LG VM510 filesystem innards, tricks, and treats

[bigsupersquid]

ok, I'm starting this thread because it diverges from the thread topic where I've been discussing this.
I'm getting more specific about methods and things I've figured out here, and posting links to what I've got done already.
first, the root filesystem from my LG VM510, after a hard reset, with the demo games deleted, and two j2me programs installed, is
<sorry, file redacted>
hope nobody has problems with the filesharing provider. I took what I could get without limiting the download quota for everyone else.
the contents of the /root/ams/ folder are a series of numbered folders (/root/ams/xx, where xx is a number >=10,) each of which is either empty except for /root/ams/xx/xxroot/ or contains a java program and its system related files. data for each program xx is stored in root/ams/xx/xxroot/.
in this particular filesystem snapshot, the numbered folders contain the following:
10 mypix
11 twitter
12 myspace
13 facebook
14 vmnavigator
15 uiinbox
16 opera mini
17 google maps
18 contact vault
19 tetris
22 resistor calculator
27 scribpad
next post, when I've got a little more time, I'll describe in detail what I've done to replace the built-in software I didn't want with innoccuous freeware, and specifics on how to get a custom icon to show up on the menu.
enjoy!

[Sparky]

Thank you, bigsupersquid!

From your post it sounds to me like my goal is hopeless.

I want to get rid of the bloatware and get to my most-used applications in one touch. Dream on.

Anyone with a VM Rumor Touch knows that to get to Opera Mini or email takes:
1. Press the home button
2. Touch Main Menu
3. Touch My Stuff
4. Touch Applications
5. Touch Opera Mini or Email + IM
5a. For email, also scroll past a few pages to the bottom of the bloatware then press IMAP/POP Email.

From a security standpoint, if I use IMAP/POP Email, that email is stored on my phone. If I lose my phone, I would like to keep my email private. For privacy, I use my own server instead of Gmail (it seems Google wants to gather everything it can about everyone on the planet). I haven't found a way to lock the phone so that a code is required to access the email. Anyone who picks up my phone can not only read my email but also send email as thought they were me.

Why would anyone want to buy this phone, even as a toy? The $25.00 unlimited data plan is attractive. The phone is repulsive.

Thank you for all of your work, bigsupersquid, to show me that restructuring the menus seems to be hopeless.

Anyone know of a way to lock this phone?

[bigsupersquid]

Thank you, bigsupersquid!

From your post it sounds to me like my goal is hopeless.

I want to get rid of the bloatware and get to my most-used applications in one touch. Dream on.

Anyone with a VM Rumor Touch knows that to get to Opera Mini or email takes:
1. Press the home button
2. Touch Main Menu
3. Touch My Stuff
4. Touch Applications
5. Touch Opera Mini or Email + IM
5a. For email, also scroll past a few pages to the bottom of the bloatware then press IMAP/POP Email.

dunno about the email problems, I use webmail and don't go thru the built-in app.
As far as the menus go, you can get apps you use to the front home menu.
here's how.
say you want opera on there.
go to your <home> menu.
there is an <edit> button on the top right of the screen. pressing it allows you to delete any hotlinks you don't want off of the home menu.
after you do that, press <done>. goes back to the home menu.
at the bottom of that menu is an <add> button. press it.
now scroll to <my stuff>. press the label, not the checkmark.
scroll to <applications>. again, press the label, not the checkmark.
scroll to <opera mini>. press the checkmark. press <done>
voila! on the home menu.
repeat as desired for each folder or app.
in a later post, I'll tell you how to replace the bunk bloatware with apps of your personal choice, including custom icons. eventually, I or someone else will figure out how to change the menu labels for the replaced bloatware, for now I still have the labels but the software is replaced with what I want... for example, I have wetravel (free gps) run instead of vm navigator.
good luck!

[Sparky]

dunno about the email problems, i use webmail and don't go thru the built-in app.
As far as the menus go, you can get apps you use to the front home menu.
Here's how.
(shows how)
good luck!

so cool!!!!

[Renate]

The Rumor Touch allows selection of user wallpaper, but it only rotates and crops when in landscape mode. Internally it uses two files. You must set these separately.

Once you unlock the RT, you can see that there are two files:

/setas/wallpaper.bit (240 x 400)
/setas/wallpaperLand.bit (400 x 240)

You can replace these two files using BitPim

Note: The RT may not notice the files were updated.
Power cycling may be necessary.

The file format is uncompressed little-endian.
The header is 16 bit width, 16 bit height.
The 16 bit (5-6-5) color data follows.
The file size is 192,004 bytes.

#define RGB16(r, g, b) (((r>>3)<<11)|((g>>2)<<5)|(b>>3))

Here is a utility that converts either JPEGs or PNGs to LG raw format bit files.
It only accepts 240 x 400 or 400 x 240 images.

lgbits prettypic1.jpg wallpaper.bit
lgbits prettypic2.jpg wallpaperLand.bit

(This is the actual executable, no install.)

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Note: leave 22 black pixels on the top for both images.

@bigsupersquid: You wouldn't have a clean VM510PV5_COM?.nvs (from LGDownload, in the Model\VX9100\LOG dir) to post, would you?

[bigsupersquid]

The Rumor Touch allows selection of user wallpaper, but it only rotates and crops when in landscape mode. Internally it uses two files. You must set these separately...
heres how

beautiful. thanks tons! I hadn't found a utility like that which used the right resolution, and didn't want to write my own. great addition to this thread with the specifics on the wallpaper and the converter utility!

@bigsupersquid: You wouldn't have a clean VM510PV5_COM?.nvs (from LGDownload, in the Model\VX9100\LOG dir) to post, would you?

sorry about the .nvs, my handset is newer and runs on PV7.
I'll post that one, maybe it'll help?
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