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Tyx
11th July 2008, 03:56
A simplified procedure for adding folders to your default FP1 N-Series phone (e.g. N95, N95 8GB, N82) (standard folders included)

I thought I'd write a little guide to help you do this safely. In this attachment, I have only included the standard folders the way I like them. It is very easy to change them to your personal taste. This might work for more FP1 phones than the N-series (some E-series users say it works), but I have only tested in on my N95 8GB.

With Zylam Marex's genius experimenting, most of the folders are now international, i.e. if you change the language of your phone they will also change. The only ones still not changing are: Help, GPS and Accelerometer (Extra applications folder, inside Games in this release. If anyone can find the tags for them which will work in all Nokia phones, you're welcome to tell us :)

The .mif is made by me, and includes the 15 folders in the correct order, and also the "circle" for running applications; this fixes the problems when using the c2z patch, where the wrong icon (connectivity) was being used instead of the circle (See here ([Only registered and activated users can see links])). Now this .mif can also be used together with SmartSIS to change that "running app circle", if you wish.

The folder icons have been tested and are fine with theme changes as well, and ALL of them have animation, thanks to rolan95d's work here ([Only registered and activated users can see links]).
The animations for the green man and the internet globe are still missing, but I have substituted them reasonably (I think :)), for now.

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The language of the folders will also automatically adapt to your language.
Well, apart from Help and GPS. If you want to change Help to your language all you have to do is:
-Open the .xml file included in the attachment, I have made it minimal on purpose, it includes only the main folders, so that it's not too confusing.
-Find the folder you want to change (after <appshell:folder ), and change the name after short_name= , long_name= , and title_name= , using the language of your choice.
-The rest of the folders with a "&qtn... " in the names, will automatically change to your language.

Let's start:
You need X-plore, you can get it Here ([Only registered and activated users can see links]). Of course you are free to use any file manager you like.

Step 1 Transfer the attachment (Tyx.rar) to your mass memory. Disconnect your phone from your pc.

Step 2 Make a backup of your appshelldata.xml.
First disable caps on your phone, using either ROMpatcher or CapsOff.

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Now you can access the C:\Private folder.

Using X-plore, navigate to C:\private\101F4CD2\Content\ , highlight appshelldata.xml, and press 7 , to rename it.
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Add a 1 after the xml, or just call it whatever. Press OK.

Step 3 Navigate to where you transfered Tyx.rar with X-plore, in E:\. Open it, and press 4 to extract it, and choose C: as the destination:
415288<- Press 4, then choose C:
If it mentions overwriting, say yes.

Step 4 Close X-plorer, and restart your phone. All your applications should now be lying in a jumbled mess in the Applications folder. Distribute them with "Options->Move to Folder", as you see fit!

If you need to go back to your previous configuration, just delete appshelldata.xml from C:\Private\101F4CD2 (see step 2), and rename your initial file (which in the above example was renamed appshelldata.xml1), back to appshelldata.xml. Then restart your phone.

THAT'S IT.

AND PLEASE NOTE: THIS METHOD WILL NOT WORK WITH pre-FP1 PHONES!


Thanks go to Zylam Marex for figuring out about the language and theme changes and Rolan95d for finding the animations (Look at his thread for even more animations).

(In the rar I have kept the minimum of xml code, ignoring the standard applications like recorder etc., which will be dumped into your Applications folder for you to move wherever you want. This was in order to make it easier for people to modify their folders as they see fit, if they choose to. )

And of course thanks to FCA000000 for the initial fantastic hack, and Ipmart for being such a fantastic place :) :ilove:


-Tyx


Edit: Updated (12 Jul) after albertobom's testing here ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) which suggested that some phones need all the files to be read from C:\ , even though the previous version worked with the N95 8GB.
Updated again (13 August) with a new .mif, which is compatible with the methods of changing the running applications' circle (e.g. Piciar's icons here ([Only registered and activated users can see links])), and avoids problems (see txt).
And again (22 August) with a slightly modified menu structure (Extras folder is now contained in Applications), following a reasonable request.

iPhone4GRo
11th July 2008, 04:02
Well, the rise of yet another menu-editing guru....

Welcome aboard mate!

Tyx
11th July 2008, 04:05
:thanks: This place is amazing :) Good to be here!

kojirox
11th July 2008, 04:49
How to extract Tyx.rar with Xplorer? When I press 4, I straight away Message :-??

sansierro
11th July 2008, 05:16
Thanx thats sool....Can anyone confirm if it work's with all preFP1....in my N73 it didnt work...i wanna know am made something wrong or it works with FP1 devices only...

Tyx
11th July 2008, 05:24
How to extract Tyx.rar with Xplorer? When I press 4, I straight away Message :-??

Go into the .rar first, press the middle button after you highlight it. You will see the screenshot above. THEN press 4. It won't go to message then :)

kojirox
11th July 2008, 05:25
I delleted original .xml not new .xml :((

How to change folders default. Help me!

Can anyone upload original .xml? Im using N95-1

Tyx
11th July 2008, 05:27
Thanx thats sool....Can anyone confirm if it work's with all preFP1....in my N73 it didnt work...i wanna know am made something wrong or it works with FP1 devices only...

Hi sansierro... Unfortunately as I learned recently myself, the N73 doesn't use an .xml file to get the menus, it's done differently. So this method is only for FP1 phones...

Tyx
11th July 2008, 05:29
I delleted original .xml not new .xml :((

How to change folders default. Help me!

Can anyone upload original .xml? Im using N95-1

Uhm...did you see STEP 2 above?

Anyway, I think that if you delete your .xml it will reset to the factory settings. Try that.

kojirox
11th July 2008, 05:47
Uhm...did you see STEP 2 above?

Anyway, I think that if you delete your .xml it will reset to the factory settings. Try that.

I knew :( But I didnt want to do that

Can you up for me original .xml? Thank a lot!

Tyx
11th July 2008, 06:49
I don't have the .xml for N95-1. As I said, try deleting it. And next time follow the steps when you see them...

pilo
11th July 2008, 12:28
thanks, i love this idea, but im using menueditor.
thx anyway

NIGRA
11th July 2008, 12:52
does it work on my 6120?

Tyx
11th July 2008, 14:13
thanks, i love this idea, but im using menueditor.
thx anyway

MenuEditor is fantastic, I also have it on my phone. However it does still have some drawbacks, i.e. changing themes and languages. When OPDA fixes these little things, I'll go back to using it fully, too.
This method here gives you the menu in the screenshot, which contains all the Nokia standard folders. And by changing your .xml around with a text editor, you can customize it as you like.

Tyx
11th July 2008, 14:18
does it work on my 6120?

It should do, but it's not tested. If your 6120 has an appshelldata.xml file in the C:\private\101F4CD2\Content folder, it should work fine. Follow the steps and let us know :)

Tyx
13th July 2008, 00:34
The attachment in the first post has been modified slightly, it should now work with all FP1 phones :)

Ghost Team
13th July 2008, 01:39
I knew :( But I didnt want to do that

Can you up for me original .xml? Thank a lot!


[Only registered and activated users can see links]

here is the link of orginal appshelldata.xml form my's dad N95-1

rexxxiii
18th July 2008, 12:39
Sorry if I'm quite a n00b at this but, is the N70 included on the list of phones this could work on to? The title thread generalized N-series phones, I was hoping you guys can show me how to do this on my N70 :suicide:

Hope someone can help. Thank you!

Tyx
18th July 2008, 15:31
Sorry if I'm quite a n00b at this but, is the N70 included on the list of phones this could work on to? The title thread generalized N-series phones, I was hoping you guys can show me how to do this on my N70 :suicide:

Hope someone can help. Thank you!

I'm sorry rexxxiii, this won't work on your phone, as it does not use the .xml file for the menu. This will not work for preFP1 phones I'm afraid... :sorry:

I agree, the title is misleading... I didn't think... :( I slightly changed the text of the 1st post, thank you for pointing it out.

Tyx
13th August 2008, 03:32
Made a couple of updates to the .xml and the .mif, to make it compatible with the c2z patch and the changing of the menu circle. Enjoy...

Baron1
14th August 2008, 21:03
Thanx Man!!

workin Great!!!

santa_e51
18th August 2008, 11:18
I like menu modding.. thanks for the addition...

Murder_me
19th August 2008, 00:36
Nice tutorials,great job...even i dnt hve phone 2 try it..mayb later

Wolf_Dz
20th August 2008, 12:23
thanks bro nice share.

Tyx
22nd August 2008, 16:41
Thanks for all the comments. Please if you have any suggestions let me know.

M4Y4
25th August 2008, 16:16
Thanks for the great share Tyx!
One question before I try this, in your first post you mentioned "The folder icons have been tested and are fine with theme changes".
Does this mean the icons are theme based? ie. it changes to the icons that came with the theme?

Tyx
26th August 2008, 03:33
Thanks for the great share Tyx!
One question before I try this, in your first post you mentioned "The folder icons have been tested and are fine with theme changes".
Does this mean the icons are theme based? ie. it changes to the icons that came with the theme?

What I mean is that when you change your theme they do not disappear, and if the theme has other pictures for your icons and folders, the pictures will change according to the new theme.
Try it, you lose nothing, if you follow the instructions you can restore the original if you don't like the result :)