change ur touch cube to what u want

[Musicman247]

Originally Posted by dwehking

What software are you guys using to create your image to the correct proportions?

You can download the original GSM .bmp's from xda:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=325424

It's the first attached file on the first post.

That way they are already the correct proportions.

[dwehking]

Originally Posted by Musicman247

You can download the original GSM .bmp's from xda:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=325424

It's the first attached file on the first post.

That way they are already the correct proportions.

I already have those 3 swapped onto my Touch. What I'm curious is which photo app is everyone using to crate their images to start the process.

[storyr]

Originally Posted by klurf8881

i used GIMP, downloaded the newest version off their site 2.4.1. why would you have to flip it vertically (save it as and upsidedown bmp)? when i did that initially it just gave me an upsidedown icon on the Touch itself. and when i bmp2brn and opened your example it was flipped horizontally left to right not vertically....

i saved it as bmp 16 bit advanced settings exactly how you said. i then used Hex Workshop v5, and blocked first the 1E to 46 bits and deleted that block, then went to the 0-12 blocked them and deleted them, since if you do the 0-12 first its slides them all over to fill the now empty first 12 bits (unless thats how youre supposed to and missing in the directions?). then saved as and AL_01.brn and saved it. Was a no go gave a black box on the Touch.

Did you delete BETWEEN 1E-46 (deleting 1F-45), or INCLUDING 1E and 46? maybe thats my issue, i deleted 1E and 46 as well as 0 and 12.

i uploaded a rar of my bmp and brn file if you could compare the hex editing. i know the file naming isnt right and the image isnt flipped yet. jsut wanna check the hexing which has to be where im going wrong

That's more like it

Thanks for uploading the example - I can immediately see the problem. I looked at your .brn, and it's one byte too small (for that size of icon). Mine (and the stock) are 25,212 bytes. Your example is 25,211 bytes. Looking at your sample bmp with the hex editor, it looks like you may have deleted 0x1D - 0x46 (one too many). Here's a screenshot of your .bmp with the correct area highlighted. Notice the preceding "00", which isn't in your .brn:



Only one byte off...

[Blaqdymun]

Originally Posted by klurf8881

ahh so i want to delete 00,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,...,12 and 1e,1f....44,45 but NOT 46 (EB)? i show 46 as being that EB byte right after your highlighting. So from byte 03 to byte 00 (the one right before EB in your pic)


could you make the bmp i gave you into a brn and attach it here so i have an example to go off of and compare to?

Okaaaay...

So, This Conversation has completly gone over my head! When you guys come out with a skinnable .cab file to change the look of the cube...I'll revisit this thread! Lol.

[storyr]

Originally Posted by klurf8881

ahh so i want to delete 00,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,...,12 and 1e,1f....44,45 but NOT 46 (EB)? i show 46 as being that EB byte right after your highlighting. So from byte 03 to byte 00 (the one right before EB in your pic)

That's correct. I think the confusing part is that the count starts at zero (0x00), so the range 0x00-0x12 specifies 18 bytes - up to, but not including 0x12. And, as you said, range 0x1E-0x46 is 40 bytes - up to, but not including 0x46.

Here's the first block highlighted:


We're removing a total of 58 bytes from the header, so the resulting .brn should be exaclty 58 bytes smaller than the .bmp...

[storyr]

Originally Posted by klurf8881

could you make the bmp i gave you into a brn and attach it here so i have an example to go off of and compare to?

Here you go...

[Musicman247]

I'm confused whether you delete the first 12 bytes FIRST, or the 1e-46?

Also, do you have to replace every picture (the entire animation) for the "sides" to show up differently, or can I just edit A0, B0, and C0 and have the new icons show up?

Thanks in advance!

[Musicman247]

well i edited c0.brn and got it to where it didn't freeze, but it only shows a flash of the pictures before the cube settles on the stock image. what are the files for the sides that the cube stops on? again, thanks in advance.

[MrZ123]

Ok, here is how I did this and it worked:

1. Create an icon in photoshop (or GIMP) that is 119x105 pixels.

2. Flip it vertically.

3. In photoshop, go to save as, click BMP under Format. Then in th next screen click "Advanced Modes" then "R5 G6 B5" under 16 Bit. Click OK.

4. Open the new BMP in your favorite Hex Editor (this step is pretty simple, even if you are new to Hex editing as I am).

5. To make it easy, delete bytes 0-45 (up until you start seeing repetitive numbers), see red below for what to delete:

42 4D B8 62 00 00 00 00 00 00 46 00 00 00 38 00 00 00 77 00 00 00 69 00
00 00 01 00 10 00 03 00 00 00 72 62 00 00 12 0B 00 00 12 0B 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F8 00 00 E0 07 00 00 1F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C7 39
E7 39 C8 39 C7 39 E7 39 C7 39 E7 39 C7 39 C7 41 C7 39 C7 39 E7 39 C7 39
C7 39 C8 39 C7 39 C7 39 E7 39 C8 39 C7 39 E7 39 C7 39 E7 39 C7 39 C7 41

6. Now type this exactly onto the beginning, 77 00 00 00 69 00 00 00 01 00 10 00 (of course you can just delete parts of the red as others have said, but I think it is easier just to delete it all then type in new code).

7. Save the new file as a .brn.

8. Put the .brn file in your \Windows directory on your phone (properly name it of course).

9. Soft reset and Voila, new icons.

Hope this helps, feel free to email me at ZLinhart@gmail.com if you have any questions.

[dwehking]

Originally Posted by MrZ123

Ok, here is how I did this and it worked:

1. Create an icon in photoshop (or GIMP) that is 119x105 pixels.

2. Flip it vertically.

3. In photoshop, go to save as, click BMP under Format. Then in th next screen click "Advanced Modes" then "R5 G6 B5" under 16 Bit. Click OK.

4. Open the new BMP in your favorite Hex Editor (this step is pretty simple, even if you are new to Hex editing as I am).

5. To make it easy, delete bytes 0-45 (up until you start seeing repetitive numbers), see red below for what to delete:

42 4D B8 62 00 00 00 00 00 00 46 00 00 00 38 00 00 00 77 00 00 00 69 00
00 00 01 00 10 00 03 00 00 00 72 62 00 00 12 0B 00 00 12 0B 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F8 00 00 E0 07 00 00 1F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C7 39
E7 39 C8 39 C7 39 E7 39 C7 39 E7 39 C7 39 C7 41 C7 39 C7 39 E7 39 C7 39
C7 39 C8 39 C7 39 C7 39 E7 39 C8 39 C7 39 E7 39 C7 39 E7 39 C7 39 C7 41

6. Now type this exactly onto the beginning, 77 00 00 00 69 00 00 00 01 00 10 00 (of course you can just delete parts of the red as others have said, but I think it is easier just to delete it all then type in new code).

7. Save the new file as a .brn.

8. Put the .brn file in your \Windows directory on your phone (properly name it of course).

9. Soft reset and Voila, new icons.

Hope this helps, feel free to email me at ZLinhart@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Thanx. This works for me. Time to start making new icons now.