that perform the same function, you can obviously use the ones you
are most comfortable with to perform these mods. I show the ones I used in Table 1 below. Disclaimer:
Any mistakes in the information contained in this guide is purely unintentional. Like everyone says, “Use this information at
your own risk and backup your phone/files before you do anything!!” This gives you a better chance of recovering
from a near-catastrophic mistake.
The first thing you need to
do is get your phone and the phone modding tools connected. Once you’re connected, you can start your
modding adventure. Here’s a great guide
and tutorial that talks you through the process: http://www.filelodge.com/files/room31/857629/Guides_tutorials/Getting_Connected_P2K_Drivers_eb.zip. But, here’s a quick summary of the connection process:
You'll need the following
tools installed as your basic toolkit (Install the programs in this order. If
you didn’t install in this order, and if you experience problems, remove
everything and start over). Use Alzip or
WinRAR to uncompress the files:
1.
Motorola Phone
Tools 4.2.1a
2.
P2k Commander
Beta v3.3 (recommended because it can create skin directories on your phone),
or P2K Manager, or Moto4Lin
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P2K
2.9 Drivers
4.
RSD Lite 2.4,
2.6, 2.7, 2.8, or 3.0 (NOT 2.5—it has known bugs)
5.
Leader GL Flex
Editor 10.5 XP
6.
Skinner4Moto
(create and install skins)
7.
XVI32 SEEM/Hex
Editor
8.
Flash &
Backup 3.0.053
Read (Guide) and see
(animated flash tutorial) how to get connected so you can start modding. Follow this link:
http://earlbentley.net/Download.html
Note: Read all of the “Getting
Connected” options below and choose the method that you’re most comfortable
with—they all work—just some methods are easier than others
You'll need the following
tools installed as your basic toolkit (Load in this order. If you didn’t
install in this order, remove everything and start over). Use Alzip to uncompress the files:
1. Motorola Phone Tools 4.2.1a
2. P2k Commander Beta v3xxx
3. P2K 2.9 Drivers
4. RSD Lite 2.6, thru 3.3 (NOT 2.5)
5. LeaderGL Flex Editor 10.5 XP
6. Skinner4Moto (create and install skins)
First, here’s a link to a
tutorial for getting connected: http://earlbentley.net/Download.html
P2K driver installation has
always been a pain - often involving searching Google for warez.
Now, there is a much simpler method - go to Motodev downloads page and download the bottom file titled: UID, KDWP and
JAL Enabler Tool for Motorola OS Products Version 2.0
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Extract the
install file from the .zip file
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Follow the
installation instructions here
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Start from
section 3.2 for the software install instructions and section 4.2 for the
driver installation
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This works on
Windows XP and 2000
If you have problems
connecting the tools to the phone, here’s a tutorial to help you work through them: http://www.filelodge.com/files/room31/857629/Guides_tutorials/P2K_Driver_Troubleshooting.swf. In the meantime, ask yourself these questions:
1. What order did you load the tools? Usually you
load the Motorola Phone tools (MPT) first, P2K Commander or P2K Manager next
(these will load the P2K 2.9 drivers), then RSD Lite 3.0.
2. Did you have any problems installing P2K Commander or
P2K Manager?
3. Connect your phone directly to the computer—NOT
through a USB hub!
Do these things:
- With the phone plugged
directly into your computer NOT through a USB hub: On your computer, go to
control panel>system>device manager>hardware. Open the
entry entitled modems. Do you see an entry of "Motorola USB
Modem"?
- If that entry is
there, right click on it and select "properties". Look in
the "Device Status" box and if installed properly, you should
see "This device is working properly. If you are having
problems with this device, click Troubleshoot to start the
troubleshooter". If not installed properly, click on the
"Driver" tab at the top of the window.
- Now Click Update
- click the "no,
not at this time" radio button
- click next
- click "install
from a list or specific location (Advanced)" radio button and ,a
search and installation window will open
- click "include
this location in the search radio button
- Browse to the folder
that contains the P2k drivers
- Click Next. The
system will take a couple of seconds to look for the drivers in the
location you chose. Then, it will
probably ask you to point to the P2K.sys file so browse to the location of
that file (wherever the P2K drivers are located on your computer, usually
in a sub directory to P2KCommander/p2kdrivers_2.9 or P2K Manager/drv) and
click on it. You’ll have to point to P2K.sys file 4 times--1 each
for:
- Motorola Accessories
(Loaded via MPT)
- Accessories
Interface
- Data Logger MCU
Interface, and
- Test Command Interface.
When you finish, the drivers
should be installed and you should see a good working status under device
manager/modems/Motorola USB modem.
- Install RSD Lite 3.2. Again, here’s the tutorial for getting
connected because the tutorial covers the installation of this program as
well: http://earlbentley.net/Download.html
After
following these instructions and the tutorial, you should be able to connect to
your phone. If you can’t, I’d suggest
trying it on another computer if possible.
You may be experiencing a conflict with windows and the service
packs.
Here are screen shots of how
to install and troubleshoot your P2K driver problems. You can try reversing your drivers, or try
this new method, or use the Windows Device Manager to “update” your drivers.
Reversing the
Drivers
I have received many emails
about what happens if you already tried to install your phone before reading
this tutorial. Luckily there is a way to reverse the drivers that are currently
associated with your phone. Once you reset all of the related drivers, you
should be able to install your phone as the tutorial dictates without any
problems, as if you just plugged it in for the first time.
First, make sure your phone
is not plugged in. The only thing you'll need to download is this zip which
contains a batch file to show all of the devices (Connected or Not) in the
device manager.
Once you double click the
batch file you should be presented with a window like this
Now you need to click on "show hidden devices" in
the View menu like this
You should notice that the List has updated and probably
contains more entries now--mine looked like this:
You're basically done. All
you need to do now is expand the categories that are related to your V3x and
right click and select "Uninstall." You'll need to figure out which
drivers you personally installed your Phone under. The best guesses would be
Modems with anything of the name Motorola (Make sure you don't actually have a
Motorola USB Modem that you use as a Modem.
Then follow the “Getting Connected” tutorial of my site.
Congratulations! Your P2k drivers are now installed and you
should be able to successfully connect your handset to begin your modding operations. Good Luck in your modding efforts.
Now, to test the connection:
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Make sure your
phone is connected to the computer vie data cable
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Open P2K
Commander
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Click the
"Options" Menu item
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Make sure the
slider (Number of files to load) is positioned completely to the right for
"Unlimited"
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In the
"Select a phone's drives partitions" box, make sure the a/ radio
button is selected
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Click OK
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In the right
drive selection window (assuming the right window shows the phone) click the
down arrow and select P2K Mobile Phones
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If connected
properly, that selection will now be visible in the window and all of the the
phone's directories should be read. If
they are not, click the "Re-read" button
Note: You may have to unplug-then replug your
phone, then make the P2K Mobile Phones selection to cause P2K Commander to read
the phone properly. Good work!
P= How To Get Into Boot Loader?
F= With the phone turned off
but connected to the computer, press *
+ # + power key (that’s right—this will take 3 fingers) and hold until
the screen flashes white, then release the keys and you will see the following
message:
Boot Loader
0.6.8.2 (Whatever your Bootloader version is)
SW Version: R252211LD_U_85.9A.70R (Whatever your SW version is)
OK to Program
Transfer Mode:
USB
Note: To flash your phone in Boot Loader mode, you
need to be in USB transfer mode. The
tools won’t recognize the handset otherwise.
You can also start Boot
Loader in Serial RS-232 Transfer mode by
unplugging the handset; turning off the phone, and pressing the * + # + power key
Note: To exit Boot Loader
Mode: Simply press the “off” key. Re-start the phone as normal
Now let’s get started on some V3x Personalization
The table below illustrates
what I normally do to my phones to get them the way I like them. You can modify the tasks in the table to fit
your needs.
Table 1 - General and Specific Personalization/Configuration Tasks
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Tool
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Make sure the battery is
fully charged and backup your files before modding!!
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Charger
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THIS IS IMPORTANT!!!!
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Change the phone’s USB
Connection to “data connection” so it will connect with the Modding tools
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Handheld
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Settings>Connection>USB
Settings>USB Connection: Data connection
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3
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Backup the phone or at
least
the current flex from phone
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Flash Backup or Leader GL
FlexEditor 10.5 XP
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4
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Flash the phone with new
firmware including any new DRMs
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RSD Lite 3.0
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Make sure you’re using V3X
firmware!!
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5
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Document the new Flex Version and S/W Version
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Handheld
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Settings>Phone
Status>Other Information
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PERSONALIZE
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Set Time and Date
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Handheld
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Settings>Initial
Setup>Time and Date
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Set Answer Options
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Handheld
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Settings>In-Call
Setup>Answer Options
- Multi-Key:
On
- Open To Answer: Off
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8
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Delete any unwanted skins
installed with the Flash.
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P2KCommander
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Keep the Provider’s skin
(in my case MOTO) so if anything happens with your personalized skins, the
phone always has something to load
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