I’ve installed a retrofit smartbox in my Mercedes C Class,
I am told it’s Android, I want to change the car icon to a Mercedes icon. The seller is not very helpful with this idea, but I have an update file for the box which seems to be an Android Rom of some kind. I was thinking of trying to unpack the Rom and if the icon is there trying to change it to the Mercedes one and repack the Rom. Anybody with more knowledge than me know how to go about this ? The other option was trying to mount the box as a drive on a pc or Mac and trying to locate the icon through that way. However the box has a USB socket and that would mean using USB male to male cable. Would this cause an issue with the 5 volts going from box to laptop and vice versa ?
Can anyone help with this lot ?
Thanks.
Further to my last the update file is .img file extension which I have unpacked with imgunpacker successfully. I am left with a series of .fex files, the main file being 8mb (the whole file is approx 9mb). This fex file is named melis100.fex
The fex files extracted are in a folder named Beetles. There are a couple more folders one is efex folder. The other is named iso. There is a img.cfg file and a text file with basepath as the title.
Not sure what to do with these files now !!
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I have down loaded several (cab) programs onto my Mac, then loaded this to the Kaiser. However, some programs only download from the internet as (exe). Can these load onto the Kaiser like (cab) file do? just checking before I do this.
those usually need to be installed to a PC first. then the PC installs them to the PDA device.
Unfortunately, we in the Mac world still have to use a PC every once in a while (please, no flame intended or desired).
There is one program, File Juicer, that can extract some .cab files from .exe files, but not most.
What you need to do is borrow a PC, download the .exe, double click on it. it will most likely be put in the c: drive, program files --->Microsoft ActiveSync. From there, you should see the .cab file and can put it on a usb drive and then put in on your Mac and transfer it over via Bluetooth.
It is the one frustration using these devices while living in the Mac world.
Thank you , I will give tht a try.
It's also worth trying to open them with your favorite app to handle ZIP files. The EXE is often just a self-extracting archive that doesn't actually require a PC to use.
there are two check and fix dead pixel program that you can run direct from the phone, it's a exe extention.
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LEGAL NOTICE: In order to do this, you must A) Own any type of SONY Manufactured console able to run PS1 games and B) Own a physical copy of the game.
All credit for this guide goes here:
http://androinica.com/2010/08/tutor...configure-the-playstation-emulator-psx4droid/***
***Edited for HC, psx4droid no longer exist and does not work for HC 3.2
IT WORKS! IT RUNS SMOOTH! The trickiest part was to extract the files properly, but that was my fault for being cocky.
Also, be sure to, in the settings>audio active spu something.
1) Download the Required Files
Purchase and download FPse App in the Market.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.emulator.fpse
PSX ROMs can be found here
http://www.emuparadise.me/Sony_Playstation_ISOs/2
Visit http://www.underground-gamer.com/wiki/index.php/ECM on your computer and download ECM for Windows.
Mac users can go directly to http://www.neillcorlett.com/ecm/ instead, and grab the GUI port for Mac OS X.
In Windows, extract unecm.exe from the downloaded ecm100.zip archive to the same folder that you keep your ROMs in. Both WinZip and WinRAR are excellent choices for unpacking compressed archives.
2) Extract and Rename the ECM ROM
Now you need to extract a file called data.bin.ecm that is located inside each of your compressed PlayStation ROMs that needs to be converted.
This part is a bit tricky, since the .ecm file usually is stored in a compressed archive inside the original ZIP-file. For example, the archive Silent Hill (USA) (v1.1).zip contains a folder, and inside that folder is another compressed archive titled Silent Hill (USA) (v1.1).7z. Hence, you first have to extract the .7z file, before you can extract data.bin.ecm that is stored within Silent Hill (USA) (v1.1).7z.
Extract the compressed archive located inside the ZIP-file
When you finally have extracted the file data.bin.ecm, rename it to the title of the game it contains. In my Silent Hill example above, I would rename it Silent.Hill.ecm.
3) Convert Your ECM ROMs
Now it’s time for some classic drag & drop: in the Windows File Explorer, grab your extracted .ecm ROM with the mouse pointer and simply drop it on unecm.exe. This will launch a command prompt. Wait while the converter does its thing. It may take a while.
Classic Windows drag & drop: grab the ROM and drop it on unecm.exe
Classic Windows drag & drop: grab the ECM file and drop it on unecm.exe
The ECM ROM converter working its magic
You should now have a set of files similar to those in my screen shot below. The converted ROM will probably not have a file extension, so add .bin at the end of the file name. In my case, I call it Silent.Hill.bin.
All the extracted, converted and renamed files
4) Download the BIOS and Copy the Files to Your SD Card
Download scph1001.bin from here: http://www.emuparadise.org/biosfiles/PSX_Bios_SCPH1001.zip
This is the PSX bios and the emulator needs it in order to run.
Create a new folder on your SD card, extract and copy scph1001.bin and all of your converted ROMs in the BIN format to it.
Pull out your SD Card and place it back into the tablet
Press Menu > Settings > System>BIOS Loading and locate scph1001.bin on your SD card.
You’ll be prompted by FPse to find a ROM, and now you’re ready to rock. Sweet PlayStation gaming nostalgia will ensue!
Thanks for the great write up!
Does this work with the analogue sticks on the classic Wiimote (using Wiimote controller IME)?
Nice.
But I find that most the roms available are either .iso .bin or .img files so theres no need for conversions.
But good heads up on those that are!
ps3 controller
anybody get ps3 controller working with sixaxis program?
do you need genuine sony controller or can you use off brand?
thanks.
both psx4droid and Fpse seem to freeze at the worst time. Anyone running honeystreak should save as often as possible. All 3 FF's (7,8,&9) have all froze on me. The lockups/glitches are worse for me on psx4droid (using the 3.0.7beta). Fpse has a horrible UI, but has only locked up on me 3 times in the week I've had it.
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Thanks for the great write up!
Does this work with the analogue sticks on the classic Wiimote (using Wiimote controller IME)?
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Just tried it out, my wii mote works for the controls quite well, haven't tried my classic controller though but should work. this will come in handy on my travels.
sctouch said:
anybody get ps3 controller working with sixaxis program?
do you need genuine sony controller or can you use off brand?
thanks.
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I use my dualshock to game on my streak with. Search for the app six axis pair tool. It works like a charm!
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was looking around and was not able to find the OEM directory for walpapers/live wallpapers for the DS7, is it in a special directory or a designated android OS directory? I presume it is in one of the directories which would require rooting to access (already done) like the system folder. I was also trying to add/remove various audio (.ogg) files which I found in the /system/media/audio folders. I was able to copy them but it seems I cant edit/add/replace the files. Which I believe is because I need to change the directory from (R) read only to (RW) read/write in order to make changes to it, which I presume means I need to unmount/mount the directory or drive first - can someone point me in the right direction please. I am still kinda a noob for things like ADB and terminal emulator but I am learning.
Thanks in advance for any help in this modification.
sent from my DS7
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was looking around and was not able to find the OEM directory for walpapers/live wallpapers for the DS7, is it in a special directory or a designated android OS directory? I presume it is in one of the directories which would require rooting to access (already done) like the system folder. I was also trying to add/remove various audio (.ogg) files which I found in the /system/media/audio folders. I was able to copy them but it seems I cant edit/add/replace the files. Which I believe is because I need to change the directory from (R) read only to (RW) read/write in order to make changes to it, which I presume means I need to unmount/mount the directory or drive first - can someone point me in the right direction please. I am still kinda a noob for things like ADB and terminal emulator but I am learning.
Thanks in advance for any help in this modification.
sent from my DS7
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Give ES File Explorer a shot:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop&feature=search_result
It's free and will do root exploration (requires that you set the home directory to "/" and enable rw, which are all easy to find in the menu). You can then edit, delete, and rename your files with aplomb.
Thanks for the info on ES file explorer. I was able to revise files in the media/audio folder. works rather well.
I am still having trouble locating the wallpaper and live wallpaper files. (wife wants live wall paper from her SGs4g on the tablet as well).
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Thanks for the info on ES file explorer. I was able to revise files in the media/audio folder. works rather well.
I am still having trouble locating the wallpaper and live wallpaper files. (wife wants live wall paper from her SGs4g on the tablet as well).
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Which one is it? I'm sure it can be found on the ol' interwebz.
I found live wallpaper installers in system / app
the specific one she is looking for looks like a water puddle (rocky background) with autum leaves (red, yellow, orange) floating around with raindrops.
There are a few other cool ones I like as well, but they are more for the tech geek types (which the wife is not). The main thing I am having trouble with is finding the specific directory in which the wallpapers and live wallpapers are located. from some of the previous posts in various forums it is probably located inside a .apk file, but the actual directory where the images (or .apk file) are located seems to vary with each device which is making it harder to locate. I would actually like to aggregate a collection together and be able to install it on all my devices (LG G2x, DS7 and TF101)
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Thanks I will take a look and see what I can find out, if they are images it should be pretty straight forward if inside an .apk file I will have to figure out how to edit and re-assemble so it will work
crockashat said:
the specific one she is looking for looks like a water puddle (rocky background) with autum leaves (red, yellow, orange) floating around with raindrops.
There are a few other cool ones I like as well, but they are more for the tech geek types (which the wife is not). The main thing I am having trouble with is finding the specific directory in which the wallpapers and live wallpapers are located. from some of the previous posts in various forums it is probably located inside a .apk file, but the actual directory where the images (or .apk file) are located seems to vary with each device which is making it harder to locate. I would actually like to aggregate a collection together and be able to install it on all my devices (LG G2x, DS7 and TF101)
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I found live wallpaper installers in system / app
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Thanks I will take a look and see what I can find out, if they are images it should be pretty straight forward if inside an .apk file I will have to figure out how to edit and re-assemble so it will work
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Glad I could help. If you browse the directory, you can't miss them.
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Just looked... its livewallpaper.apk.
If you rename the .apk to a .zip, you can open it using any file unarchiver ( including on your android phone / tablet). I tested using the free androzip on the market
Here's the whole apk. See if it works as is ( dropbox linked)
http://db.tt/EVWBacd
Livewallpaper apk
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Glad I could help. If you browse the directory, you can't miss them.
Ps
Just looked... its livewallpaper.apk.
If you rename the .apk to a .zip, you can open it using any file unarchiver ( including on your android phone / tablet). I tested using the free androzip on the market
Here's the whole apk. See if it works as is ( dropbox linked)
http://db.tt/EVWBacd
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Thanks again, I knew I could copy the .apk and rename the extension to .zip to unpack the file to examine it's contents, do you know if I can just zip it back up and rename the extension to get it installed and working again, or do I need to re-compile the file first befor installing? (gona have to do some searching, I'm not sure about this)
I'm running Android Studio 1.3 (I think it was the latest version) in a 4GB RAM pc, I've searched about how to make Android Studio take less memory so that I can run it better in my low spec pc, so far I've found the following questions in the website StackOverflow:
***android-studio-is-very-slow***
and
***android-studio-takes-too-much-memory***
In those question people suggested to low the memory value in the `Xmx` attribute from `750m` to `256m` in the studio.exe vmoptions file the folder `/Applications/Android\ Studio.app/Contents/bin/studio.vmoptions` I looked in the offcial documentation here: and there it says that is not recomended to edit those files, they advice to create a custom file, but I don't know how to do this.
Questions:
1) Should I create a whatever.exe vmoptions file in that folder with the change? and what should I do with the original file? and how android studio would know to read from my custom file instead of the original file.
2) In the official documentation says that edit that file but it says that that file is in this path `%USERPROFILE%\.{FOLDER_NAME}\studio.exe.vmoptions and/or %USERPROFILE%\.{FOLDER_NAME}\studio64.exe.vmoptions` but I can't find the file in that path, instead i founded in this path `/Applications/Android\ Studio.app/Contents/bin/studio.vmoptions`.
What I did before asking:
Before asking i tried to edit this file `/Applications/Android\ Studio.app/Contents/bin/studio.vmoptions` but it says that this file is already opened by another program or that it can't be saved.
I did this with android studio closed and I pretty sure that this file it's not opened by another program.
hi.
i found on my old pc file name "recovery.img". i would like to open that file on my pc. how to do this can you help me?
virtualbox doesnt open that file, power iso/deamon tools say file could be damage.
i dont have my old phone btw.
pis
alibaba
alibabaxyz said:
hi.
i found on my old pc file name "recovery.img". i would like to open that file on my pc. how to do this can you help me?
virtualbox doesnt open that file, power iso/deamon tools say file could be damage.
i dont have my old phone btw.
pis
alibaba
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If it's from an android device,
It's a copy of the recovery partition and contains no user data.
It's basically the program that would create a data backup.
It's really only usable on the device it was created for.
alibabaxyz said:
hi.
i found on my old pc file name "recovery.img". i would like to open that file on my pc. how to do this can you help me?
virtualbox doesnt open that file, power iso/deamon tools say file could be damage.
i dont have my old phone btw.
pis
alibaba
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Additionally, If your img is from an android 9 or lower device, you can use imjtool in a linux or MacOS environment to unpack that .img file. Here are can find the instructions on how to use it. You can the look for files pertaining to fstab and get a clue there or on a default.prop. Just don't edit something you're not sure of or you may fry your emmc.