Okay, back to the client. During the installation, there is some ads and a few application that you need to install. There is total 4 application (free and trial, including Digsby), but I uninstall all of them leaving Digsby alone since I don’t need the other. This is fine though, since it is available for free, the important thing is, there is no ads anymore after this…

The interface is nice, pretty cool actually, but at first it is a little messy for me. I prefer a clean look one, so I’m searching for the customization. There is many customization (skins, emoticons, conversation themes and sounds) available at Digsbies. Hmm… I started to love it now.

The skin can be changed easily by downloading the skin, then place the folder in C:\Program Files\Digsby\res\skins, while for emoticons and sounds, you need to replace the default folder (backup first of course). The buddy list also can be customized to the way we want. Yep, and now I make it look cleaner…

Now I also didn’t use Thunderbird anymore just for reading new message… All in one, I can say that this is one of the best IM client out there. And don’t forget, it is still in beta…

Then, after phone boot up, I tried message again, writing and freeze again. Uhh… So I connect my phone to PC (the phone still functional, just it can’t respond any direct input) and start telneting.

So, I tried to kill the messaging process.

kill -9 `pidof messaging`

But no effect…

Then, I tried to see what process that phone currently run.

ps h -A

I saw that two process that the E2 usually run is not there, the am and phone. So, that’s the problem. Somehow, the both process freezed and stopped. Then I start the both process.

/usr/SYSqtapp/phone/phone -qws &
/usr/SYSqtapp/am/am &

Now, it works fine. Not sure if there is a short way to solve it without PC. Oh, BTW, I’m using MAXX 4.

Then, I started to backup my phone data (actually just the sysDatabase folder inside ezx_user), power off my phone and remove both SD card and SIM card. After this, I turn on my phone on bootloader mode. This can be archived by holding voice key while powering the phone. Then, I open RSD Lite, connect my phone and start flashing the sbf. (MAXX IV only come with one sbf file)

I waited for about 20 minutes and after flash almost finish, as usual phone is power up by itself and RSD Lite status show that the phone is processing data. Different from any MP until today, the phone ask me to install ZMPlayer or QPlayer, then I choose QPlayer, wait until it show finish dialog. After that the RSD Lite ask to manually power on the phone, so I remove the data cable, remove the battery and put it on again, and power up the phone. After phone turned on, I connect my phone again, then RSD Lite show PASS. Flash done!

Now, I play around with my phone and I feel that the MAXX IV is quite fast, but well, as usual after flash, my main menu is screwed up, all games and application is back to menu. Then I restore my backup, restart my phone. Everything works perfectly. So I started to open Adv Menu Organizer (this application is included in MAXX IV, nice…) and moving everything. But I realize that sometime the Adv Menu Organizer didn’t pick the correct items (another bug, uh…). The weird thing is after done with it, I try to open my Games folder but it contains nothing. Other folder works fine though. Donno if it is my application bug or MAXX IV bug.

So then, I check the Adv Menu Organizer again, but it seems fine. Then, I back to Games folder and add a folder. Open the Adv Menu Organizer again and it finally it shows same as the menu. I have no choice instead of using multiple add to add all my games back and now it works fine.

The MAXX IV is one of the best MP currently, however the message bug that Revival solved seems haven’t implemented here. Too bad… One of the interesting is the video resolution now have Large one, instead of classic Medium and Small. I also saw Kaleidoscope II project on Motofan, and probably some binary or library from it is implemented on MAXX IV.

That’s it. So far, I satisfied with it.

To edit this files, you only need a text editor. Now, we will edit the common.ini and mainmenu.ini only. Here is how it looks before editing:

Okay, let’s start from mainmenu.ini and 3×4 first, this is the original value:

[ZIconView_1]
Bg_Type_Std = 0
Bg_Opacity_Std = 0
Padding_Left = 2
Padding_Right = 2
Padding_Top = 4
Padding_Bottom = 4
Spacing_H1 = 3
Spacing_V1 = 8

[ZIconViewItem_1]
Bg_Type_Std = 0
Bg_Type_H = 0
Bg_Type_HS = 0
Border_Type_Std = 0
Border_Type_H = 0
Border_Type_HS = 0
Border_Left_Stretch_H = 2
Border_Left_Stretch_HS = 2
Border_Right_Stretch_H = 2
Border_Right_Stretch_HS = 2
Border_Top_Stretch_H = 1
Border_Top_Stretch_HS = 1
Border_Bottom_Stretch_H = 1
Border_Bottom_Stretch_HS = 1
Image_Container_Type = 1
Padding_Left = 7
Padding_Right = 7
Padding_Top = 0
Padding_Bottom = 0
Spacing_V1 = 1

[ZImageContainer_1]
Bg_Type_Std = 0
Bg_Type_H = 2
Bg_Stretch_H = 5
Bg_Color_H = 255
Bg_Opacity_Std =0
Bg_Opacity_H =100
Border_Type_Std = 0
Border_Type_H = 2
Border_Color_Std = 1592405
Border_Color_H = 5592405
Border_Width_Std = 0
Border_Width_H = 0
Border_Opacity_Std =100
Border_Opacity_H =100
Bg_Size_Std = 49
Bg_Size_H = 49
Padding_Left = 4
Padding_Right = 4
Padding_Top = 4
Padding_Bottom = 4

First, we edit these ZIconView_1 properties:

Padding_Top = 1
Padding_Bottom = 1
Spacing_V1 = 0

Notice the top and bottom padding, we make it smaller than left and right padding since the 3×4 is not square. Also the Spacing_V1 to 0.

Next, we edit these ZImageContainer_1 properties:

Bg_Size_Std = 45
Bg_Size_H = 45
Padding_Top = 1
Padding_Bottom = 1

As you can see, we edit the padding value here and resize the icon to a bit smaller, the result so far is:

Hmm… Not bad… The text on the 4th rows still hide inside softkey and you can see the padding is not well yet. Well, let’s take it step by step.

Now we edit the common.ini , we will make the header and softkey a bit smaller. This is the original value before we edit:

[ZHeader_1]
Bg_Type_Std = 2
Bg_Stretch_Std = 7
Bg_Opacity_Std = 100
Padding_Left = 5
Padding_Right = 5
Padding_Top = 3
Padding_Bottom = 5
Spacing_H1 = 3
Spacing_V1 = 0

[ZSoftKey_Left]
Bg_Type_Std = 2
Bg_Type_S = 2
Bg_Stretch_Std = 5
Bg_Stretch_S = 5
Bg_Opacity_Std = 100
Bg_Opacity_S = 100
Border_Type_Std = 0
Border_Type_S = 0
Border_Width_Std = 0
Border_Width_S = 0
Padding_Left = -30
Padding_Right = 5
Padding_Top = 5
Padding_Bottom = 5
Spacing_H1 = 3

[ZSoftKey_Right]
Bg_Type_Std = 2
Bg_Type_S = 2
Bg_Stretch_Std = 5
Bg_Stretch_S = 5
Bg_Opacity_Std = 100
Bg_Opacity_S = 100
Border_Type_Std = 0
Border_Type_S = 0
Border_Width_Std = 0
Border_Width_S = 0
Padding_Left = 5
Padding_Right = -20
Padding_Top = 5
Padding_Bottom = 5
Spacing_H1 = 3

Yup, we will edit this 3 to (only changed value is written, else leave it):

[ZHeader_1]
Padding_Top = 1
Padding_Bottom = 1

[ZSoftKey_Left]
Padding_Top = 1
Padding_Bottom = 2

[ZSoftKey_Right]
Padding_Top = 1
Padding_Bottom = 2

Now it looks better. Just need a little fix and it is done!

Here we change the ZIconView_1 again, but now the left and right padding

Padding_Left = 11
Padding_Right = 11

The result is looks like this

Not bad huh? Now, the 4×4. Here is the properties I edit in mainmenu.ini:

[ZIconView_1]
Padding_Left = 10
Padding_Right = 10
Padding_Top = 3
Padding_Bottom = 3

[ZIconViewItem_1]
Padding_Left = 0
Padding_Right = 0

[ZImageContainer_1]
Padding_Left = 0
Padding_Right = 0
Padding_Top = 0
Padding_Bottom = 0

And the final 4×4 result

Perfect! Next, you might want to edit the font size to make the text fit more in the screen, but this is the end of this article. Thanks for reading and hope it useful for you.