So, after dinner I decided to google for similar cases around the world and stumbled upon this treasure cove at motorolafans.com which included a lot of hacks/fixes/mods for the A1200 or MotoMing which I am using right now. I've always thought this phone had none of these since I always had dificulty finding it, much to my dismay cuz this phone holds a 200Mhz processor running a Linux OS..
A thread with a similar problem was posted, and the solution to it was pretty daunting and complicated at first.. it took me about 2-3hrs of reading just to be able to mod my handphone in such a way that I could use my comp to "telnet" into it. Exposing all the usually hidden databases and system files. I then attempted to reset the correct file permissions, which worked for the guy who posted the thread, but it didnt work for me. I tried to copy the main database out, and installed Berkeley Database for itd db_recover utility, and then ran the recovery on the main.db.. But it didn't work as well, and I kinda suspected it was corrupted beyond repair when I hit an error while trying to copy it out and only 2.85MB out of 3.1MB could be copied.
Then the tough decision came when the problem persisted even after I did a "Master Reset" on it (think of it as a reinstallation of Windows w/o reformatting). I had to do a "Master Clear" (now this is equivalent to reformatting the whole damn phone). I was depressed. Cuz all my hall contacts were saved onto my phone memory, instead of SIM card.. Meaning now I lost ALL such contacts, along with 2000+ SMSes. Plus a few misc. files here and there. But at least I got back my Phonebook and Inbox.
Well now that I've got a clean empty slate of phone, why not try out the cool mods eh? Let me try and remember what I've added..
- A new media player : playing Bleach 146 on my phone at viewable resolution =)
- Adapting of Java apps to include soft keys.. a prob I've been having for a while.
- Ability of changing my phone's font to ANY font you can use on the comp.
- Great Java games here and there for long trips.
- A quick note app for drawings etc
- Screen capture
- Removal of phone camera shutter sound
hrmm these should be all hehe.. btw below are some of the screens of my phone now =)
