w580 flash theme menus help!

hey i am rather new to flashing and modding my phone so i need alittle help.
I debranded my w580 with wontan and now i want to add some flash themes.

can i add flash themes for free on a w580? and if not is there someway to "pay" for them if for free.... continue reading below

but i cant figure out how. i have read and read and just cant wrap my head around it. it seems like every tutorial i read is different and it just confuses me.

i have xs++ installed and it reads my phone properly. i have downloaded some flash themes(from top sony) and in the .rar file they are laid out in the folder sequence

tpa
{

{ preset -- system-- desktop-- flash--(.swf theme) }
{ standby -- .swf file}

{ user -- Theme-- thm(bunch of theme files) }

}

if that doesnent make sense im sure you know what i mean..
but if someone could just outline the steps for me that would be awsome.

thanks alot

hey man,im new here, i cant download the main firmware and the file system.. it ask me to wait 1 month with 20 messages.. any faster way? i want to flash my phone which is w850i and its CID51 Red.. which software should i flash to? plz answer.. thkz

I am in the same boat waiting as well. I do believe you can pay to become a premium member which will allow access to the Download section.

Hello Restivo,

I also debranded my phone with WoTan.

To Upload files to your w580i

Download XS++ 1.68
Place all the flash files (.swf) in the following path (Where your XS++ executable is located):
files_to_upload\tpa\preset\system\desktop\flash
Start XS++
Click on connect and connect your phone
Click on Customize
Go to Settings and click on BreakXS
Go to FSX and click on Start FSX.
Wait a couple of minutes and you're done.

Now you will need themes to use the flash files you've just uploaded.

Download and install TUG ZIP TUGZip - The Free Archiving Utility
Find a theme that you want to modify to use a flash menu on.
rename the file from XXXX.THM to XXXX.tar
Extract the files into a subfolder
Locate the .xml file
edit the file in notepad.
Locate the line: Sony_Ericsson_theme version="4.1"
Enter this after the line:
<Desktop_style Type="File" Source="XXXX.swf"/> where XXXX.swf is the name of the flash theme you wish to use.
Save and exit from notepad.
Highlight all the files you've extracted and right click on a file and click on add to archive.
Select the TAR format and zip the files.
Rename the zipped file from XXXX.TAR to XXXX.THM
Upload the THM to your phone.

Enjoy your new flash theme.

anybody can teach me .... i speak spanish i don´t understand english very well. thx

"Extract the files into a subfolder
Locate the .xml file"

im a little confused on this step
where can i find the .xml file?

the .xml file is located in the folder you extracted from the thm file.

how do i extract the folder from the thm file though? sorry:(

i have a problem like i deleted something then the menu didnt work, then i tried to flash it but then i got an error so i dont really noe wat to do
ne1 help

when ever i zip up the file i get a TUGZIP TAR archive and i cantt use it on my phone! what do i do

with windows you must use Tugzip... under Linux just click "extract"... it's considered as a .TAR file on ubuntu

I don't think I quite understand. What are the swf files you load on to the phone? I believe I understand that thm files are theme files, but you need to change them to make them flash themes? Thanks

yes you have to decompress the thm file, edit the theme.xml in order to call the flash menus you put in your phone FS

I'm not following...@mfawal do I have to flash my phone to add flash menus?

No, you only upload it through xs++ ( fsx ).
Look in the xs++ guide:

link

This part:

Uploading acoustics/camdrivers etc.


Nice day and Happy Christmas

use the new guide xs 3.1