Applying Skins (V3a)

by:bio-chemical-productions

THINGS YOU WILL NEED:

-usb cord
-v3a
-correct drivers
-skin you want to apply (skins that work are ones for any moto phone that uses the Moto UI) i found some decent pre-made ones at modmymoto
-Skins Manager (skiman) or alternate download here by signing up at modmymoto

REMINDER: you may need to extract the files from the folder if you are downloading the skins.

what to do:

This is very simple. Start Skins Manager. Then plug in your phone. It will make the chime noise as its connecting.When its done connecting you will notice in the bottom right corner it will tell you how much free space. If it says 0 then either your phone isn't connected or your phone is full. When you know your phone is connected and ready to go. you must click the "install" button. a list of Skin Patches will pop-up.. What these do are make little changes to the skin that you are about to apply.. un-check them all until you are comfortable messing around with them. now click ok. it should bring up a box that wants to know where the skin file is located. So locate the file. Then press open. it should load the skin into your phone. Now go to the little button that says more. click it and select restart your phone. when your phone is restarted you may unplug it and then you can set your skin.
to set your skin from your phone go to settings/personalize/skins and select your new skin!

Enjoy!

Change start up and shut down animations

the things you will need to work with is:
1. msu
2. p2kc ( p2k commander)
3. 2 pictures in gif format sized 176 x 220
4. USB cable for moto razr

first off this guide is pretty much identical to the verizon modding guide for this subject so if you have done this with a verizon v3m then you will have no trouble with this one.

1. select the pics you are gonna use for your start up and shutdown. make sure they are in GIF format and sized at 176 x 220. to big or to small and the results wont work. also there is premade ones on motox.com ( http://www.motox.info/showthread.php?t=5952 )You can browse the list for some good ones and if you dont have or know how to convert your pics to GIF format just signup with moto x and in the link which is a forum post your pics and ask nicely for someone to convert them and they will do it.They are usualy cool about making them and will also make you a lcd image , screensaver, and couple wallpapers.

2. once you have your pics ready open MSU and connect your phone. Your esn should read when it finds your phone. Then you can launch p2kc ( p2k commander). Once you have that open it on the right side drop down click p2k mobile phone. It should start auto loading your phones files. When files are done fully loading you should see under file name the letter A. click on it and it will show a list with the top 3 bein ( BREW , MOBILE , MOTOROLA) click on motorola , shared , and then pictures. When you have done that look for these 2 files in that list ( customer_closing.gif & customer_opening.gif )These are your start up and shutdown animations. You wanna save these to a file so if you open you phone files on the left side and copy them to folder on the right side with C:\ being in the drop down you will have a back up.

3. Once you have done that have your pics you selected ready and formatted and read this closely. YOU MUST NAME THE START UP PICTURE CUSTOMER_OPENING & SHUTDOWN PICTURE CUSTOMER_CLOSING. THERE IS NO NEED TO ADD THE GIF EXTENSION SINCE IT SHOULD ALREADY BE IN GIF FORMAT. ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF P2KC WITH THE LIST IN THE PICTURE FILE GO AHEAD AND DELETE THOSE 2 FILES JUST TO MAKE SURE YOUR NEW ONES COPY OK. THEN ON THE LEFT GO TO WHERE YOU HAVE SAVED YOU NEW PICTURES AND CLICK ON THAT FOLDER TO REVEAL YOU NEW PICS. HIGHLIGHT THE ONE YOU CHOSE FOR SHUTDOWN THEN CLICK COPY ON THE RIGHT HAND CORNER FOR P2KC WINDOW. ONCE IT LOADS YOU CAN DO THE SAME FOR START UP PIC ( I GO SHUT DOWN FIRST JUST BECAUSE THE ORDER IT APPEARS ON THE LIST WONT CONFUSE YOU)

4. After you have done that click the resart button and you can safely disconnect your phone. It will take a second to go back to main screen but once thats done you can test it by shutting your phone off and turning back on and walla it should display your new animations.

Create Skins (V3a)

im still working on typeing up the guide for creating my own skins and i will post the guide as soon as im done!

- bio-chemical-productions -

Make free custom ringtones

Things you will need:

1. goldwave software
2. open and account with zedge.com
3. msu
4. p2kc

This to help you make your own ringtones with out having to buy software converters or ringtone maker. The website zedge.com already has a ringtone maker available for account user and you can upload your own mp3's and customize it using their edit program which is extremely user friendly, it makes 29 sec long ringtones.Go to www.zedge.com to sign up.

1. Once you have a account with zedge.com go to ringtone maker. Once your on that page click browse and search for your mp3 file you would like to make for you phone. Once you have selected it click upload and it will up your file to be alter for your liking. Move the start and end spacer bars over the soundwave you see and you can preview what you will hear to accurately make your ringtone sound good. After that click done and it will give you options on how to save it. You wanna click save to pc ( for easier location i save it to my desktop ).

2. Goldwave is optional if the mp3 RT has too much bass for your speaker you can use goldwave to edit your mp3 from stereo to mono and lower the sound grade so its less harsh on your phones speakers. To getr the software you can go to www.downloads.com or search it on any search engine to find it. It has step by step guides to help you edit you mp3.

3. Open MSU and p2kc. Once p2kc is open on the right side click the drop down and highlight p2k mobile phone. it will begin to auto load your phones files. once it done loading click on a located under file name on right side column then motorola , shared, and finaly audio. Once you have comppleted that task find your custom ringtone on the left side which should have c:\ defaulted in the left side drop down. Highlight it and click copy button. Once it completes copying the file over to your phone click restart to safely disconnect your phone.

4. To locate your new ringtone go to menu on your phone and open media the sounds. Find your new ringtone file and click the option soft key. You will have the option to apply as ringtone. Select that and you will be able to find it on you list of ringtones in you settings menu.

Have fun making your own ringtones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Transferring Files (v3a)

by: bio-chemical-productions
YOU WILL NEED :

-Motorola PST: Reminder- this program must stay running in the background while using many programs.
-P2K Commander:
-V3a RAZR
-USB CORD
-CORRECT INSTALLED DRIVERS

Starting the Programmer:

Now open PST PHONE PROGRAMER. It will say establishing connection with phone. Its important that you don’t plug your phone in until after PST is running. After plugging in the phone you should hear notification chimes. When they are done then your phone should be connected now to PST .

STARTING P2k Commander:
Now with the phone connected and PST running in the background you may open P2KC, After you hear it connect you are ready to start.

REMINDER: Your IMG/VIDEO/AUDIO folders are located at ( a/motorola/shared/ )
This is where you will see the files that are stored in the phone. To Get there you must go on the top of the right column and dropdown the menu. Choose the P2K Mobile Device. Then choose the file you want to upload from your phone(right column) then dropdown the menu from the left column and choose a folder that you want the files stored into. Now right click the files and click copy. The file should now be stored. Exit when finished. Now to put files into the phone from your computer just follow these same instructions but copy from computer(left column) to the correct phone folder (right column).

You should now have Successfully transferred files.

REMINDER: this same concept is used when applying ringtones.