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[GrYph0n]

If you are tired of seeing that mMode screen at startup and tired of seeing AT&T Wireless when you make your calls, then I have some simple instructions on how you can have your phone look as if it were branded to T-Mobile.

NOTICE: I am not responsible for any damage done to your device when attempting to alter your phones registry!!!

Take your time and be carefull !!! If you get into trouble during the entry process, press the "Cancel" key and start over.
If you have Sprite (Beta) I recommend you first back up your phone.

Goto your PHM RegEdit on your phone or download it http://www.phm.lu/Products/Smartphone/RegEdit/

The t-mobile gifs.zip file is attached at the bottom of the post. download it and save the two gif files to IPSM directory on your MPx phone. Once you finish the process I recommend that you use file manager to hide these files (menu>properties then check the hide box)

To Change the AT&T mLIFE boot up screen, do the following;
(Note, if you have flashed your phone, this process will add a boot screen, I have yet to figure out how to get rid of the Mobile Operator Screen.)

Once the registry editor is launched go to ;

- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- Software
- Microsoft
- Splash Screen (Flashed phones will need to create this Key)
Press the "Values" softkey
Scroll down to "MSBitmap"(Flashed phones will need to create this string) and press the blue ACTIONS key
Replace "\Windows\mLifebootup.gif" with "\IPSM(Storage for 2003)\t-mobile.gif"(Flashed phones, just enter this value in the string)
Press "Done" softkey
Keep pressing the Back key until you are out of the Registry Editor
Press Home key.
Power cycle the phone.

To get rid of the dial screen logo, do the following:

Once the registry editor is launched go to ;

- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- Software
- Microsoft
- Shell
- Rai
- MSCdial
Press the "Values" softkey
Scroll down to "Banner Image" and press the blue ACTIONS key
Replace "\Windows\branding_brick.gif" with "\IPSM(Storage for 2003)\t-bar.gif"
Press "Done" softkey
Keep pressing the Back key until you are out of the Registry Editor
Press Home key.
Power cycle the phone.

The above process will delete the logo when you are entering numbers to dial, on the keypad, but when you press "Talk", another AT&T(flashed phones: Smartphone 2002) logo will appear on that screen.

To change that one, do the following

Once the registry editor is launched go to ;

- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- Software
- Microsoft
- Shell
- Rai
- MSCprog <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Press the "Values" softkey
Scroll down to "Banner Image" and press the blue ACTIONS key
Replace "\Windows\branding_brick.gif" with "\IPSM(Storage for 2003)\t-bar.gif"
Press "Done" softkey
Keep pressing the Back key until you are out of the Registry Editor
Press Home key.
Power cycle the phone.

If you have flashed your phone then the origional strings will be different, just replace whatever is there with what I have in the instructions above.

I got the idea from the folks over at Pocket PC Passion, but I changed the directions so they were easier to follow, and thanks to MGN Member jcoffing for pointing me in that direction...

Have fun and good luck with your newly T-Mobile branded MPx200 (IMG:http://www.mobilegadgetnews.com/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)  T_Mobile_GIFs.zip ( 2.75K ) Number of downloads: 251

[franman]

Nice job gryph0n... clean and smart explanation as always.

[deavod]

Have you tried "Screen Changer 2"

From the Readme.txt

Screen Changer Tool is a program that allows you to change the startup and shutdown screens on your Smartphone. Two can be set for each, and can be any gif image of the size of 176x220. Please note that as of yet the orange sunset screen cannot be changed, due to it being part of the rom!

I don't know if it'll do exactly what you want but it's worth a try...

[GrYph0n]

Well I gave Screen Changer 2 a try and it worked. I managed to remove/replace the "mobile operator" screen from my start up process. Thanks deavod.

BTW: Do you have any other shutdown screens? I am too busy/lazy to look...

[deavod]

I only have the ones that came with the software, but I think any properly sized image would work.

[Slacker]

Hmm. My previous post disappeared. I was asking Gryph0n to point out the link to the T-mobile graphics because I didn't see it in his post. Thank you.

[GrYph0n]

I will re upload it when I get home. It will be added to the origional post above.

[Slacker]

Thank you sir. I am LOVING T-mobile!

[outthere]

Or you can just use this cab file I made up that does all of the registry changes for you. I got tired of having to redo everything when I'd hard reset, so I have a master cab file that does all my tmobile settings (including setting the voicemail dial in number, etc) and my themes, and reapplies all of the tweaks I've accumulated.

anyway, here's just the t-mobile branding portion. And yes, it includes the gifs as well as making the settings.

To install, unzip the zip file below, but DO NOT extract the contents of the cab file. Using activesync, place the file on your phone in the temp directory (Temp), or in the start menu. (IPSMWindowsStart Menu). Then go on your phone and either select it using file manager or run it from the programs menu.

Enjoy!  T_Mobile_Branding.zip ( 3.67K ) Number of downloads: 234


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[deavod]

outthere,

Thank you! Your cab file works great!!

[GrYph0n]

Outstanding!

[crawfrdb]

outthere-
Your .cab file worked great for the startup/shutdown screens. Is there another step to configure the dial and background image? I tried using the tmo_splash and tmo_dial for background image but neither seemed to be made for background.

[GrYph0n]

I wouldn't imagine that the dial image would work because it is nothing more than that small image at the top of the screen. If you want it as a home screen back ground then simply right click the screenshot of the startup screen above and save as a .jpg to your desktop. Then just sync it over to your phone, put it in IPSMApplication DataHome. Then goto Programs>Settings>Home Screen and select the image you just added as your background. That should be all there is to it. Hope this helps...

[kalidor]

So where can I get this screen changer 2?

[GrYph0n]

Uh.. (IMG:http://www.mobilegadgetnews.com/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) look up, it is attached to the fourth post from the top, or just download the .cab file that does everything for you, it is up there somewhere as well...

[scubarobert]

Or you can just use this cab file I made up that does all of the registry changes for you. I got tired of having to redo everything when I'd hard reset, so I have a master cab file that does all my tmobile settings (including setting the voicemail dial in number, etc) and my themes, and reapplies all of the tweaks I've accumulated.

anyway, here's just the t-mobile branding portion. And yes, it includes the gifs as well as making the settings.

To install, unzip the zip file below, but DO NOT extract the contents of the cab file. Using activesync, place the file on your phone in the temp directory (Temp), or in the start menu. (IPSMWindowsStart Menu). Then go on your phone and either select it using file manager or run it from the programs menu.

Enjoy!

Thank you so much. I just got this phone from my brother, unlocked it, and now enjoy it on T-Mobile without the annoying mLife screens. That was very kind of you to build that!!!

[hatchjn]

It's not letting me download anything in this post. Specifically the images in the original post. It's telling me that the source file cannot be read. Is there a problem or just something that I'm doing wrong?

[GrYph0n]

I belive that there may be an issue that is site related on that one. I am able to download evrything, but I know that most users are not able to. We are looking into it...

[Slacker]

You have to be logged in to DL but since you posted I guess you already were logged in...

[rmshumway]

I'm not able to download the files either.

But, can you point me to instructions on how to build my own CAB files?

thx