The sequel to my previous post.
The LG KU990 Viewty does not officially support the user installation of new handset themes – but that hasn’t stopped Viewty owners…like me?
At present, there is no officially sanctioned way to download and install new Flash-based themes onto your LG KU990 Viewty.
Just a word of caution: I, or anyone else accepts no responsibility for any damage that hacking into your Viewty to upload a new theme will cause. Installing a new, unofficial theme using these methods may violate your Viewty’s warranty. DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Backup the contents of your phone. This is vital man. Do this with a software called EFS Media Builder. This software allows you to browse and delete protected directories on your Viewty. Don’t worry, I have scouted the internet for these programs, and I’ll provide you the links to access the necessary files to get your themes up and running!
EFS Media Builder is just the tool used to access the “secret” and hidden directories on your LG Viewty. However, you’ll also need Themes Manager 2.3, which contains the various themes like iPhone, Windows Theme, blah blah and so on.
So what you do is access the “secret” directories I told you about, and basically install these themes into your phone.
Step 1: Download the files from this location. Password: 1234.
Alternative link here.
Step 2: Run EFS Media Builder, and navigate to “LGAPP/Media/swf/theme”. BACKUP “theme_bg2.swf”. If you really don’t want to fuck things up, just backup the whole damn “theme” folder.
Step 3: Choose where you want to install your theme manager.
Installing to Phone Memory: (Recommended by me, for faster accessing!)
1) Edit the “ThemeList.txt” file to make all custom themes point towards the phone memory (//LGAPP/Media/swf/theme/Themes)
2) Navigate to “LGAPP/Media/swf/theme” with EFS Media Builder.
3) Drag and drop “theme_bg2.swf” file and the “Themes” folder into this loction then restart the phone.
4) Navigate to Settings, Screen, Handset theme and pick Silver from the list.
Installing to Memory Card:
1) Install “theme_bg2.swf” into “LGAPP/Media/swf/theme” using EFS Media Builder then restart the phone once done.
2) Navigate to Settings, Phone settings, Connectivity, USB Connection mode and pick Mass Storage from the list then connect the phone to pc
3) Switch USB connection mode to Mass Storage then browse to the Memory Card/Removable Storage.
4) Drag and drop the “Themes” folder from the rar file directly to the root of the memory card.
6) Navigate to Settings, Screen, Handset theme and pick Silver from the list.
Step 4: Installing additional themes (if any)
Perform the following:
1) Create a new folder inside the “Themes” folder and give it a name relevant to the theme you’re about to install.
2) Drag and drop all the new theme files into the newly created folder.
3) Update “ThemeList.txt” to point towards the newly installed theme .SWF files.
Step 5:
So now that you’ve installed it successfully, what do you do? Run it of course. Duh!
To load the Themes Manager, double tap the “C” button (located on the actual handset) to bring up the list of available themes. Use the left and rights arrows, or use the jog wheel, to navigate through the pages and click on the theme you wish you use. Once you have a theme you wish to keep double tap “C” button again to hide the menu.
You can also swap between the built in icon styles by pressing the “Black” or “Coloured” button.
You’re done!
May 8th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
dude nice hax for the phone, where did u DL the themes from?
May 8th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
I surfed for it. It took alot of work, but I’ve compiled it right here to save the world from the trouble of finding it.
May 21st, 2008 at 4:16 pm
when i use the EFS media builder, they keep saying ” can’t open serial port?”. What do they mean?
May 21st, 2008 at 4:20 pm
and how to backup the files?
May 21st, 2008 at 4:44 pm
domnic: Probably they are not detecting your phone through the USB, even when you’ve plugged it in.
Check if you’ve installed the drivers properly (use the installation CD that came with your phone package).
Then, make sure your phone is in ‘Data Service’ Mode for EFS to be able to detect your phone.
How to backup? Well you need to get your EFS Media Builder functioning first, before you can actually explore your phone’s contents and backup the files there.
Hope this helps.
May 24th, 2008 at 6:38 am
how do you drag and drop files
May 24th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
hey man, really GOOOOOD job, u r a life saver, I think my question is not n it’s right place, but may I ask you these questions
the KU990r version (with the lense cover) is it better than the KU990 ?
and How loud is the speakers volume i mean when the phone rings, is it like SonyEricsson W900i or louder?
thnx bro 4 ur help
G- YIMO
May 25th, 2008 at 12:27 am
chris: In EFS Media Builder, you can’t drag n drops.
To copy phone contents to your pc hdd, use ‘Read’. To write contents from your pc hdd to your phone, use ‘Write’.
May 25th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Yimo:
KU990r? Erm never heard of it, not in my region. Or maybe I just have never heard of it before. But a lens cover would definitely be an advantage, in my opinion.
I’ve never owned a SE w900i, so I can’t really answer you on this one. But the ringtone volume is pretty loud! I set my volume to half of a full blast. Loud enough for me.
Thanks for dropping by all!
May 26th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
If I backup the information from the program Lg PC Suite Backup Tool is that good becouse your program does not work properly.I set my device to data storage and it still won`t recognize it.
May 26th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Now seem`s to work but… when I access LGAPP/Media/swf/theme I try to select Theme folder and then click Read and I get Download Error theme_bg1.swf/theme_bg2.swf/etc. What is the problem Khaza?You are the doctor in Viewty
May 26th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Andy:
LG PC Suite Backup Tool (I’ve never used that before though) should work equally fine, because I think it acts like WinZip and zips up all your phone contents into a format only readable by the PC Suite itself.
You should set your device to ‘Data Service’, and not ‘Mass Storage’.
As for your download error, I got the same message when I copied the folder directly to my PC HDD. However, I found out that the solution to this is to zoom in on the problematic file, and transfer that particular file alone.
Try Reading the ‘theme_bg1.swf’, ‘theme_bg2.swf’ and ‘/etc’ individually and separately. It worked for me.
May 26th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
1)My phone is on Data Service as I connect it to my USB port.
2)I tryed to read the theme`s individualy,the whole folder theme`s i`ved selected all of them… i get only errors.
I ask you nicelly to give me your ID messenger to do something good.You could help me 5 minutes .. please.With TeamViewer (I think that as a hacker you know this program) you could enter my computer and see for yourself how this work`s becouse i`m having a bad time doing it.It give`s me error`s every time.I tryed individualy and i`ved selected all …It doesn`t work.Please help me.That`s all I`m bagging you.my id mahu_andrei
May 27th, 2008 at 2:39 am
I know it sound`s stupid but I`m pissed off…I can`t do it,I don`t know how to do it.When you said copy you meant Right Click and Read but it still gives me errors(separately , all selected , the whole folder) it does not work
Please HELP.I have checked the phone is set to DATA SERVICE.I don`t know what to do…please let`s talk on the mess,becouse is the only way to light me up.And I have another challange for you…If you can break somothing.Thank you so much.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Andy:
Sorry for the late reply and thanks for being patient. I don’t use Yahoo messenger, and I’m not a hacker thus, I don’t know what Teamviewer is.
My sources all come from http://ku990.co.uk/ . What I do is simply create new links for people to easily download such files. The experts are there actually
You still can’t solve the problem? I’ve got no idea bro, cos it worked for me. Maybe you could try drag and drop?
Alternatively, you could consider using your memory card to contain the themes instead. But be sure to amend your themeslist.txt to reference the file locations/directories again.
If all else fail, try consulting the peeps at http://ku990.co.uk/ . They’re really helpful. I’m sorry bro I can’t do much! Apologies!
May 27th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Thank you very much for your help…I said mess becouse it was easyer for us to talk…you replyed me lately.TeamViewer is a program and with it you can look into my computer and solve my problem.I tryed drag and drop… i tryed everything
.Oh well thank you for you help!You are a good guy…P.S. I tryed to brak you record at 10 fingers … (fast writing) and mine was 82 
.You are really good.I had an avarage of 69.My keyboard suck`s.Have a nice day.
May 28th, 2008 at 2:20 am
Hey Khazam…I surfed ku990.co.uk and i`ved managed to do something.But I installed the themes to my memory card… you said for better acces i should install direct to my phone memory.You said ,,1) Edit the “ThemeList.txt” file to make all custom themes point towards the phone memory (//LGAPP/Media/swf/theme/Themes)“ How should I do this?Where do I find ThemeList.txt and how do I point it towards the phone memory.I`m sory but I`m to stupid to understaind some things
I`ll wait for you to help me.Thank`s
May 28th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Andy:
The ThemeList.txt is found in “//LGAPP/Media/swf/theme/Themes”.
How to do it? For example in your ThemeList.txt:
The path is what you should change. Change it to “//LGAPP/Media/swf/theme/Themes/iPhone/theme_bg2.swf”.
May 28th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Thank you very much..I will try this later becouse now I have some problems.Should I erase them from my card memory before I install them into my phone memory?
May 28th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Andy:
That’s up to you, as long as you reference the paths accordingly.
But you do realise leaving theme as it is will just take up space
May 30th, 2008 at 2:15 am
tried everthing edited themelist.txt, copied themes folder on to phone memory, overwritted theme_bg.swf file but could able to change background, couldnt able to get icons n stuff.
could you please show us how to install it on memory card and editing procedure for themelist.txt with screen shots if possible please.
May 30th, 2008 at 2:22 am
sarachiran:
Were you able to launch up the theme screen via “Double tap C” ?
Did you choose your ‘Silver’ Theme first before you did executed my preceding statement?
I”m pretty busy during this period, so a screenshot tutorial will need some time.
June 6th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
eh wht you mean by th theme folder from th rar file ?
June 6th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
HI i had encountered same trouble as they are to change the theme at lg phone. i ask if posible to teach us how to doit step by step bec. i just have a little bit knowleaged abt. computer and phone software.
thanks
edgar
June 7th, 2008 at 12:29 am
i knw alr . ha . eh . but thn i am not able to launch up the theme screen via “Double tap C” ? i followed your procedures .. screen shot tutorial will be great .
June 7th, 2008 at 1:35 am
FELICIA:
Did you overwrite the ‘Silver’ Theme as required?
Did you activate your ‘Silver’ Theme before double-tapping the C button?
Basically if you follow the steps in my blogpost, there shouldn’t be any problems at all.
June 17th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
i followed every steps in ur blog, but i can only go till the step “double-tapping the C button”. im able to c the list of available themes on my phone, but when i tap on the themes, there is no responses.
also, i dont exactly know what u mean by changing the path to “//LGAPP/Media/swf/theme/Themes/iPhone/theme_bg2.swf”. in the ThemeList.txt, do i change “path = Path to custom theme file”?
thx thx!!!
June 17th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
suzy:
Assuming current path is:
So let’s say your themes are installed into your Phone memory, so you’ll need to reference the path to custom theme file accordingly. Yes you’re right with this.
So it’ll be:
June 17th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
i to dont understand how to add additional themes iv done everything u said and sucessfully got the themes on my fone installing them to my memory card, i press the c button and theme manager pops up but i just cant add extra themes. when u say change the theme.txt is that the one thats in the theme folder and what do i exactly do can sopmeone please help
June 18th, 2008 at 8:27 am
paul:
To add new themes, it’s pretty simple. Assume I dled a new theme called NEWTHEME. What I need to do is extract the contents into my memory card (obviously!), and edit my ThemeList.txt (Yes, it’s the one that’s in the theme folder).
So what I’ll do is add the additional line to my ThemeList.txt:
NEWTHEME themename=”NEWTHEME” path=”//mmc1/Themes/NEWTHEME/XXXX.swf”
NOTE: XXXX.swf is the filename of the shockwave file of NEWTHEME. It differs for each different theme. You must use your own common sense and logic to identify this file (I really can’t help you here. Some things you gotta figure out on your own. Tacit knowledge.)
June 18th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
hello!
your forum has been a great help…
i wanted to know that the theme_bg2 file which we have to drag and drop in LGAPP/Media/swf/theme, from where does this theme_bg2 come from??? because the folder has one already. and the theme folder which comes with theme manager has a number of them.. please help…
June 18th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
ERRU:
The ‘theme_bg2.swf’ that you’re talking about comes from X:\…\Theme_Manager (The place where you extracted the Theme Manager to your HDD).
This ‘theme_bg2.swf’ is the shockwave file for the Silver theme. That is why to effect the hack, you need to be using the Silver theme before doing the “double-tap C”.
However, please BACKUP the original ‘theme_bg2.swf’ before you overwrite it.
BUT if you accidentally overwrote it, you should be able to get the original ‘theme_bg2.swf’ in X:\…\Theme_Manager\Themes\Default.
June 18th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
khairul neezam, thx for ur reply. i got it now. u did a great job !!!
June 18th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
suzy:
You’re welcome suzy! Nah I’m not the author of this hack or whatsoever. Just trying to help others like me
June 18th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
hi khairul neezam,firstly thanks for the guide!, however i have installed the theme manager in the memory card storage possible to transfer it to phone memory ?Thanks
June 19th, 2008 at 2:55 am
iv sussed it brilliant thanks alot mate and also i found on the net the 3.2 version of theme manager which has loads of additional themes in it iv got 63 themes on my phone now lol theye are great i love the matrix theme. but for some reason when i try to install the islidedarkred theme it just dont work,any thoughts
June 19th, 2008 at 6:46 am
doesnt matter iv finally solved it allthough im not keen on the islidedarkred theme but love the i.3d theme, do u no where i can find more themes u got any links for some of the latest themes
June 19th, 2008 at 11:53 am
paul:
Do provide us with a link to download the 3.2 version?
jessica:
Yes it’s possible. See the instructions above in the blogpost.
June 19th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
hi jessica there u go there u will find theme manager its much better, enjoy
http://www.thememanager.jaykmorgan.co.uk/
June 19th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
does anyone know where i can download the indiana jones and the incredible hulk theme i badly want these themes
June 20th, 2008 at 3:58 am
i have found loads of themes enjoy people
http://rapidshare.com/files/11.....s.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/11.....s.rar.html
June 22nd, 2008 at 6:12 pm
hi i could not backup my files and in a moment of confusion have deleted theme_bg2.swf theme_bg1.swf does any1 have bake ups that would not mind copeing 4 me if poserbal
June 22nd, 2008 at 6:41 pm
hi khairul, thanks .i have another problem i cant seems to back up my sms. there is connection between the phone and suite yet nothing happen when i tried to retreive message using the lg suite . and also i missing the keyboard function under the messaging . i it suppose to be located together with the handwriting option but its not there. could you help me on this , thanks
June 22nd, 2008 at 8:30 pm
joe:
You should be able to get the original ‘theme_bg2.swf’ in X:\…\Theme_Manager\Themes\Default. Same goes for the ‘theme_bg1.swf’.
Jessica:
I’m sorry I can’t help you on the LG PC Suite and the problem with your Viewty. I have passed my Viewty to my dad, and am now using the HTC Tytn II.
June 29th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Hello,
I have some problems here.
I don’t get what you’re trying to say at
3) Update “ThemeList.txt” to point towards the newly installed theme .SWF files.
I have read all the comments and solution you’ve given but I just couldn’t get what you meant x.x
Do you mean by editing the file names or dragging in the themelist.txt file? lol.
I double press “C”, It show me all the themes but when I press any 1 of it, It doesn’t has any response at all.
I hope you could help me and explain in a more simpler and detailed way ._. thanks alot ya..
June 29th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Ping:
The reason why the theme doesn’t apply when you click it is because you didn’t reference the themes to the correct directory path.
You should EDIT the directory paths in the Themelist.txt. I don’t get what you mean by dragging, because you need to update the CONTENTS of the file itself!
From a previous reply to suzy, I quoted:
You need to do the same thing too. Suzy managed to solve it, jia you you can do it.
I’ve explained it simple enough, and if you want me to do a detailed one, then it wouldn’t be simple anymore, would it?
June 29th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
You mean double click the themelist.txt and edit the name?
Or create a themelist.txt in every theme folder?
How to update contents of the file itself? lol x.x
Btw, my file, each theme inside all are theme_bg2.swf.
Is it wrong or something?
June 29th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Ping:
Yes, open it up and edit it. How to update? Haiyoh, I already guided you in my previous comment.
Don’t rush it. Read everything, get an overview of the situation, and go step by step.
If each theme folder has the ‘theme_bg2.swf’ by default, then it should be there. There should be nothing wrong.
If a NEW theme folder has a different .swf filename, then you have to reference the path to this .swf filename.
It’s pretty clear from all the above comments. I wish you luck.
July 1st, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Hey ya!
I finally get what you’re saying LOL.
And yea, I did it XD
Thanks a lot for your help ya
July 1st, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Ping:
You’re welcome
July 8th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
G’day mate, you are a clever bloke to work all this out and I really want to make it work on my new phone but….. like Andy I too keep getting a “failed download message everytime I try to read the theme folder OR the individual files. I have tried installing the EFS program on a different program but same problem. Also I can’t see any file called “ThemeList.txt” inside the “theme” folder. Why????? Help if you can.
Thanks.
July 9th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Jim:
Hey there. Hmmm that’s weird. I really can’t figure out the problem.
Could you consult the peeps at http://ku990.co.uk/ ?
As for the ‘ThemeList.txt’, it should be located in the theme folder. If it isn’t there, maybe something went wrong during your extracting/installing process.
I’m sorry mate I’m not much of a help. ):
July 9th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Ok, I’ll contact those other people. BTW, do you know of any similar programs to EFS that allow you to browse hidden directories on the phone in the same way? It would be good to be able to perform a search for the .txt file I can’t see. Failing that, could you email me a zipped copy of EFS Media Builder in case the one I downloaded was corrupted in some way.
I’m unsure if the problem is computer based or phone based so am trying to eliminate the possibilities. I was wondering if there is there some kind of setting on the phone which I have to enable in order to copy (or see in the case of the theme.txt file) protected files as I can “read” some files higher up the directory tree but nothing in the “LGAPP” folder.
Thanks again for your time
July 9th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Jim:
Leave your email and description through http://khazampc.com/contact-me/
I’ll send you my copy of EFS Media Builder.
I don’t know of any such programs. If there is, LG.co.uk should have it anyways. And it’s weird why you cannot see the contents of the folder.
July 11th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
hi, just read and downloaded the files but i cant do nothing with the EFS media builder in win rar i cant install it or anything
July 12th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
lee:
You just need to extract the EFS Media Builder and start using it. There’s no need for installation.
July 16th, 2008 at 11:51 am
I Followed all the step. but, when I double tap “C” (Center Button of the LG KU990), nothing happen, Help!
July 16th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
So, Sorry, It’s My mistake. After I repeat the below step, everything work excellence:
3) Drag and drop “theme_bg2.swf” file and the “Themes” folder into this loction then restart the phone.
Thanks for the great work…
July 18th, 2008 at 8:54 am
do you have the backup files of the original theme? mind uploading it one? thnxs a million.
July 18th, 2008 at 11:22 am
hanep:
The originals can be found in “X:\XXX\Theme_Manager\Themes\Default” folder.
July 20th, 2008 at 4:15 am
this may sound stupid, but when starting off where do you get the choice to save to memory card or phone memory?
Cheers
July 20th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Aarron:
You decide now where you want to save to mmc or phone memory.
So what is your decision?
Now, what you need to do is amend the pathnames in your ‘ThemeList.txt” accordingly to effect this.
If you have no idea what I’m talking about, please take your time to read through the whole list of user comments to have a general idea first.
July 20th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Cheers for the reply, I don’t think i explained it correctly, where do you go to change whether you want it saving to the phone or memory card? Think its currently setup for phone but how do I change it.
Thanks again
July 20th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Aarron:
My reply still stands. You have to change the pathnames in your ‘ThemeList.txt” to reflect whether you want the program to retrieve data either from the phone or mmc.
Have you opened up ‘ThemeList.txt’ and tried understanding its contents yet?
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:27 am
omg right iv got the double tap c thingy up kk but wen i pick a theme it stays in black theme only every icon is shiney whats happend can i fix it ??? ty for the info
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:07 pm
@Khairul Neezam
bro, can you help me for changing my lg viewty theme? i tried to download the efs builder from http://ku990.co.uk/, but it is empty, can you upload your efs media builder here on your site? please… thanks bro! have a nice day…thanks.
July 26th, 2008 at 4:57 am
Hello ther , erm ive verey very lost in all this
i have downloaded ur files ( succesfully ) but wen i go to extract the .. EFS Media Builder i seem to get a mesage that pops up wit a ‘diagnostic message’
Any advise ??
July 28th, 2008 at 12:11 am
gretnorgen:
I think you have to update the pathnames in your ThemesList.txt.
Donditz:
Refer to my post for the download link. jordan has successfully downloaded the files, so I don’t see the problem.
jordan:
You got that while extracting it? Try switching off your Antivirus scans. Or it could be a problem while you’re unzipping it. Else, I’ve got no idea.
July 30th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
any body solve my problems
> mere pass se thems instal nahi ho raha
> mere set lg ku990
>pls send me ans > simple way
July 30th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
@ khairul neezam
this past few days i read lots of forums regarding with efs media builder, at that time i red one comment saying that the efs media builder is a trojan virus, that’s why when you extract the file, it will automatically deleted by your antivirus and you will find nothing on the extracted file so you must turn off your antivirus for a while before you extract it., now i have downloaded themes on my lg viewty, thanks for your help.
August 9th, 2008 at 10:22 am
could i ask you a favour plzzzzzzzz….can u send me the efs application unzipped to my address cos it doesnt wrk when i do it please help me i have been to many websites similer except they dont help me plz help me it would b really nice if u could…thx alot
September 4th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
i have dont everything you dayd but when i then tap the c button the manager opens correctly only when i press a theme it doesnt change after i tap c twice again do you have any idea what could be the problem?
thanx
September 4th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
wesley:
Apparently, I think you missed out the part on referencing the pathnames in your Themeslist.txt. Check that out.
September 8th, 2008 at 5:58 am
i KEEP GETTING ERROR:26 DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT MEANS!! THANK FOR THE HELP
September 10th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
i did everything step for step,i’ve even redone it a few times, but when i dubble tap c nothing happens. Can someone plz, plz help me? What am i missing? I’ve got the lg ku990, i downloaded the theme manager en the efs thing. I stored it on my mmc, changed the theme to the silver one, and when i dubble tap c, nothing happen. It’ll be graet if someone can help me.
September 10th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
SHAWN: No idea. Try consulting the experts at the main site.
Endri: Apparently, I think you missed out the part on referencing the pathnames in your Themeslist.txt. Check that out.
September 10th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Thanx, got it right. How do put a new theme with the others?
September 10th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Endri:
Refer to step 4 of my post. Thank you.
September 11th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
my silver theme has gone! help
September 11th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
i deleted it by accident and didnt back it up. please help
September 11th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
scott:
You should be able to get the original ‘theme_bg2.swf’ in X:\…\Theme_Manager\Themes\Default.
‘theme_bg2.swf’ is actually the silver theme. So there you have it. (:
September 11th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
thank you for your quick reply, do i just copy it across and reset the phone?
September 11th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
scott:
Yeah sure, that’ll be good. Thanks for dropping by!
September 13th, 2008 at 5:15 am
copied the file across and reset the phone and the silver theme still does not appear! what am i doing wrong? please help this is driving me mad!!!
September 14th, 2008 at 12:17 am
scott:
I’m not sure. I was told that ‘theme_bg2.sqf’ is the Silver theme. Try asking the forum guys, because I no longer use the Viewty. And guess what, I didn’t back up mine too
So I’m as clueless as you.
September 21st, 2008 at 12:46 am
thnx khairul…xcuz my english….
i installed everythin as u said..nd my viewwty is cool now…but now i want to add more themes..i saw d step 4… but whn i download themes there is no swf files..jus jpg files…cud u plz direct me where to download the exact themes for viewty nd also help me to create themes for my viewty….tnk u so much…..
September 23rd, 2008 at 6:28 pm
ho no i have f%*$ up my phone keeps saying refreshing i have every thing can you hellllllp me i backed up i try to install that back on the phone but that dont work
September 24th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
hy i want to ask question
i dont have the cable put i have bluetooth in my laptop and the KU990
does any1 know how to do it with bluetooth coz i hve no cable help help elp plz plz
September 25th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
hey i’ve installed EFS, however i don’t actually know how to get themes manager on my phone. First i downloaded the installer and then i just tried installing it but couldn’t find the files. Then i dragged the installer into the themes file but i just had no idea what to do. Please help me
September 26th, 2008 at 12:14 am
vinod: I’m sorry I can’t help you there. I don’t provide support for anything actually. Viewty themes are hard to find on Google. You need to join the ku990.co.uk forums to get them.
sab: Kindly approach the ku990.co.uk forums, because I’ve never encountered such an error. My apologies.
MOE: I think the EFS only works with cable, because it allows you to direct sync with your phone memory immediately. Bluetooth required you to syns “manually”, which i think isn’t possible yet. I’m not sure of current developments, but from what I know EFS needs cable.
alex: If you follow my steps carefully, you should be able to get somewhere. Follow my instructions and try again. I don’t really know how to help you, because your question’s pretty vague.
September 28th, 2008 at 10:22 am
the site ku990.co.uk does not exist. . where can i download efs media builder? what alternative site? heres my email add;. . for the help
September 28th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
mhykhel:
It seems they have moved to http://www.mygreatphone.com. Go to ‘Featured Handsets’, then ‘LG KU990′.
I think the problem with you is that you need to be more resourceful, especially in using Google. And stop being lazy. Read my post. I have already provided the links to download EFS MEdia Builder.
Don’t expect people to spoonfeed you all the time.
October 1st, 2008 at 11:58 pm
the file has a virus on it
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:07 am
AJ:
The software is deemed “malicious” because it allows entry into the system and write changes on it. It is not a virus. This has been explained in the ku990 forums.
I have used it and my computer’s still alive. So do others. Don’t worry.
October 8th, 2008 at 3:46 am
hmm..i have a problem…i have all of themes in my mobile but if i want open…it write that a big size of file…and it doesn´t open…can somebody help me please??…
October 19th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
hi brother …..
i tried to read the theme_bg1.swf but all it does is it gives you a download error……cant go futher than that……please help
October 22nd, 2008 at 1:06 am
i have downloaded the efs media player ,nd it detects my phone too.But when i got to backup the file u have mentioned it shows an eror!
i also tried to backup the files by pc suite but u cannot see this hidden system folder?plz man help me
November 12th, 2008 at 2:52 am
I cant find the themelist.txt??? where is it?!?! please help!
November 17th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
dude i fucked up!!! tried to upload the back up filed i saved in efs and now i cant get my phone to revise. im fucked arent i?
December 23rd, 2008 at 11:26 am
yeh thanks for creating such a great blog on LG viewty themes. But like many of you i hav many problems wth making custom themes for my viewty.
U said in your blog to choose where to install the theme manager but sn’t it in RAR format, and i don’t think th viewty supports it.
also, i’ve downloaded sum themes from http://www.Ku990.co.uk and the themes r in RAR format.
I need so much help, could any1 who has sucessfully dun it please help and write some instructions on how to create custom themes and then plz send it 2 my email; sum_ting_wong@live.com.au
any help would be greatly apprecitated….
December 24th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
hi, my lg kc550 cant install themes too..
does ur method applies to lg kc 550 too??
December 25th, 2008 at 12:00 am
kenny phan: I’ve mailed you on how to deal with it. Check your inbox.
vivein: This method that I got off the ku990 forums only work for the LG Viewty only (I think. Maybe I’m outdated). Try googling for your phone if there might be themes for it.
January 4th, 2009 at 5:17 am
I have managed to load the theme manager on to my Viewty and can brin up the list of themes. I can highlight the theme but cant seem to make a selection. Probably doing something stupid but would appreciate the help in basic form please. By the way, this is a great tutorial
January 4th, 2009 at 5:19 am
you can mail me directly to mark.walker770@ntlworld.com
January 4th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Mark: You’ve got mail.
January 5th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Hi
how would you modify the hack for adding/deleting games? I have a few demo version I would like to remove and I have a game (in zip format) which i don’t know how to install.
Please help!
January 9th, 2009 at 3:44 am
I cant find the themelist.txt in my theme folder
Help!! pleaseee
January 10th, 2009 at 4:41 am
Hy khairul neezam !
you sayd that we should modify the path .. but I didn;t understand if we have to modify each and every one of them ?
example:
we must modify each path ?
January 30th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
does it uselly take long to put all the themes in theme_bg2.swf cos it says like it will take a hour nd 10 minutes to put my themes on is that how you do it? cos i have no clue up to this bit
January 30th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
oh and im doing it threw phone memory aswell
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:58 pm
tnx.!!!
now i can have different themes in my phone.!!
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:27 pm
Friends help me about the authentic link of EFS Media Builde where it can be found. i could not find yet.. bug error hell
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:34 pm
u really helped a lot.!!
hmm…but there is something that i want to ask you..
i tried downloading a new theme and have placed it in the themes folder..
i also updated the “ThemeList.txt” to point towards the new theme..
but when i opened the themes manager in my phone…the new theme that i have placed was undefined..please help.!!
i also tried rechecking the if i mispelled the path..but i did’nt..
please..help..!! and tnx again by the way..
April 1st, 2009 at 11:24 am
please to anyone, i have managed to download theme manager 3.2 to my u990 but when i press the “C” button nothing happens, im hoping this is a pretty simple problem to solve. P.S. when i do upload everything to the phone, upon selecting the silver theme the wolverine theme comes up automatically. i want to know how to access my theme menu on the phone. please help because, as said earlier, the “c” button does not pull up any theme menu. thank you
April 4th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
HELP!!!! EFS cant detect my phone!!!!! sob. mine is KU990R. HELP HELP HEP!!!!
April 5th, 2009 at 10:43 am
screen my phone have yellow anh text refreshing. myphone do not. help me. thans
April 5th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
I am wondering how do you put other themes onto your lg once you have hacked it the first time .i put new themes stright into the theme folder I had on my phone but they dont show up.
April 8th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Hey I Did This To my Phone Memory
But Now My Phone Wont Turn On And Ive Lost The back Up
Would You be Able To Send me It So I Can Redo It?
April 8th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
I Have Just Installed The Themes To My Phone Memory But Now My Phone Wont Even Turn On It Just Gets Stuck At The Orange Logo
So I Tried Redoing It To my Memory Card But Its Still The Same And Ive Lost My Backup So Now I Cant Change It Back To How It Was.
Would You Be Able To Send Me The Backup??
Or Help Me Fix This Problem??
Thanks
April 20th, 2009 at 1:51 am
urmmmm i fink i did it wrong .i renamed the theme manager to theme_bg2.swf and i deleted the original theme_bg2.swf which was already in the themes file and i put in the theme manager which i renamed to theme_bg2.swf …did i do it right or wwrong???? if i did it wrong plzz help meh and tell meh wahh to do …your instructions are a bit confusing for me plzzzzzzzzzzz helpp
April 24th, 2009 at 2:04 am
i tried out ur method but wen i installed the zip folder and extrzcted it. the efs media builder worked fine but there was another file which was a rar. format file but i couldnt find the theme_bg2.swf file
April 28th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
does everyones iphone theme work???
mine doesnt seem to be working. all the others are fine except for the iphone theme, which was the only one i wanted to work
May 1st, 2009 at 9:10 pm
can we delete them off our phone?
because i can’t put my own wallpaper..
i deleted the theme folder when i connected my phone to cmomp (mass storage)
and when i unplug it, i double click the ” c” and its still there..
meaning its not deleted; and i can’t use the default themes in the phone.
them i can’t put up my own wallpaper
May 1st, 2009 at 10:45 pm
Hello all! I think the instructions here are very clear, and the additional comments that I’ve helped out with some people in here are very helpful.
All in all, I think the instructions should be pretty complete.
If double tapping the C button doesn’t help, it means you didn’t replace the original Silver theme with the required one.
If the theme selection screen came up but on selection nothing happened, it means you didn’t reference the paths correctly. Probably wrong filename or wrong path. Check for spellling errors.
If you screwed up, you should’ve backed up things before you even attempted this. But there are backups in the .rar file anyway. If you read one of my comments, I’ve explained where to obtain this. Restart the process and redo.
May 2nd, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Hi,can you help – really would appreciate it. The problem I have is that the EFS suite opens ok, but it is too big for the computer screen and I can’t seem to reduce the window size, so I can drag and drop. Any ideas?
pete
May 5th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
cheers mate took a wile but ts really gud.
May 10th, 2009 at 3:05 am
hye khairul neezam,
do you have installer for LGKU990 VIEWTY? i dont have the cd and i can’t connect the phone to my pc.
your help will be appriciated,
Regards,
amE
May 15th, 2009 at 1:40 am
my EFS couldnt detect my LG.
why ?
May 22nd, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Hello the efs media builder does not work on my pc. When I plug the usb cord it cannot detect my phone.
June 10th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Hello, i cant open Efs media builder or the theme manager when i download it?? and its not my virus software thats off. i get and error message
C:\DOCUME~1\ANTHON~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\MODULE___MEDIA_BUILDER_by_AKOM1976.rar could not be saved, because you cannot change the contents of that folder.
Change the folder properties and try again, or try saving in a different location.
What does this mean?x
June 14th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
I have deleted all the LGAPP/Media/SWF…
and now when i start the phone up, no menu comes up, i can only enter the call log…
Please anyone send me Original…. LGAPP/Media/SWF…
My mail id …. alymuhaimin@gmail.com…………………
Thnak you…
June 28th, 2009 at 9:42 am
hi i’ve done everything that you say but whe i press cc nothing happens i’ve gone though the step by step over and over still nothing happen can you help me please thanks james.
July 1st, 2009 at 6:16 pm
can you please upload a video on youtube and send me the url i am trying a lot to change my theme on the kc550 but still nothing please help me i tried you things too but i think i got confused and messed up tnx please help
July 24th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Erm, I can’t find my phone in the EFS Media Builder and I don’t really understand the procedure. Anyone can help me?
August 8th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Hi buddy thanks for all the help took me ages but got there in the end..was just wondering what theme name is it where you can change all the colours in the menus, i seen it on a web page one time but it didnt say what or where.. all help will be much appreciated..
CHEERS …..
September 4th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
thanks a lot man… i done the hack with no problems at all, execpt from one: when i try to install new themes, i do all of the steps that you mentioned but when i press the ‘c’ button twice to get the menu of TM up, the theme name is ‘unidentified’ and when i try to set the theme, i just get the theme ‘black’
could you please help me out
otherwise…thanks alot man!!!
September 7th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
can this only be done thru a data cable or, can it be done via bluetooth?
if not through bluetooth then i need to buy a new data cable! lolz
September 24th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Can you please helpppppp! I downloaded the efs builder and the theme manager 3.2 and followed it to the teeth. but nothing happened. I can’t find the silver theme at all. I got the phone from UK from t-mobile. I have to open the themes from the display menu and then to the handset theme. but after trying both memory method and the phone memory method, nothing! Very frustrated i feel like throwing the damn phone as the controls are really difficult. the togggling is extremely cumbersome. Exactly why i need to change it to something easier to toggle.
September 26th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Dear Khairul,
Can you please help. I deleted the original theme folder by mistake and now, all I have is a black screen with the original theme. I have exhausted all means to install theme manager 3.2. I have followed everything you have written. Now I am stuck with a black screen. Pls help!!!
September 29th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Dear Sir,
I using the Theme Manager V3.2(s) to modified my Lg KU990 Viewty. After installation, I go the ” Screen Theme ” and choose ” Silver “, I get a upset result is a ” Dark screen ” and with the world ” Undefined ”
While, I press the ” C ” button, I see all the words are ” Undefined “, I have re-installed the theme manager V3.2 again and again according to the Readme. txt. but the problem still not fix, I have checked the ” themelist.txt ” and see the ” location=0 “, so I guess my installation might be correct as the installating is on the SD.
However, I still fail. It makes me headache a lot !!!!
Would you help me ? Your assistance would be highly appreciated
Tks and Regards
bill
October 10th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
i cant open the efs media builder.exe
help me out here guys
i really want to have themes it is absolutely cool!!!!!!!and i dont know if i download the correct efs media builder and the theme manager 3.2,,
it is not built on my lgku990r….
so plzzzz guys help me get out of this nyt mare…specially those whou really an expert on this specific problem!!!tnx.,.,.,
email me at heart_addict27@yahoo.com
December 5th, 2009 at 6:38 am
hey i did all but i got error..can u help me..what path i must change?? i didnt understand..
December 6th, 2009 at 3:47 am
when i finished all my phone saying “Error : check u have install theme manager correctly? themes can not be applied.what can i do?plz give solution.
December 30th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
excuse me ,can yu help me i dont know where can i find the theme,plz email at afshin_@live.co.uk