Maximizin E680i for newbies

[aremcy]

MAXIMIZING E680i
(for newbies who are afraid to flash full firmware)

SECTION 1: Maximize E680i without flashing full firmware

Maximizing E680i usually involves flashing. But for newbies, like me, flashing full firmware is quite dangerous since we are afraid mess-up our beloved phone. Worry no more, for this guide will teach us an alternative way to maximize E680i with only flashing some portion of the firmware using Cyph’s flaskit – for me the safest way to flashing our phone.

SECTION 2: Firmware Upgrades and Appz

A maximized E680i should have the following (all these upgrades and appz can be downloaded in motorolafans.com):

a) Three Search’s CG33 Unicode version 2.0

1) Unicode
2) Editable Gain Table and 6 Vibrate Files
3) Startup Tone
4) Startup Scripts
5) Auto Telnet
6) Auto Backup Native Database to SD Card
7) Bash2 and Other Bin Utilities
Preloaded NEO Installer
9) Preloaded Ezx Dialogue and Leo’s Message
10) Latest Opera Browser
11) Switchfont Utility
12) Preloaded MPKG Installer

b) Three Search’s CG35 with Multi-Latin Keyboard

1) Multi-Latin Keyboard
2) Multi-Latin GUI

c) Three Search’s Language Pack

(a prerequisite in installing Three Search’s CG35 with Multi Latin Keyboard)

d) Lin Loader

Executes shell scripts, such as: .lin and .sh

e) MPKG Appz:

1) LinZip
2) Camcap
3) EPlayer Beta 7
4) Ezx Editor
5) Motovision
6) MP3 Player with Equalizer
7) Silent Shutter
XSnes9x version 3.0
9) VBA with FE
10) Xnes
11) Doom
12) Quake

f) NEO Appz:

1) Bass Boost
2) Qonsole
3) Screenshot
4) Theme Manager

g) Scipts

1) Missedcall.lin
2) Acamattach.lin
3) HideFile.mtf

h) Java Appz and Games:

1) Full Screen Video
2) Winamp with Lyrics
3) Lots of Java Games


SECTION 3: Installing Lin Loader

Lin Loader is an essential application for e680i.

a) Download MPKG-Loader.rar. Use winzip to extract Loader_e680i_sd.mtf and Loader_e680i_phone.mtf
b) Set phone to USB Mass Storage Mode and then connect to PC via USB Cable
c) Copy Loader_e680i_sd.mtf to the root of phone (diska)
d) Remove phone to PC
e) Tap on Loader_E680i_sd.mtf for e680i to install Lin Loader
f) Activate Icon.
g) After activating icon, there will be a smiling face named "AppName" in User1 category.

(Note: To activate icon. In any of the categories, click menu, choose “Change Order”, just play around and the click OK)

SECTION 4: Pre-Telnet (PC Appz for easier Telnet)

Below are PC applications/drivers for easier Telnet:

a) USBLAN

1) Download USBLAN.rar
2) Click the installer to install drivers (Note: this version does not work on XP without modification)
3) Look for the modified .inf file in the usblanpatch folder
4) Replace the original file on installed location with this patched one

b) Acmattach.lin

1) Download Acmattach.lin.rar
2) Copy Acmattach.lin (preferably on root of SD Card)
3) Set phone to USB Modem Mode then connect to PC via USB Cable
4) On the phone, tap + hold on the file, popup menu will appear. Select “Open with”
5) Select “App Name” with a smiley face icon. (Lin Loader)
6) Check “Always use this program to open file type”
7) You will get a new device found prompt on XP (Note: If it don’t show a new device on XP, restart your PC)
Select location for driver and point it to installation directory of USBLAN
9) Wait… your device is installed. Click finish


c) Test Telnet

1) Set phone to USB Modem Mode then connect to PC via USB Cable
2) On the phone, tap Acmattach.lin. Now you are connected via USBLAN
3) On the PC, press “Win + R”, and type “cmd” in run dialog
4) In XP command prompt, type “telnet 169.254.142.2” without quotes and press enter
5) Type root on telnet login prompt, press enter
6) You are on root of your phone. Our test is ok, type exit and press enter
7) Close command prompt and unplug USB cable

SECTION 5: Flashing CG33 using Cyph’s Flashkit

By this time, I assume that you already know how to Telnet. Below is a step by step procedure in installing CG33.

a) Download Cyph’s Flashkit. (Note: based on my experience, it is the safest way of flashing e680i without messing our phone)
b) Download the modified CG33 at http://vllp.sourceforge.net
c) Set phone to USB Mass Storage Mode then connect to PC via USB Cable
d) Copy Flashkit folder to the root of SD Card
e) Copy the modified CG33 to flashkit folder and rename it to CG33.smg
f) Unplug USB Cable
g) On the phone, tap rwflash.lin. This will load rwflash.o
h) Leave the phone alone and wait. When the screen blanks out wait 30secs longer, there's a good chance the phone entered low power mode.
i) Telnet to the phone (by connecting USB cable clicking acmattach.lin open command prompt telnet 169.254.142.2 login as root)
j) Type cat /proc/rwflash_status and press enter. If it shows "unlocked", your flash is writable!! If not, unplug phone and go to Step H
k) Continue command below in sequence
l) Type cd /mmc/mmca1/flashkit
m) Type ./start.sh
n) The script will start killing the phone's apps and mount the miniroot. After which, your telnet connection will be terminated
o) Telnet back to the phone at port 10000, Type Telnet 169.254.142.2 10000 and login as root. You are now in the miniroot. All phone applications should be killed by now (Except for mmcsdapp, for some reason, it is stuck in an uninterruptible sleep. This means we can't unmount the original root. Well, too bad.)
p) Type cat /proc/mtd to see what partitions you have. You should be able to flash the "R/W" partitions (Note: you should see the following)

mtd4: 000e0000 00020000 "R/W Kernel"
mtd5: 018e0000 00020000 "R/W RootFS"
mtd6: 00020000 00020000 "R/W Setup"
mtd7: 00020000 00020000 "R/W Logo"

q) CD to the directory where we have placed our rootfs (in this case we placed it at /mmc/mmca1/flashkit) and then give following command: flashcp -v CG33.smg /dev/mtd5
r) Wait until the whole process is finish (Note: don’t worry if flashcp gives an error at end. It does. But your work is done.)
s) Type sync
t) Exit Telnet
u) Pull out battery. Reboot phone.









SECTION 6: Flashing Three Search’s CG33 Unicode version 2.0

Now that you know how to Telnet and use Cyph’s flashkit, you are now ready to install Three Search’s CG33 Unicode version 2.0.

a) Download cg33 unicode version 2.0 from http://vllp.sourceforge.net
b) Winrar and extract these files:

1) cg33  this file to is cg33 unicode (I only installed this)
2) cg36  this file to enable mpkg installation and fix contact issue
3) config_cg33_2.0.mtf  this file to configure the system

c) Download these 3 files:

1) ThreeSearch_Unicode_Font_2.0.zip  Unzip you have file InstallFont.mtf  this file to install unicode font to diska
2) ThreeSearch_SwitchFont.zip  Unzip you have file SwitchFont.jar  this file to switch the font between system and diska location
3) ThreeSearch_RestoreDB.zip  Unzip you have file RestoreDB.jar  this file to restore native database from memory card

d) Set phone to USB Mass Storage Mode and connect to PC
e) Copy config_cg33_2.0.mtf, InstallFont.mtf, SwitchFont.jar and RestoreDB.jar to root of SD card
f) Unplug phone to PC
g) Switch to USB Modem Mode and connect to PC
h) Use Cyph’s flashkit to flash Three Search’s CG33 Unicode version 2.0 into the phone
i) Open file manager in the phone
j) Tap on config_cg33_2.0.mtf to configure the system, wait for "Operation was successful" message
k) Tap on InstallFont.mtf to install unicode font into diska, wait for "Operation was successful" message
l) Tap on file SwitchFont.jar to install SwitchFont utility (it doesn’t matter where you will install it)
m) Tap on file RestoreDB.jar to install RestoreDB utility (it doesn’t matter where you will install it)
n) Restart the Phone

(Note: based on my experience, I did not install CG36 since no problem in contact issue was experienced)

SECTION 7: Flashing Three Search CG35 Multi-Latin Keyboards and Multi-GUI

a) Go to http://vllp.sourceforge.net
b) Click E680i's download section
c) Download one multi_language_gui (depend on E680i firmware):

1) ThreeSearch_C5_A4_multi_language_gui_2.0.zip
2) ThreeSearch_C5_AA_multi_language_gui_2.0.zip
3) ThreeSearch_C5_AB_multi_language_gui_2.0.zip

d) Download one language pack (VERY IMPORTANT: You have to install language pack before install multi language GUI)
e) Install language pack to phone.

1) Use winrar and extract language pack to one folder in PC (name the folder as sourceforge)
2) Set phone to USB Mass Storage Mode
3) Copy the folder sourceforge to root of SD card
4) Unplug to PC
5) Switch phone to USB Modem Mode and connect to PC
6) Telnet to phone
7) Go to directory sourceforge by typing cd /mmc/mmca1/sourceforge and press enter
Type cp *.* /ezxlocal/vllp.sourceforge.net (all files will be copied)
9) Got to directory vllp.sourceforge.net by typing cd /ezxlocal/vllp.sourceforge.net
10) Type cp *.pts /ezxlocal/download/appwrite/setup (all file with .pts extension will be copied)
11) Exit telnet
f) Flash Three Search’s CG35 Multi-Latin Keyboards and Multi-GUI to phone

1) Use winrar to extract multi_language_gui (depend on E680i firmware)
2) Set phone to USB Mass Storage Mode
3) Copy c5a4_cg35_multigui_2.0.nkc (I installed this file) or c5aa_cg35_multigui_2.0.nkc or c5ab_cg35_multigui_2.0.nkc (depends on E680i firmware) to the root of SD card
4) Copy config_cg35_2.0.lin to root of SD card
5) Unplug to PC
6) Switch phone to USB Modem Mode and connect to PC
7) Telnet to phone
In telnet screen, type this command to install multi language GUI to phone (depends on e680i firmware):

cp /mmc/mmca1/c5a4_cg35_multigui_2.0.nkc /dev/tffsa
cp /mmc/mmca1/c5aa_cg35_multigui_2.0.nkc /dev/tffsa
cp /mmc/mmca1/c5ab_cg35_multigui_2.0.nkc /dev/tffsa

9) Wait until copy process is done (approximately 3 to 5 minutes)
10) Exit telnet
11) Reboot phone --> you will have multi latin based/Viet/Thai/Chinese keyboard + your language GUI!
12) Use LinLoader on the phone, open file config_cg35_2.0.lin --> you have 6 nice themes pre-loaded.

SECTION 8: Installing MPKG Applications

After installing Three Search’s CG33 and CG35, we have now preloaded MPKG Installer. It is called “APPNAME” with a computer icon similar to My Computer in windows.

a) Set Phone to USB Mass Storage Mode
b) Copy MPKG Application File to root of phone memory (diska)
c) Rename MPKG Application File (e.g.: filename.mpkg to filename.pkg)
d) Tap and hold MPKG Application File until a pop-up menu will appear
e) Select the MPKG Installer icon and check “Always use this program to open file type” and tap OK
f) Activate icon

SECTION 9: Uninstalling MPKG Applications

a) Tap on the MPKG icon
b) Go to File Manager, you will see a number of MPKG remove files depending on your installed MPKG Applications (e.g.: rem_”Name of MPKF Appz”)
c) Delete all MPKG remove files except for the MPKG Application you want to remove
d) Tap and hold the file until a pop-up menu appear
e) Select “Rename”
f) Rename the file from rem_”Name of MPKG Appz” to mpkg.txt
g) Tap on mpkg.txt, it will open in notepad
h) Make sure that the first line is empty, then tap on Save
i) Tap on the MPKG icon
j) Activate Icon


Thanks to the people in motorolafans.com, without their help this guide will not be completed, most of the instructions written here are taken from their original guides.

[EDIT: 062206 AK]i simply applied a little bit formatting to this great guide.

[aremcy]

thanks. i hope that this guide will be a lot of help specially for newbies. attached is Lin Loader installation file.

[akhaliq]

aremcy, looks like somehow two of ur attached files r not there anymore.
if those were useful, attach those again.
also, i'll recommend that u attach these files to ur first post. that will be easy for users to get them.
use "edit" on ur first post and attach files there. just a suggestion.

[benjat]

Cool ~!! ill save this for quick reference..

[sicksand]

all file install always use 'AppName' , how do we change that?

[aremcy]

Its MPKG Appz. all MPKG appz shows "AppName". Try looking for neo-version of these appz. Do't forget to install neo-installer if you still use original firmaware without flashing CG33.

[inijohan]

Or reflash using modded CG36 with preloaded MPKG. It will show MPKG apps by its realname.

[MydKnight]

Ok, I am an utter newbie to this, and having quite a tough time of even doing the basics. I have copied the Loader_e680i_sd.mtf file to my e680i, but I am not entirely certain how I am supposed to actually run it. I went into viewer and found it, but tapping on it tries to open it in picsel viewer. Also, I am unable to find diska on the phone. I believe I am missing how to actually go into a full file viewing mode on the phone...can anyone assist?

[akhaliq]

yes, sure.
diska means main directory of file manager on phone. you dont need to go to viewer and then try to open file. u only need to go to files, and then tap this file using ur stylus or finder or whatever.
it will show a verification of a successful operation.

[MydKnight]

Ok, thats where im feeling REALLY stupid (I do tech support for a living damnit) I cant seem to find where the files section you mention is. If it helps here is what I get from displaying the flash on my phone. Im not sure what each line here is, but I assume it means something to you guys:

e680i_G_0D.C3.A8P
BP: e680i_G_0D.B0.B1P
BP Flex: GSOE680IT674VE006