This is a common error I came across when converting Flash Lite 3 menus to Flash Lite 2. The menus would only show the Cyber-shot logo and not the Walkman one.

In the newer menus there is only 1 camera icon, as opposed to 2, therefore the code needs to be changed slightly to accommodate this, unless you go ahead and create a separate icon for non Cyber-shot phones, and modify the code to accommodate the new icon, alternatively you can take a shortcut

Just replace the line beginning with for (beginning of the for loop) in the checkPhoneType() function with this line:

for (i = 11; i >= 0; i–)

The line makes it check for a Walkman phone first, then it checks for a Cyber-shot phone. This is because, Walkman phones use the same camera icon as Cyber-shot phones, which resulted in the previous code recognising every phone as a Cyber-shot.

Now simply test your menu and it should now work

Finally, I have solved this mystery after a long time, I could not believe how simple the fix was.

This mystery is related to the Walkman phones, where the Walkman icon would disappear from the menu.

The cause of the issue is the name of the movieclip containing the walkman icon, so to fix it simply locate the following lines “var App8_” and replace them with

var App8_IconName = “MEDIAPLAYER_DESKTOP_ICN”;
var App8_Text = “walkman”;

Also, make sure you rename your movieclip so it corresponds to the new icon name “MEDIAPLAYER_DESKTOP_ICN”

Now simply test your menu and it should now work

Here is a tutorial to help you debrand your phone, so you can enjoy all of your phone’s features and remove the operator branding.

This method is not free

DISCLAIMER:
Use this tutorial at your own risk, i am not responsible for you damaging your phone. (Nothing should go wrong if you just stick to the tutorial)

Before we begin, make sure you have backed up everything on your phone and take out the memory card

Part 1: Changing your phone’s CDA

1) Go here and register and activate your account
http://www.omnius-server.com/um/registration

2) Go here to download Omnius and extract it using WinRAR
http://www.omnius-server.com/download

3) Now double click “omnius_se.exe” and Omnius will now load

4) Click on “Settings”, then click on “Server Settings”

5) Now the username and password of the account you created and then click on “Save changes”

6) Now choose your phone from the drop down menu

7) Now click on “Identify” and follow the instructions. This is to make sure your phone can connect to Omnius and everything is working well

8 ) Now that everything is working well, click on “Flash”

9) Now choose a generic customization and then click on “OK”

10) Now just follow the instructions

11) Once finished, turn on your phone and go to “Menu->Settings->General->Master reset” and choose “Reset all”

12) After the reset, turn off your phone

Part 2: Debranding your phone

1. 1) Click here to download the Sony Ericsson Update Service, if you don’t have it installed on your PC
2. 2) Run the Sony Ericsson Update Service
3. 3) Follow the instructions

If everything went smoothly, enjoy your debranded phone

That concludes the tutorial, if you get any problems or if the tutorial doesn’t work, then just post a comment. Thanks

Here is a tutorial to help you debrand your phone, so you can enjoy all of your phone’s features and remove the operator branding.

The things you will need are:

• Ultimate CDA Generator by CodeClaw (Click here to download)
• A2 uploader (Click here to download)
• Sony Ericsson Update Service (Click here to download)

Part 1: Creating the CDA XML file

1. 1) Run the Ultimate CDA Generator. If the program gives an error then you will need to have Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or higher installed on your computer
2. 2) Select your phone’s model by clicking the phone icon
3. 3) Now select a region by clicking on the region icon (Select a generic one, if you would like to debrand)
4. 4) Click the save icon, and select where you would like to save the “customize_upgrade.xml” file to

Part 2: Uploading the file onto your phone

1. 1) Turn off your phone and take the battery out and then put it back in
2. 2) Run the A2Uploader
3. 3) Click the “FileSystem Tool” button
4. 4) Hold the “C” button and connect the USB cable. If this doesn’t work try holding buttons “2″ and “5″ together, instead of “C”
5. 5) Now goto “/tpa/preset/custom”
6. 6) Drag and drop the file “customize_upgrade.xml” onto the right panel of A2Uploader
7. 7) Now click “Shutdown FS Manager” button
8. Disconnect the USB cable and turn on your phone
9. 9) A “Please Wait” prompt will appear on your phone, wait until this disappears and turn off your phone

Part 3: Debranding your phone

1. 1) Run the Sony Ericsson Update Service
2. 2) Follow the instructions

If everything went smoothly, enjoy your debranded phone

That concludes the tutorial, if you get any problems or if the tutorial doesn’t work, then just post a comment. Thanks

Here is a tutorial to help you change the background of a flash menu.

The things you will need are:

• Adobe Flash installed on your computer
• The source code of a flash menu (.fla file)

Now lets begin, first you will need to open the flash menu by double clicking on the .fla file, this will load Adobe Flash.

Now click on the “Library” icon

Now look for the original background and right click it and click “Properties”

Now click on “Import”, and a window will appear

Select your image file and click on “Open”.
Make sure the image is 240×320

You will see your image on the right and just click “OK”

Finally, goto File -> Export -> Export Movie.

This will create your flash menu, with your own background.

Now all you need to do is upload it onto your phone. There is a tutorial on this in the “Tutorials” section.

That concludes the tutorial, if you get any problems or if the tutorial doesn’t work, then just post a comment. Thanks

Here’s something of which will interest you all

Before we begin, we need to take care of a few things.

• 1) DISCLAIMER: Use this tutorial at your own risk, i am not responsible for you damaging your phone. (Nothing should go wrong if you just stick to the tutorial and don’t delete anything stupid)

• 2) Click here to download the FarManager

  If you experience issues with it, then you can try this one, thanks to Reignman for providing the link.
  Click here to download FarManager 2.0 b1678

• 3) The sony ericsson update service (Click here to download) This includes the drivers

Now lets get to work

Extract the downloaded zip file and run the file “Far.exe”

Once the program has loaded, press “F11″ on the keyboard, to load the pop-up menu, which shows you all the plug-ins

Click on “SEFP2″, this is the plugin which lets you access your phone

Click on “Connect”, to start the connection process

Turn off your phone, then press and hold the “C” button on your phone’s keypad. Whilst holding the button, plugin the cable.
If the “C” button does not work, you can try holding the buttons “2″ & “5″ together.

Navigate to where your menu is stored on your computer using the left hand column.

Navigate to /tpa/preset/system/desktop/flash using the right hand column.

NB “..” – if you click this, then you will go to the parent folder.

Click the menu you want to upload on the left hand column, and drag it onto the right hand column

Click on “Copy”, which will upload a copy of the file onto your phone

Now click on “Quit”, when you have finished uploading all the menus onto your phone

Click on “Yes” to exit the program

That concludes the tutorial, if you want to link this flash menu to a different theme, then view this tutorial and skip to part 2

If you get any problems, then just post a comment. Thanks

This tutorial shows you how to hide the stand by shortcut keys

This tutorial was provided by Orangezeb. This tutorial shows how to get rid of the stand by buttons, however it will not disable the shortcut button, well it didn’t disable it for me

Tested and working on W910i/p>

just upload all .itm files in this folder (except this read me of course…) to tpa/preset/custom

and the layout_main.xml to tpa/system/layout

Enjoy…

Pros:

Total Fullscreen in standby not even a dot.
Extra numbers space when typing a phone directly in standby

Cons:

You can’t see new sms icon, bluetooth , music , handsfree, silent Icons on top ! but you can still view miss calls and sms in activity menu or pop up..

Here is a screenshot, to show what this mod does.

Credit goes to:

S.Orangzeb AKA The Nemesis

• Click here to download the tutorial

All comments are appreciated!

Here’s the tutorial you all wanted, hope it helps.

Before you use the turorial, you will need the following

• A2Uploader (Click here to download)

• Sony Ericsson Update Service (Click here to download)

• Sony Ericsson Theme Creator(Click here to download)

• If you have a Sony Ericsson Aino or any of the other new phones, use the FarManager tutorial instead, Click here to view it

Part 1: Installing the flash menu

1) Run the A2Uploader and then click on “FileSystem Tool”

2) Navigate to “/tpa/preset/system/desktop/flash”

3) Now drag your flash menu into the right side window

4) Now click on “Shutdown FS Manager”

5) Now click on “Quit” to close A2Uploader

If your flash menu came with a theme, then you can skip part 2 and just install the theme

Part 2: Activating the flash menu

1) Double click your theme file and the Theme Creator will open. If you get a message similar to the one above, just click “Yes”

2) Now click on the “XML” icon

3) Now copy and past this line just before the </Sony_Ericsson_theme>, replacing “MenuName” with the name of your flash menu

<Desktop_style Source=”MenuName.swf” Type=”File”/>

Then click on “OK”

4) A box will appear similar to the one above, just click “Yes”

5) Now click on the save icon to save the theme, and simply upload the file to your phone using bluetooth or via the cable

That concludes the tutorial, if you have any queries or have any issues then just let me know

All comments are appreciated!