VC’s Techie CockTail

I’ve come across many dedicated theme sites for my mobile phone, but here at Deviantart there are high quality themes, wallpapers not only for your phones but also for your pc, laptop.

One of my favourties was a ubuntu theme and my kudos to all the designers out there for their creativity. Here you can find a list of themes for K550i (can be used for K750i,W810i,W550i,K610i etc). For other phones just use the search bar in the site, you wont be disappointed.

For people who want more customization like changing their icons on the main menu here is a excellent site with various menu packs and here is a tutorial to make it work. As a word of caution please follow the instructions carefully before proceeding with any of these menu modding stuff.

If you are interested in sharing any of your work or some good sites for such goodies just post your comments here !!

written by Vignesh \\ tags: K550i, themes

After successfully updating my K550i once through my laptop and SEUS update software, I saw there was a update was available but connecting through my laptop the SEUS software said R6BC was the latest. But while trying to search for a update through my K550i’s software update function it said there was a new version available.

It said the download package was 1490 KB which is very less compared to a update via PC , which will entail a download of almost 30 MB. After downloading the firmware, the phone went to a update mode (this mode wont be seen when updating via a PC) as shown below.

After a 5-10 minute process the phone was once again ready to Rock n Roll :-). The latest firmware was R8BA. The major thing I could notice was the sound volume was much louder.The Java JSR version was also higher hopefully Java apps would run quicker. But now while putting / receiving a call I receive a message “Ciphering is currently not being provided by the network Insecure transmission” and a icon also displayed at the top while talking.

After lots of search and customer support mails I have come to a conclusion its a bug in the software so hopefully a firmware update would solve it. If any of you had similar experiences and have ways to solve this problem, please post your comments.

 NOTE: For those who dont know, FOTA is Firmware over the Air. For this you would need a full fledged GPRS service enabled in your phone.

written by Vignesh \\ tags: K550i, Sony Ericsson

Many of you might have read my thread on ‘Making my phone smarter‘, now here is another great Java based app called “KD Player” for managing and playing music on your phone. For people who dont have advanced music players like Walkman V3.0 (present in W910,W580) or Xpress Music Player (in Nokia 5310,5610) in their mobile phones , KD player is a excellent alternative to manage music collection by artists, albums,support for album arts, visualization and it can even be minimized to play in the background. Another cool thing about this is the ability to skin the player to completely change its look and even its orientation to landscape.

Various versions of KD Player are available here.
Skins for KD player are available here.

After lots of responses and queries on my post regaring K550i Modding, I have gathered some great Threads around the Net which would help Gadgets freaks to play around with your gadgets , mind you these are all for Sony Ericsson phones only

K550 Camera Driver - This thread tracks the various customized camera drivers available for K550i & W610i

XS++ Tutorial - This thread gives great tips and info on how to use XS++ ,a flashing and customization tool for Sony Ericsson phones

XS++ V3.1 - This thread gives the link to download the newest version of XS++

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas !!

written by Vignesh \\ tags: K550i, Sony Ericsson